Here are the top 5 music business ebooks that you can download for free.  For anybody tryin’ to get into the music business and do BIG things on an independent level, these are the books you need to read.  A lot of jewels and nuggets in these ebooks for you to pick up and apply to your independent music grind.  Just click on the title and download…

New Music Strategies: 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online by Andrew Dubber

The title speaks for itself.

Music 2.0 by Gerd Leonhard, co-author of “The Future of Music”

The whole ebook is a good read, but the most important part of this book is on page 154, “Open Letter To The Independent Music Industry.“

The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balter

This ebook discusses how word of mouth advertising is one of the best ways of advertising for music.

Unleashing The Ideavirus by Seth Godin

An inspiring and practical way to look at the music industry.

The Pirate’s Dilemma – How The Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism by Matt Mason

You can pick your price on this one.  So you can put $0.00 for the price if you want it for free.  The Radiohead “pick your own price” model is what is being used with this ebook.  This book says that free music is not always a bad thing.