New Book Provides Indie And DIY Artists An Inside Look Into The Music Industry
Co-Founders, Dani Felt and Emily Correa, of Creative Spotlights, a New York-based creative development firm for artists, announce the launch of their new book, In the Spotlight: Over 100 Voices in Music. The book chronicles life in the music industry through the eyes of those who are living it and serves as guide for those who wish to enter the spotlight and stay inspired. In the Spotlight is the result of the authors’ almost two years of extensive research, compilation and design work.
In the Spotlight is an inspirational guide to the music industry by those who are in it. It features interviews with various industry professionals and is geared towards a handful of different audiences, including music students in high school and college, indie artists and labels, and DIY artists looking to get some help on marketing strategy. It also gives these audiences insider access to the perspectives of music industry veterans.
In the Spotlight has caught the attention of people like PledgeMusic CEO Benji Rogers, Co-Founder of ReverbNation, Lou Plaia, and David Schuler (John Legend’s Producer). The book features interviews with music professionals from different sides of the industry, such as: celebrity vocal coach Steven Memel and producers Arty Skye and Adam Ayan, CEO David Dufresne (Bandzoogle), key artists Ryan Cabrera and actors in Broadway musicals such as Joanna Christie.
The book is available through their website and on Amazon in mid-July and sells for $19.95 in softcover. A free digital copy of the first chapter titled “Inspiration” is downloadable here. There are hyperlinked music videos and fan pages of featured indie music artists next to their “sound bite.” In the Spotlight is truly focused on promotion of each artist and letting their voices really be heard. Felt and Correa both lend their own voices to this original work of art.
Emily and Dani wrote this unique and insightful book as a labor of love. “I always dreamed of being a singer ever since I was five years old. This life-long passion for music guided me to the development of Creative Spotlights in 2011, which started off as a music blog featuring 300 interviews with indie music artists,” Dani explains. “I have a story to tell as an artist, marketing guru and entrepreneur navigating the music scene in New York for the past five years.”
Emily states that “as a coach who actually had my own unfulfilled journey as an artist too; in painting, acting and modeling and never having someone to really push me to go all the way past my life circumstances, I have felt the ups and downs all artists go through in accessing their own creative power. It’s confusing to say the least! The coaching experience in this book provides light on that path, so that all music artists can discover the extent of their creative gifts, become leaders in their field and reach higher heights of prosperity, fulfillment and awareness.”
Additionally, Emily hopes to inspire all artists using her “AVA” method of “Awareness, Vision and Action” method of coaching so the music artists who read the book will be able to tap into their own creative gifts powerfully. The artist development part of each chapter showcases deep coaching questions, spiritual mantras to inspire with a fillable worksheet to stay on track. “This is a tool to truly inspire all artists so they can have a full experience and truly receive career guidance,” Emily says.
To drive buzz, the pair will be hosting their own exclusive NYC book launch party + industry mixer with a 200 + person attendee list on August 13th, 2015, at Fat Baby in the LES at 6:00 p.m. in New York. Press/Bloggers/Media are enticed to receive complimentary admission at: https://inthespotlightbook.eventbrite.com/ and a sponsor deck is also available. MC The MarXman will be the host.
Source: Creative Spotlights
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