The Touring Musician A Small Business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road by Hal Galper - April 2000

First printing, 2000 by Billboard Books, NY. Cover is in good condition with minor surface wear. Pages appear clean and unmarked. The Touring Musician helps performers take control of their careers. Packed with practical information as well as amusing and enlightening anecdotes, handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by: evaluating assets · creating an action plan · researching, negotiating, and booking venues · arranging transportation and lodgings · managing personal and tour finances · and getting publicity. Also included in this book: point-by-point advice on setting up a small business · 11 sample worksheets and checklists, in a ready-to-photocopy format, that will help to keep information organized · samples of the major types of legal documents involved in booking a band · a step-by-step chapter showing how to book and route a sample tour · and solid advice about researching venue contracts, negotiating gigs and fees, managing band finances, coordinating promotional activities see pictures see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures, I try to note all defects,so you can make an informed buying decision... At least you know what you're getting into Expedited Shipping available-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles . your books wrapped,not co-mingled,you get the copy you were viewing. Cover design by Howard Grossman / 12E Design., Senior Acquisitions Editor: Bob Nirkind, Associate Editor: Alison Hagge, Production Manager: Ellen Greene, Interior Designer: Cheryl Viker. The Touring Musician: A Small-business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road Author Hal Galper Publisher Billboard Books, 2000 ISBN 0823084299, 9780823084296 Length 250 pages Subjects Music ' Business Aspects Ruth Reaser LAXVespa Los Angeles/Culver City MUSIC 3 3644