$30 Music School

The author has actually proven the theories in the book himself. He is a starving artist and musician with a punk rock ethic who has a band, tours with it, and is making a living off of it. $30 Music School is a quick-start course on how to jump into making music, get it heard worldwide, make a living, and not compromise to the whims of the entertainment industry. This is a book for more realistic people: musicians who are artists, who make good music, and want to get their music out to the world, but don't necessarily have to sell ten million copies to validate themselves. Packed with interviews from insightful, influential, and inspiring independent musicians, such as Henry Rollins, this book is an inspiration and motivational piece of work. A multimedia CD-ROM comes with the book and contains examples of the author's music, music videos, electronic press kits, etc.

1. Band Politics 2. Songwriting Basics 3. Guitars, Basses, and Amps 4. Effects 5. Microphones, P.A. Systems, and Troubleshooting 6. Drums 7. Electronic Music and DJ Equipment 8. Operations-Practice Space and Human Resources 9. Singing and Playing 10. Finding, Playing, and Putting On Gigs 11. Hardware Recording 12. Software Recording 13. Make and Promote Your Own CDs 14. Business 15. Starting Labels and Production Companies 16. Touring 17. Closing Arguments 18. Interviews Appendix A: Recommended Reading, Viewing, and Listening Appendix B: The Problem with Music Appendix C: What's on the CD-ROM?