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So You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star

So You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star

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So You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star

by Slichter, Jacob

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ISBN 10
0767914716
ISBN 13
9780767914710
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Broadway, 2005. Trade Paperback Paperback. GOOD/NOT ISSUED. • Binding: Trade Paperback • : How I Machine-gunned A Roomful Of Record Executives And Other True Tales From A Drummer's Life • 2005 • Cover has a corner crease. Back cover creases. Hinge crease. •

Synopsis

A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball.After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who could forget the smash single "Closing Time," a runaway hit in 1998 that thrust Jake and his bandmates into the international spotlight and helped them sell over two million albums worldwide? But along the road to fame and success came bewilderment and personal chaos: How will we ever get a record deal? Which record company is the best? The worst? Do I really have to wear these ridiculous boots? Why isn't radio playing our song? What if I have a panic attack right here on stage? What should I write on this fan's CD? Am I famous? Why isn't the video director getting more shots of me? Did I say the wrong thing during that interview? Help!So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star is a telling and witty look at what happens just before and during one's time in the spotlight. Jake takes readers on a step-by-step journey of his evolution from fledgling drummer to globetrotting performer and proves to be the perfect guide--feisty and humbled--to the inner workings of the music industry and instant celebrity. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star speaks to all of us who dream again and again of rock superstardom and shows how one kid can go from picking up a pair of drumsticks to picking up a platinum record.

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Bookseller
Squirreled Away Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
10112673
Title
So You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star
Author
Slichter, Jacob
Format/Binding
Trade Paperback Paperback
Book Condition
Used - GOOD
Jacket Condition
NOT ISSUED
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0767914716
ISBN 13
9780767914710
Publisher
Broadway
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published
2005
Keywords
BIOGRAPHY
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