Digital Music - DIYNow - CreativeCommons eBook

Digital Music ? DIY Now!



A guide to making a living making music out of your backpack, from anywhere, and everywhere.



by Michael W. Dean and Chris Caulder



232 pages, 120 color photos.



ISBN: 0-9705392-4-X



Released on 7/7/07 under Creative Commons, attribution and share-alike license (Cc-by-sa).



╖ INTRO



╖ CHAPTER 1 - A BIT ON SONGWRITING



╖ CHAPTER 2 - GETTING THE RIGHT STUFF FOR YOUR NEEDS



╖ CHAPTER 3 - TECHNOLOGY TO USE AND ABUSE (and TAKING IT ON THE ROAD)



╖ CHAPTER 4 - GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR GEAR (inc. 25 Crucial System Tweaks for Windows XP)



╖ CHAPTER 5 - USING ACID TO GET THE JOB DONE





╖ CHAPTER 7- FORGING SOUND WITH SOUND FORGE





╖ CHAPTER 9 - THE REASON FOR REASON (Chapter removed by Cliff)



╖ CHAPTER 10 - BUSINESS BASICS, AND WORKING FROM A BACKPACK, ANYWHERE. (INCLUDING WHAT COUNTRIES ARE FUN FOR EXPATS)



╖ CHAPTER 11 ? SOFT SKILLS TO PAY THE BILLS



╖ CHAPTER 12 - CLOSING ARGUMENTS



╖ CHAPTER 13 ? INTERVIEWS:



-ROM DI PRISCO

-JOHN DeBORDE

-ANGIE JAY (Ministry)

-ALEXANDER BRANDON

-LESLIE ANN JONES (Skywalker Sound)

-JAMEY SCOTT

-GREG GORDON





ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

MICHAEL W. DEAN is the author of the books "$30 Film School", "$30 Music School" and "$30 Writing School." He directed the films "D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist" and "HUBERT SELBY JR: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow." Michael was the singer in the band Bomb (Warner Brothers.) He has toured America and Europe lecturing at youth centers, colleges and museums.



CHRIS CAULDER is a passionate, multifaceted artist based on the East Coast. He has been in numerous bands since the mid 90s, including trip-hop duo Beauty's Confusion. Chris is a self-published writer with eight poetry books under his belt. He is also a digital filmmaker and amateur actor. His two main websites are THEMIXTAPE.NET and OUSTEDPRODUCTIONS.NET