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Tim Sweeney's Guide to Releasing Independent Records

by Tim Sweeney, Mark Geller

Ask any major label A&R rep and they'll tell you: the best way to develop your music career is to release your own record. What they won't tell you is how to make your release a success by getting your record played on major college and commercial radio stations, reviewed in key music publications, and stocked in national chain and independent record stores.

That's why you need Tim Sweeney's Guide To Releasing Independent Records. Packed with hundreds of money-saving tips, helpful hints, and never-before-revealed secret strategies used by industry insiders, this informative guide will teach how you to set up your own independent record label; make a great-sounding record without spending a lot of money; get quality distribution into major retail chains and indie record stores; design a winning promotional strategy for your release; convince college and commercial radio stations to play your record, and use the exposure generated by your release to bring! yourself to the attention of a larger label.

 

 

 All You Need to Know About the Music Business 
by Donald S. Passman, Randy Glass (Illustrator) 
(up to 20% off) 
 --Each and every chapter is full of wisdom, humor, and support, written by an actively practicing Harvard Law grad who has also been teaching music law at UCLA (a stone's throw from the heart of darkness) since 1978. 

The Cambridge Factfinder
by David Crystal (Editor)
(up to 20% off) 
 --Like any good world almanac, The Cambridge Factfinder contains a ton of obscure information that you  conceivably might need to know, but won't necessarily remember: the population of Iceland (268,000), the 1935  American League Most Valuable Player (Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers), and a chart of bones in the human  body (there are 208 of them). It even includes a list of world championship trampoliners. The maps and other  graphics are exceptional--much better than the ones appearing in similar volumes--and all measurements are  helpfully listed in both metric and American units. It is an excellent all-purpose, single-volume reference book.

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My Friend Earl E. Bird by International Playthings 

My Infant nephew loved this toy it's multi-textures were just the thing for his new found senses -- Kevin Fillips

Could there possibly be a more adorable and versatile baby toy than Earl E. Bird? An updated version of the original Oppenheim award-winning toy, this 19-inch-long colorful and cuddly bird--created by child development experts--is a medley of interesting colors, textures, patterns, and sounds. He's velvety in some places, bumpy in others; his foot rattles and his beak crinkles. Pull apart his Velcro hugging wings to find his friend, Squeak E. Mouse (squeeze him, he squeaks!), tucked inside a chest pocket. Squeak comes out of the pocket but is tethered by a green satin ribbon, so he won't get lost. Turn Earl around and unsnap his red backpack; it folds down to reveal a 4-inch triangular safety mirror. He's fully machine-washable and comes with a Velcro attaching loop so you can hang him anywhere. The perfect companion for crib or car. (Ages 1 year and up. ) --Elisabeth Fredrickson 


Rated: NR 
Starring: James Stewart, et al. 
Director: Frank Capra 
Now perhaps the most beloved American film, It's a Wonderful Life was largely forgotten for years, due to a copyright quirk. Only in the late 1970s did it find its audience through repeated TV showings. Frank Capra's masterwork deserves its status as a feel-good communal event, but it is also one of the most fascinating films in  the American cinema, a multilayered work of Dickensian density. George Bailey (played superbly by James Stewart) grows up in the small town of Bedford Falls, dreaming dreams of adventure and travel, but circumstances conspire to keep him enslaved to his home turf. Frustrated by his life, and haunted by an impending scandal, George prepares to commit suicide on Christmas Eve. A heavenly messenger (Henry Travers) arrives to show him a vision: what the world would have been like if George had never been born. The sequence is a vivid depiction of the American Dream gone bad, and probably the wildest thing Capra ever shot (the director's optimistic vision may have darkened during his experiences making military films in World War II). Capra's  triumph is to acknowledge the difficulties and disappointments of life, while affirming--in the teary-eyed final  reel--his cherished values of friendship and individual achievement. It's a Wonderful Life was not a big hit on its  initial release, and it won no Oscars (Capra and Stewart were nominated); but it continues to weave a special  magic. --Robert Horton 
 
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