- MIDI - Lose the "Audio For Media" book. $ 115. Similar in essential info to the APone book. In general, we need to get rid of outdated music books. MANY are outdated.
- Trends - "Navigating The Music Industry" is a waste. The class is about EPKs, Internet networking (MySpace/Facebook), podcast/rss, downloading, 360 deals, Radiohead, etc. Internet research is the best way to find this stuff. "Future Of Music" is a bit flakey, but at least it is pointed in the right direction... the present & the future. Berklee has some good books.. PDFs like the Indie Bible are great.. This is an industry going through a revolution & the content changes almost daily.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK? Express yourself by clicking "Comments". Be constructive & suggest other books if you can. If you want to list "books I hate"... that works too. Speak up.
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I have to disagree with you. Yes, some of the material is a little outdated as you stated, but overall they are still great resources for basic concepts of how this industry works. I haven't sold any of the Music Business books I have. I suppose maybe I would sell them or "put them on the shelf"(as record co's sometimes do...)in 5 years when everything is really out of date. But really, those are great books for explaining some music biz history and such. LOL. I guess by the end of this comment I am really kind of leaning towards the "middle" on this subject. I suppose for new students or students that are in the beginning of their college career....they DO NEED new books with current information. As for myself, I am 6 months from graduation with only "Liberal Arts" credits left.....so I guess all in all....this question doesn't even apply to me. LOL. :)
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