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Containing interviews with industry experts in the US and the UK, this guide gives tips on almost every aspect of gigging. It takes you through the process of recording, from home-made demos to releasing your own finished product and radio promotion. It also explains what managers, publishers, PR people, accountants, and lawyers can do for you.

Names are gifts that parents choose for children; gifts to last a lifetime.1001 Names for Australian Babies is a collection of given names, including traditional, biblical, ethnic, modern and invented names, as well as their origins, meanings and variations.A practical guide for all parents seeking that unique name for their child.

Less than one year after the armistice ending World War I, several American cities and towns erupted in race-related violence. The period came to be known as the "Red Summer of 1919" and was immortalized by Claude McKay in his poem "If We Must Die". Recalling Longview is the true story of how racial prejudice and misunderstanding in a small Texas community led to violence and economic injustice for the town''s blacks that have never been resolved. With its still-lingering effects on one black family, the July, 1919 riot in Longview, Texas remains a gripping saga appropriate for study by students of history and sociology, as well as any American, seeking to understand our national past.

A companion to the successful "Guerilla Film Maker''s Handbook", this book deals with every aspect of professional music making in today''s popular music industry on both sides of the Atlantic. In creating music and developing a career, almost everyone starts out "independently", that is without the support of a large company. However, independent music making can be defined in a broad sense as a particular attitude towards creating and distribution of music held by professional people. The attitude involves a commitment to retaining control over your work as far as it is practically comaptible with getting it to the larget possible relevant audience. This does not necessarily mean that the independent musician does everything him or herself. One of the most important dimensions of the book will be the checklists of questions musicians need to ask themselves in order to decide whether they need outside help from a manager, lawyer, accountant, record company, music publisher, agent, press officer, plugger etc. The book is divided into six sections, each of which includes brief interviews with key experts. The first two deal with the main areas of musical activity - live performance and recording. Section three explains other aspects of musical activity while section four gets down to the nitty-gritty of the business aspects of making music. Section five summarizes the whole area through some well-chosen real life examples of independent musical activity. Finally, a toolkit section will provide examples of key documents (recording contracts, PRS membership agreements, etc) and other relevant data.