How to Get a Job in the Music and Recording Industry

Despite the title, this tome mostly focuses on gaining employment in the recording field, which is good news for our readers. I dove into this book wondering how it would fare to my cynical eye, and I have to admit Keith has a lot of good ideas, but that's the problem - many of them come off like ideas and not actual methods Keith or anyone really ever used, like the geeky "networking excersises" activity. Don't get me wrong, I've already advised several people to buy this book, so there is useful information in it, and most people can always use more advice about how to approach studio owner/managers (or any potential boss). It just ends up focusing more on the resume, networking, interviewing game than I expected. Plus, there's nothing in here noting that you could start your own business instead of begging for employment elsewhere - something I'm very familiar with. All in all, a good resource for the recently graduated who wish to get a job in larger studios, but maybe not the best advice for people who want to run their own studios, make low- budget rock records or work as freelance engineers. (www.berkleepress.com)