How to Be Your Own Booking Agent and Save Thousands of Dollars (Third Printing: A Performing Artist's Guide to a Successful Touring Career - Softcover

Goldstein, Jeri; Estrin, Kari

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096068302X ISBN 13: 9780960683024

Publisher: New Music Times Inc, 2000

Synopsis

How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands of Dollars- A Performing Artist's Guide To A Successful Performing Career

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About the Author

With over two decades of experience as an agent, manager and promoter, Jeri Goldstein has the inside information any performer needs to become a successful touring artist. Her knowledge of the entertainment industry is logically presented in a step-by-step method certain to boost your career. Jeri Goldstein has booked national and international tours for some of the top touring acoustic artists on the circuit. She has lead artist management seminars and workshops at festivals, conferences, universities as well as for arts councils and individual performer groups. Expanding her consulting and seminar work, she has created two innovative programs. Manager-In-A-Box is designed to help performing artist, agents and managers find solutions to immediate problems encountered in their career development. The Performing Biz is Goldstein's seminar program based on her book, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent And Save Thousands Of Dollars. Goldstein's background runs the gamut of working inside the entertainment industry as concert promoter, tour coordinator, commercial television production engineer, commercial country radio DJ, photographer and graphic artist.

From the Back Cover

"If you're trying to do it on your own, this book is a must-have. Ms. Goldstein offers genuinely useful, concrete information in a readable, conversational style, never losing sight of the importance of honesty and ethics." --Scot Fisher,Manager, Ani DiFranco President, Righteous Babe Records

"I read Jeri Goldstein's book for business and for pleasure. I recommend it to performers who are just beginning a career on the road as well as to experienced performers who want a structured approach and new strategies for working in this business. The book is a major resource that needs to be in every performers library." --Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell -Singer, Composer, Member, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

"Ms. Goldstein's book is an invaluable aid for the music business student. The text not only tells what to do when launching a music career, but describes in detail how to do it!" --Jeffrey Dorenfeld Assoc. Professor, Music Business/Management Berklee College of Music

Learn How To: Book tours creatively, make efficient cold calls, develop an effective press kit, sharpen your negotiation skills, find funding resources, access the media, maximize record company relationships, expand your audience. Find Out: Where to find gigs, what to include in your contract, which conferences to attend, which resources give you an edge, when to quit your day job. Plus: Get hot tips and advice from industry professionals.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Music Times Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 096068302X
• ISBN 13: 9780960683024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492