In 2012, I’m working on three books, I’ve just re-released one from 2007 and there’s another book from a couple of years back that you might be interested in.
Music in the Digital Age
Music is both culture and commerce. Those two things are inextricably linked. Just as the changes brought by the Electric Age were profoundly disruptive to the musicians, businesses and fans of music when it first came along, so too are those brought by the Digital Age. My aim is to help you understand and adapt to those changes.
I am writing Music in the Digital Age right now – but you can buy this book as a work in progress — which means that you get to read it as I write it.
Find out more about Music in the Digital Age.
Translations:
Meu livro ‘Música na Era Digital’ agora está disponível em português!
Confira aqui.
Mein Buch ‘Musik im Digitalen Zeitalter’ ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch erhältlich!
Lade deine Kopie jetzt herunter.
¡Mi libro ‘La Música en la Era Digital’ ya está disponible en español!
Descarguen su copia ahora.
Το βιβλίο μου ‘Η Μουσική στη Ψηφιακή Εποχή’ είναι τώρα διαθέσιμο και στα Ελληνικά! Κατέβασε το αντίτυπό σου τώρα.
Understanding the Music Industries
This book is designed as an overview and introduction to the music industries for undergraduate students, college students and interested observers. Chris Anderton, Martin James and I focus strongly on the changes in the contemporary environment, and the influence of digital technologies and new innovations on studio production, copyright law, distribution methods and independent music business strategies – as well as the concerns of the major music businesses across the sector.
This book is finished, is in production now, and will be out in December 2012.
Find out more about Understanding the Music Industries.
The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online
The original 2007 New Music Strategies e-book is still (almost) as relevant and useful today as it was when it was released nearly five years ago. It’s now available for Kindle and iPad as well as a PDF version. The newer work, Music in the Digital Age (above) refers to and updates this book.
You can download your copy of the book and pay whatever you want – including zero.
Find out more about The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online.
1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die
This is a book that my friend Clutch and I co-wrote with dozens of other whisky writers from around the world.
Don’t worry – we didn’t go through and taste more than about 50 of them. But what it does mean is that we have now gone from being “whisky bloggers” to “whisky authors”. Must remember to change that on the bio.
I’m looking forward to seeing this one in print. Looks like a lovely coffee-table book and might be a nice one for Christmases and birthdays.
Interestingly, it was edited by my nemesis.
You can buy this on Amazon for £10 at the moment. That’s half price. Bargain.
Warning: Actually trying 1001 whiskies (especially using the serving size suggested on the cover of the book) will pretty much ensure that you do die – unless you plan to spread it over, say, a decade or three.
Radio in the Digital Age
The changes to the medium of radio since the advent of digital technology call into question what it is we even call radio anymore. Radio may now be different in terms of its production processes, the kinds of jobs radio professionals do, whether professionals are even involved in its creation, the method of transmission, the devices we use to listen, the kinds of programmes we hear, and even how we behave as audiences and participants.
I am writing this book right now, and it is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.
Find out more about Radio in the Digital Age.
How to Make Wishes That Come True
This is a book about doing, getting, being and contributing what we really want in life. In this book, you’ll learn practical, proven steps that you can take to achieve your goals – or, as I prefer to think of it, make your wishes come true. Nothing mystical – and not just the sort of wishes that pop into your head from time to time – but REAL wishes. Wishes that reflect your true hopes, dreams and aspirations. And then you’ll learn how to make them come true – reliably, systematically and beyond all your expectations.
You should buy this book.
Find out more about How to Make Wishes That Come True.