Guide for Jennifer Rising Arist Part ONE

Guide for Jennifer Rising Arist Part ONE 

 

If you’re stepping into music and you don’t know this stuff, you’re about to get played. Hard. There are three books that will save you from signing your soul away. All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald Passman is the bible. Every contract trick, every hidden cut, every royalty scam—he breaks it down so even a moron can see it coming. Read it. Learn it. Live it.

How to Make It in the New Music Business by Ari Herstand is your playbook for doing it yourself. Forget the labels, forget the gatekeepers. He tells you exactly how to build fans, get your music out, make a living without getting screwed. If you aren’t running your own shit, someone else is, and they’re taking the cash you worked for.

Music Royalty Collection Guide by Eli Rogers is the money map. All those streams, shows, and plays? Most artists don’t see a dime because they don’t know how to collect. Rogers shows you exactly how to make sure the money you earned lands in your pocket and not someone else’s.

After that, you need to understand how the game really works. The Musician’s Handbook by Bobby Borg is the jungle map. Managers, labels, tours—it’s all a machine designed to chew you up if you don’t know the rules. Borg tells you how to survive it without losing your ass.

On the Record by Guy Oseary is the real-world storybook. Artists, producers, executives telling you who got rich and who got burned. No sugarcoating. Read it and see the patterns before it’s your turn to get played.

The Big Payback by Dan Charnas digs into history—hip-hop, pop, money, power, and exploitation. It shows who controls the cash, who gets played, and how the industry actually works behind the scenes.

Read the first three. Internalize them. The next three are your reality check. Ignore this, and you’ll be the cautionary tale someone tells at parties. Simple.

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