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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | "An inveterate self-promoter, Martin Atkins is, as usual, talking a mile a minute. But it's hard to resist being charmed by his rapid-fire banter, because as always, he has plenty of impressive accomplishments to tout." —Chicago Sun Times
"Tour:Smart functions as an uncensored companion text to [Martin Atkins'] classroom teachings." —Chicago Tribune
"In my six years of college, Martin Atkins was the man to clarify all the other instructors' psychobabble! He prepped me for the industry in a single semester." —Michelle Cho, PETA
"This is not advice. This is the Holy Grail." —Kraze
"If you are a music business major at university, this should be on your syllabus. —Blogcritics Magazine
"Atkins embodies the entrepreneurial spirit with a unique merger of creativity and business sense"—Dr. David Herrera, Belmont University
"Having been a part of seminal bands like Pigface, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Killing Joke, and Public Image Limited, when Atkins talked about the business of music, people listen." —Richi Corelli, soundsect.com
"The ultimate touring manual. . . . Tackles every conceivable aspect of getting the show on the road in a highly readable style." —Mojo
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Martin Atkins | | Paperback: | 592 pages | | Publisher: | Soluble LLC | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2007 | | ISBN: | 0979731305 | | Package Length: | 10.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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 If you're in a band, you need this book! Feb 29, 2008
This book has so much useful information in it, compiled by people with years and years of experience, an incredible opportunity to learn things about touring and being successful in the music industry that they, no doubt, had to learn the hard way. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that's in a band or even just bought an instrument and plans on taking it seriously. The fact that it was written by artists I know about and are favorites of mine makes it even more credible. Martin Atkins is nothing short of brilliant and the world owes him thanks for putting this book together!
Rock Star Ambition-Read This First! Feb 05, 2008
I purchased this to review then hand over to my son and his band who
have toured relentlessly for the last 6 years. They have been through
3 record label deals that would make even the strong bands quit and go
back to a 9 to 5. Their lives are written in Marty's pages-but Marty
gives hope. Follow the do's & don't's like those who give advise here.
If you think you can work around the proven methods of earning a living
as a touring musician you will surely learn the hard way and have plenty
of debt to prove it. There is a lot of info here and some great ideas to
keep you earning money. Thanks, Marty for your insight because you lived
it and the fine contributions from others in the industry. This is a manual to consistantly refer to as you journey through the adventurous
career of entertaining the fickle public.
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Probably great if your band is already big. Jan 23, 2008
Man, I wanted to like this book, but I was really disappointed.
I'm in a bad that tours the country about twice a year, and has for the last few years, and I'd hoped this book would have some good advice. However, this book is aimed at bands who already play to a few hundred people a night, rather than for someone at my level. Also, it doesn't give you much advice on doing things without a big team behind you: for example, it tells you that you could book a tour without a booking agent, but doesn't give you much advice on how to actually do that.
I also felt like this book was aimed at men, and assumed that the audience it was speaking to was male (lots of sections seemed uneccesarily gendered) and HATED HATED HATED a lot of the sections about being a woman on tour. Ugh. The advice was things like "Don't pack too much makeup" and "Don't lose your keys." Srsly?
I've been booking tours and in touring bands for about 5 years now, and I felt like this was an interesting read for a peek into the life of a big band on tour, but was pretty irrelevant to a small band, and kind of insulting to female musicians.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Absolute must for EVERY band Dec 12, 2007
This book is a monster--big thick tome of information. Every band who is seriously considering leaving the garage MUST read this book. Atkins is a fantastic writer and he is able to make the boring business side of this industry entertaining. In addition to his insight, there are many testimonials from other touring artists, managers, booking agents, merch guys/gals, etc. from everything to getting laid to getting paid. The horror stories alone are worth the price of the book. Consider TOUR:SMART to be the owner's manual to being in a band that plays shows. And as always, if what you're doing isn't working, RTFM!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
The best book I have read on the music business. EVER. Dec 03, 2007
Now I know why the failure rate is so high with bands. This book doesn't sugar coat anything. Finally, a music business book that doesn't have the "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough,.." self help mentality. All the ugly realities exposed!
It's a major reality check for anyone that wants to become a full time musician.
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