The full second edition of The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business, free, in four formats, PDF, EPUB, MOBI and the full audiobook, from the person who wrote it.
For you if you would like a copy, or if you have a friend or a family member who might enjoy it.
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The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
456 pages · 5.4 MB · The book laid out as it is in print, with the page numbers and the artwork.
The Artist’s Guide, EPUB edition (zip) (opens in a new tab)
1.6 MB · The reflowing ebook format, where the text resizes to the screen. Unzip it, then open the .epub file in a reader, or send it to a Kindle with Amazon’s Send to Kindle.
The Artist’s Guide, MOBI edition (zip) (opens in a new tab)
4.1 MB · The legacy Kindle format, for an older Kindle that a file is copied to over USB, or for a library app such as Calibre. Send to Kindle takes the EPUB, not this one.
No email address, no form and no sign up. The EPUB and the MOBI sit inside a zip because this site does not accept those two file types as uploads.
DOWNLOAD THE AUDIOBOOK
The whole audiobook I recorded, 264 tracks, 18 hours 28 minutes, 1.47 GB. It sits in twelve zip files, one for the front matter and one for each of the eleven chapters, so a chapter at a time is easier than the lot in one go. Unzip a chapter and the mp3s play in any music or podcast app.
- Foreword, Author’s Note, Introduction, Conclusion and a blooper reel (opens in a new tab)
5 tracks · 18 min · 20.8 MB - Chapter 1. The Music Industry and You (opens in a new tab)
21 tracks · 1 hr 14 min · 89.6 MB - Chapter 2. Your Band: Working with Other Musicians (opens in a new tab)
30 tracks · 2 hr 28 min · 209.5 MB - Chapter 3. Defining and Refining Your Sound (opens in a new tab)
14 tracks · 53 min · 61.0 MB - Chapter 4. Managing, Performing, and Booking Gigs (opens in a new tab)
28 tracks · 2 hr 2 min · 115.4 MB - Chapter 5. Solo or Band Touring (opens in a new tab)
21 tracks · 51 min · 94.7 MB - Chapter 6. The Music Business Plan (opens in a new tab)
9 tracks · 44 min · 60.8 MB - Chapter 7. In the Recording Studio (opens in a new tab)
30 tracks · 3 hr 5 min · 231.7 MB - Chapter 8. Fundraising and Investors (opens in a new tab)
22 tracks · 1 hr 20 min · 120.9 MB - Chapter 9. Your Band Is the Brand (opens in a new tab)
22 tracks · 1 hr 7 min · 105.8 MB - Chapter 10. Music Marketing and Promotions (opens in a new tab)
38 tracks · 3 hr 5 min · 259.6 MB - Chapter 11. Your Career in the Music Business of Today (opens in a new tab)
24 tracks · 1 hr 22 min · 136.3 MB
Sorry, no paperbacks or hardbacks. I do not own the rights to them.
What I ask
If I have sent you this page, please feel free to download a copy for yourself, and to share the link directly with a close friend or friends.
Please do not post it in a public place online or on any social media site. The paperback, the ebook and the audio are still for sale online, and the quarterly royalties are still nice. I am happy for you to take advantage of the book gifting here. Please share sparingly.
What is in the book
Eleven chapters, with a foreword by Elliott Randall, the acknowledgments, an author’s note and an introduction in front of them.
- The Music Industry and You
- Your Band: Working with Other Musicians
- Defining and Refining Your Sound
- Managing, Performing, and Booking Gigs
- Solo or Band Touring
- The Music Business Plan
- In the Recording Studio
- Fundraising and Investors
- Your Band Is the Brand
- Music Marketing and Promotions
- Your Career in the Music Business of Today
The conclusion, the about the author page and the index close it out.
About this edition
The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business, second edition, published by Greenleaf Book Group Press of Austin, Texas, and released on 13 November 2013. 456 pages. ISBN 978-1-60832-578-8. The subtitle on the cover reads the “who, what, when, where, why and how” of the steps that musicians and bands have to take to succeed in music.
The full page for the book on this site is Artists Guide to Success in the Music Business, with the reviews, the references and the places it is sold.
Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist focused on building truthful, transparent messaging and optics foundations so authoritative experts and organizations can stand out authentically in competitive landscapes. His methodology centers on strategic blueprinting before marketing, aligning brand strategy, messaging refinement, communication optimization, crisis communication and optics, and digital media/marketing strategy to create clear, uniform, and effective presence. His background includes participation on 700+ albums as a drummer and producer, TV production credits with ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and TLC, and authorship of Music Business for Dummies and The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business.
A little more on the ghost drumming in this blog and in this podcast episode. More on me is on the about page.
If you would rather buy it
- Audible, the audiobook
- Barnes & Noble
- AbeBooks
- ThriftBooks
- Google Books
- Apple Books author page
- Audible author page
I also wrote Music Business For Dummies for John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 9781119049654.
Questions about the free copies
What is on this page?
The second edition of The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business, free, in PDF, EPUB and MOBI, and the full audiobook in twelve chapter zips.
What does it cost?
Nothing. There is no email address to hand over, no form and no sign up.
Can I share it?
Directly with a friend, yes. Please do not post it in a public place online or on any social media site. The ebook and the audio are still for sale.
Is the paperback free too?
No. I do not own the rights to the paperback or the hardback, so what is here is the PDF, the EPUB and the MOBI.
Which file do I take?
The PDF for a computer, a phone or a tablet. The EPUB for an e-reader, and it is the one Amazon’s Send to Kindle takes. The MOBI for an older Kindle that a file is copied to over USB. The audiobook zips to listen rather than read.
Why are the EPUB and the MOBI inside a zip?
This site does not accept those two file types as uploads, so each one sits inside a zip. Unzip it and the file is there.
Who wrote the foreword?
Elliott Randall.
How long is the book?
456 pages, in eleven chapters.
Is there an audiobook?
Yes, and it is on this page, free. 264 tracks, 18 hours 28 minutes, in twelve zip files, one for the front matter and one for each chapter. It is also for sale on Audible.
What else have you written?
Four books. The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business came out first in 2010 through Book Publishers Network, an independent publisher, ISBN 9781935359333. I rewrote the majority of it for the second edition, published in 2013 through Greenleaf Book Group, ISBN 9781608325788, and I kept the title because it had traction. That second edition is the one on this page. Music Business For Dummies was published by John Wiley and Sons in 2015, ISBN 9781119049654. The most recent came out in 2026 through an independent publisher. It is about communication, and about telling the true from the false in how people speak, write and present themselves. It offers ideas, strategies and possibilities as ways to respond. All four are described on the author strategy page.
Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.
Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.
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