On Making Music - a guide for original music-makers by Adam Walton.
On Making Music is now available to download as a .pdf file on a ‘pay what you want’ basis (link & download info at the bottom of this page).
I wrote it. My name is Adam Walton. I’ve been making a new music show for the BBC since 1993.
On Making Music is a wide-ranging guide for original music-makers, encouraging originality and covering many different aspects of being a musical artist in 2014: songwriting, recording, getting gigs, making money, DIY releases etc.
It took me a year to write. It’s 400 pages long. It’s exhaustive but hopefully not exhausting.
There is a full chapter list, here: http://onmakingmusic.tumblr.com/post/84122070293/on-making-music-contents
The book features contributions from, and exclusive interviews with, a range of influential artists:
DOWNLOAD LINK & DONATIONS
The absolute intention for On Making Music is for it to be as accessible and affordable as possible. If you’re skint, feel free to take a copy for nothing (enter ‘0’ after you’ve clicked the ‘donate’ button at the link below).
Otherwise, please donate what you think is appropriate for a 400 page book that took a year to research and write (£5 is the average amount of the donations that have come through so far).
All donations are *much* appreciated, truly.
PAYPAL OPTION
If you prefer, you can donate via Paypal by clicking here.
https://gum.co/onmakingmusic - and click 'donate' & enter '0' for your download of the book. Apologies if this is convoluted!)
Please note:
You will need to enter an e-mail address, but it would only be used (very) infrequently to tell you if there’s an updated version of the book (I will update it as / when new contributors become available / volunteer their services.)
FEEDBACK & TESTIMONIALS
I’d love to hear what you think of the book, positive or negative. Please e-mail your thoughts to: themysterytour AT gmail DOT com
Happy reading and music-making!!