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Summary: Learn how to define your own outrageous success!
Review: If you're reading this you are most likely well-aware that the music business is one tough, competitive business! But, as the Musician's Guide To Making & Selling Your Own CDs & Cassettes brings out, you don't need a shelf full of Grammys to be a successful songwriter, singer or musician. Jana Stanfield guides you in how you can define your own "outrageous success" and how to have the musical freedom that comes along with producing your own albums.If you've ever dreamed of getting out there and 'living' what you love the most--your music--this book is for you! If you've always dreamed of playing your music, having people enjoy it, having a large following, making your own albums and, yes, even supporting yourself by doing so, this book is for you! Even if you're already making your own albums, this book offers creative ways to sell more--and from someone who makes the majority of her income by marketing herself--through concert appearances & the sale of her CDs and cassettes! Also full of inspiration, this book is written in such a way that you truly feel Jana is speaking directly to you as a friend, telling you, "You CAN define your own outrageous success!" She encourages you to look at your career in a new way that can help you live your dreams faster than you ever imagined!
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Summary: Warning: For Folk folks only!!!
Review: It should be made clear somewhere in the publicity info for this books that it does NOT apply to anyone other than those who are in the folk/acoustic scene. Way too touchy-feely for me, with very little practical information, especially for musicians who don't happen to play coffeehouses and open mic nights. Basically a waste of my money, but maybe it would work for some people.
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Summary: Totally revolutionized my ideas about recording my music!
Review: Jana Stanfield makes a very convincing case for singer/songwriters recording and marketing their own music. After reading this book, I realized that what I wanted was to become more involved with my own destiny and now I have the guide to make it happen. She is very thorough about all of the small details that would slip up someone who is beginning to take on a project such as this. I first read it through my public library system and was so impressed that I had to buy my own copy! Thanks, Jana!
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Summary: Great Book For The Solo Performer!
Review: Jana's book is a great asset for any of us who are on the road and desire that our work get in front of our audience. She spells out everything a performer would need to know in order to make their recordings.
Thanks Jana!...
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Summary: Inspirational and Practical Advice for the Working Musician
Review: This book combines a practical step-by-step walk-through of the independent musician's career with inspirational thoughts and anecdotes. The combination gives current or aspiring independent musicians the tools we need to hone and market our craft, and more importantly, to live off of our music. At the same time, the book's hopeful message gives readers the courage to go for it!
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Summary: Jana's book hits the mark for this singer-songwriter wannabe
Review: When I purchased Jana Stanfield's book, The Musician's Guide to Making & Selling your own CDs & Cassettes, I had no idea just how appropriate it would be for me. While I have not yet heard Jana's music, I confess immediately that I'm in the choir she is preaching to. I am a singer-songwriter "wannabe", but I also have fifteen years of continuous self-employment as an attorney behind me. The result is that I recognize the business wisdom Jana brings to her topic. And that wisdom is substantial and obviously acquired in the school of hard knocks. Yet she has managed to maintain a very positive and inventive perspective on life as a working musician. A handful of topics addressed in the book could certainly have been dealt with in more detail, such as royalty computations and the companies that collect them, and business tax and accounting matters, to name a few. But given her motivation and qualification, I think Jana has done a very good job of raising flags above these issues so that readers are warned that they require additional attention. Elsewhere, the insights into the daily life of a performing songwriter are wonderfully revealing. Jana dispels numerous myths attached to this world. She makes a powerful case for retiring the dream of major-label stardom in favor of a well-lived life. And she's done it in spite of the fact that there really is no "circuit" that these musicians travel. She offers living proof that anyone can create their own, customized circuit. Her approach to taking the grind out of traveling is refreshing. Above all, I came away genuinely reassured that with inventiveness, persistence, flexibility, a degree of talent, and zero reliance on luck, I could do it too. And without having to ditch my current life and moving to a major music center. Thanks, Jana!
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