Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music

Are you interested in learning how to cultivate sustainable success in the popular music industry whilst prioritising your health? If so, this book is for you. Inside you'll find research-informed advice and information that aims to help musicians, as well as those that work with them, navigate their way through what can be a challenging and demanding industry. 

This book covers the mental and physical health problems research suggests musicians might come up against and offers lots of tools and techniques to help aid prevention. You'll also find information about the structure of the industry, money management, and how to improve your skills as a performer, creator, and CEO of your career. 

Expect original interviews with leading researchers, health experts, business execs and a host of famous musicians. Widely supported by some of the biggest companies in the music business, Sound Advice is the ultimate guide for both seasoned professionals and those just starting their career.

Rhian Jones is a respected journalist who specialises in writing about the music business. She writes regularly for The Guardian, Music Business Worldwide, and Hits Daily Double.

Lucy Heyman is a vocal and performance coach and lecturer. Her PhD research at the Royal College of Music focuses on the health and wellbeing support of popular musicians. She is founder of industry health consultancy Elevate and hosts the Elevate Music Podcast.