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Reading List
Personal, Historical, and Business Development
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Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia
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Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye! by Cynthia Heimel, author of "If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?"
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How to Write Compelling Content that Ranks Well in Search Engines by Sonia Simone
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I Hate You- Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality, By Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, and Hal Straus
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Internet Marketing for Smart People by Sonia Simone on how to get more traffic, better customers, and more profit using content marketing*
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Marketing and Brand Management Study Guide published by Caluniversity to be used with Keller's 3rd edition of Strategic Brand Management*
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Marketing Management by Philip Kotler and Kevin Lane Keller
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Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible by William N. Goetzmann
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Principles of Marketing published by University of MInnesota*
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Selected Readings in Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing compiled by Thomas Zoega Ramsoy*
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Strategic Brand Management by Kevin Lane Keller on building, measuring, and managing brand equity
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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT exercises for learning mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, & distress tolerance by Matthew McKay (PH.D), Jeffrey C. Wood (Psy.D.), & Jeffrey Brantley (MD).
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The Heritage of World Civilizations by Albert M. Craig, William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment, and Frank M. Turner
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The Legal Environment of Business Text and Cases by Cross and Miller on Ethical, Regulatory, Global, and E-Commerce Issues (also suggest the study guide by William Eric Hollowell and Roger Leroy Miller)
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The Perfection of Yoga by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada*
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The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman on mastering the art of business
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The Science of Self Realization from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sawmi Prabhupada, Founder-Arcaya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness*
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (My Mom made me read this when I was about 14)
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Think World Religions by Roy R. Robson
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What to do When Shit Hits the Fan by Dave Black
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Your Body Speaks Your Mind: Decoding the Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Messages That Underlie Illness by Deb Shapiro
Music Industry Studies
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All you Need to Know about the Music Business by Donald S. Passman
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An Introduction to Music Technology by Dan Hosken*
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Artist Management for the Music Business by Paul Allen
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Forever Words: the Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash, edited and introduced by Paul Muldoon, foreword by John Carter Cash
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Getting Signed! An Insider's Guide to the Music Industry by George Howard
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Grateful Dead: The Ultimate Guide Rolling Stones Special Collector's Edition
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How Music Works by David Byrne
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It all Begins with the Music by Don Grierson and Dan Kimpel
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Legal Issues Involved in the Music Industry by Lawyers for the Creative Arts*
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Modern Recording Techniques by David Miles Huber and Robert E. Runstein
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Music Copyright Law by David J. Moser and Cheryl Slay
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Music Industry Forms, Jonathan Feist's 75 most important documents for the modern musician
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Music Law by Attorney Rich Stim on how to run your band's business
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Music Marketing by Mike King
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Music Marketing for the DIY Musician by Bobby Borg on creating and executing a plan of attack on a low budget
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Music Publishing 101 by George Howard (A Berklee In the Pocket Handbook)
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Song for my Fathers a New Orleans story in black and white by Tom Sancton
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Spirit into Sound by Mickey Hart
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Start & Run Your Own Record Label by Daylle Deanna Schwartz
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The American Book of the Dead by Oliver Trager, the definitive Grateful Dead encyclopedia
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The Music Contract Library by Greg Forest
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This Business of Music by Sidney Shemel
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This is Your Brain on Music the science of a human obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
Music Theory
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Alfred's Basic Adult All-In-One Course by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco (I recommend all 3 levels)
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Basic Blues for Piano by Ron Payne
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Bastien Piano Basics by James and Jane Smisor Bastien (Three Primer Series, and 4 Levels of books on Piano, Theory, Performance, and Thecnic)
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How to Read Music by Alan Charlton
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Learn to Play the Piano: A Step-by-Step Guide by Nick Freeth
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Master Scale & Chord Guide for Keyboard by Hal-Leonard
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Music Flashcards by Jane Smisor Bastien
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The "First Stage" Guitar Chord Chart by Chris Lopez
Suggested freelance underground music reading list last updated 10/22/2022; * means link to free eBook.