Oct. 16, 2020

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  1. The Artist’s Way  by Julia Cameron

 

  1. Country Music's Greatest Lines: Lyrics, Stories and Sketches from American Classics by Bobby Braddock

 

  1. The Reason for the Rhymes by Cliff Goldmacher

 

  1. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel Levitin

 

  1. 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day by Dorian Lynskey

 

  1. Successful Lyric Writing: A Step-By-Step Course & Workbook by Sheila Davis

 

  1. The Musician's Guide to Music Copyright Law by Jim Jesse

 

  1. The Singer/Songwriter Rule Book: 101 Ways to Help You Improve Your Chances of Success by Larry Butler

 

  1. The NEW Singer/Songwriter Rule Book: 101 Ways to Help You Improve Your Chances of Success by Larry Butler

 

  1. Nashville Songwriting by Jerry Cupit

 

  1. An Introduction to Popular Music Publishing in America by Leonard Feist

 

  1. The Songwriter's Handbook by Harvey Rachlin

 

  1. If They Ask you, You Can Write A Song by Kasha & Hirschhorn

 

  1. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

 

  1. All You Need To Know About The Music Business, 10th Ed. by Donald Passman

 

  1. The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing, 4th Ed. by Randall Wixen

 

  1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

 

  1. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
     
  2.  Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told you About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

 

  1. 6 Steps To Songwriting Success by Jason Blume

 

  1. The Business of Songwriting by Jason Blume

 

  1. How to Make It In The New Music Business by Ari Herstand

 

  1. Tom Jackson's Live Music Method: All Roads Lead to the Stage by Tom Jackson

 

  1. Daring Greatly by Brene' Brown

 

  1. Confessions of a Serial Songwriter by Shelly Peiken

 

  1. Talking to the Sky by Aimee Mayo

 

  1.   Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins

 

  1. Your Band Is A Virus – Expanded Edition (Volume 2) by James Moore

 

  1.   Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business (2019 Edition)  by Jesse Cannon and Todd Thomas

 

  1.  How To Make It in the New Music Business (2nd Edition) by Ari Herstand

 

  1.  Start Your Music Business (Volume 1 and Volume 2) by Attorney Audrey K Chisholm

 

  1. This Business of Music (10th Edition) by M. William Krasilovsky

 

  1.  Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment  by Michael D Smith and Rahul Telang

 

  1. The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrock

 

  1. How Music Works by David Byrne

 

  1. Six-Figure Musician  by David Hooper

 

  1. Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out by Marc Ecko

 

  1.  Spotify Teardown: Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music by Maria Eriksson, Rasmus Fleischer, Anna Johansson, Pelle Snickars, and Patrick Vonderau

 

  1.  Music Marketing for the DIY Musician by Bobby Borg

 

  1.   How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention by Stephen Witt

 

  1.  Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon

 

  1.  The Realist’s Guide to a Successful Music Career by Joel Gummins and Matt DeCoursey

 

  1.  Artist Management for the Music Business (4th Edition) by Paul Allen

 

  1. The Essential Guide to Music Entrepreneurship (2018 Edition)  by David Andrew Wiebe

 

  1. Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling  by Andrea Stople

 

BONUS: 

Music Money and Success: The Insiders Guide to Making Money in the Music Business by Jeffrey Brabec and Todd Brabec