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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | re; rock books |
| Date | Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:29:12 -0800 |
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>and even "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" by Simon Napier-Bell,
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>Gary "still so proudly Lost In The Grooves" Pig
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YES!! I LOVE this book.... some of the scams Napier-Bell pulled are still being
done today.... they got pulled on me when i was working at various labels....
the Europeans are the masters at this kind of stuff...
I also recommend the Clive Davis book, "Inside The Music Business" - it
really gives you some insight into the mentality of the 60s/70s music biz and
explains all those Columbia/Epic cover designs .... Clive is STILL using
the very same principles today to incredible success (well-known
artist + well-known songs = sales!).... granted, I haven't read this
in many years but it was definitely very influential to me back in
the 80s....
worth tracking down for sure...
i also liked the Jenny Fabian books for trying to figure out who she
was talking about....
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