January 03, 2013  Recommended Reading: The Music Industry
Doesn't Have to Kill You  "Music has an extremely unique way of
impacting each one of us; but the realities of the business that
surround it are far from safe, comfortable, or loving. Frankly,
it can often be terrible and destructive...The music industry
does not have to kill you. Nor does it have to make you
generally miserable. This is not a self-help book. Nor is it a
how-to guide. It is my first step in spending the rest of my
life encouraging people in the music industry to think
differently." - John Clore, The Music Industry Doesn't Have To
Kill You,Introduction   The music industry isn't just known for
its art and the glitz and glamour of the red carpet, it also has
an infamous reputation captured in the well-known phrase (not to
mention countless movies) "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" and the
similarly popular Hunter S. Thompson misquote "the music
business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run