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 enlarge | Author: Kusek
Publisher: Berklee Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 13964
Media: Paperback
Edition: Softcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 197
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0876390599
Dewey Decimal Number: 381.45780266
EAN: 9780876390597
ASIN: 0876390599
Publication Date: May 26, 2008
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 Not factual enough. February 11, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is a terrible book in my opinion and anyone who thinks that it is good needs to question their intelligence. It is not based enough on facts and is full of personal perceptions, opinions, and myths of the author himself. Not recommended to anyone who is a music maker or true consumer. Quality music is expensive to create and very time consuming. That is a fact that Mr. Kusek fails to point out.
 Stirs ideas, but repetitive and overreaching January 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I am getting into the digital music business. I enjoyed reading it, but I didn't much care for the wording in the book, and I think the authors are overreaching in the sense that they are expecting too much from artists in the industry.
This book clarifies the differences between the record and music industry, and emphasizes the effect of file sharing on digital medias (Limewire, Bearshare, programs) and the record industry. It makes some significant points, and makes the same points again later on in the book. The author states that artists should be able to sustain careers rather easily without "getting signed" and that is not the case today. Artists still need capital for marketing on the internet, and in marketing it is possible, but still costly.
This book is worth reading if you are getting into the business. I don't regret buying it, but I think other books may have a more definite impact on the reader. What it boils down to is opinion, and mine vary slightly in some cases and greatly in others.
 Helpful and Inspiring November 10, 2006
I haven't finished reading this book yet, but so far it's been inspiring. The writers create very feasible scenarios for where the music industry is headed in the next few years. In fact, the book is about 2 years old now and some of the predictions are already coming true. For example; mobile devices like phones and PDAs converging and becoming delivery services for music, social networking services like Myspace (not mentioned in the book, presumably because it had not yet become popular) coming to the foreground as a way to listen to and exchange music, the idea of music as a utility or a subscription which has recently become a more popular option with various download services. I'm looking forward to finishing this book and taking my new-found inspiration online.
A true visionary June 13, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a music industry vet, I can say without hesitation, that Gerd is one of the few people I have run across that GETS the reality of where music business is going. This is a must read for anyone who wants the inside track in succeeding on all levels in the business.
Great so far June 6, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is very easy to understand, but my copy is missing pages 100-117. Plus, pages 177-133 are repeated later in the book. Something must have gone wrong in the printing press!
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