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Music Business Stories - Book OneMusic Business Stories - Book One documents the development of the music industry from 1950 to 1985. This comprehensive account underscores the significance of the 45 rpm single, vinyl record albums, and provides a detailed overview of promotion, distribution, marketing, and sales practices during this era. Each chapter presents key moments involving influential artists, their managers, record label executives, and the transformative approaches that shaped the music business. Chapters feature: narratives and insights from distinguished figures such as Michael Nesmith, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Don Imus, Brian Auger, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and John Denver. These accounts highlight the dynamic relationship between creative artists and their managers, including Frank Dileo, Colonel Tom Parker, Jerry Weintraub, and Tony Defries. Chapters address: Political dynamics, behind-the-scenes office diplomacy, and the prevalence of drug and alcohol use within the music industry. Music Business Stories - Book One presents narratives that illustrate how the careers of numerous individuals in the industry were profoundly impacted by widespread substance abuse. Chapters address: Stories that are often times funny, sometimes crazy, and many times gravitate to conclude we all share strengths and weakness However, The Music Business is one industry that provides the stage to magnify humanity in regards to both triumph and disaster.

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""Tom Cossie was what they used to call ""A real record man."" The saying went,"" A real record man would sell his house if he believed in a hit record."" They don't make them like that anymore. I guess old school ""Real record men"" didn't believe in jobs...they believe in music and musicians. They believed in people and the ability of those people to bring art to the world that touches other people. Nile Rodgers: Producer, Guitarist, Song Writer, Author and Philanthropist. ""Tom Cossie's Music Business Stories is a fun balance of music, personal, and family life. Enjoy the ride beginning in Pittsburgh, promoting Tommy James' ""Hanky Panky,"" to the early days of hair metal two decades later."" Warren Kurtz - Goldmine - The Music Collectors Magazine ""If you're looking for a great read and love music, then this is the book for you. Great inside stories of the music artist and songs of your life. This is from a time the music industry was finding and breaking new music from regions of the United States, carrying them on to national and international fame."" Jack Forsythe - Fmr Vice President Chrysalis Music ""This inside look at the biggest stars and events are captured here with love, charm and the view from a side never seen before. There is a wow in every chapter."" David Spero- Artist Mgr., fmr SR VP Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ""Each of us will draw a different lesson from his stories in this book. You will want to not just read it cover to cover as I did but keep it as a valuable archive to an era left behind, and a man who believed himself to success."" Tom Silverman- Dance Music Report, New Music Seminar, TommY BoY Music ""Music Business Stories"" by Tom Cossie provides insights for those working in the industry as well as readers interested in learning about a less familiar business side of music. The book shares Tom Cossie's experiences and discusses how an individual from Munhall, a steel town suburb of Pittsburgh, pursued a career in the music business through ambition, passion, and risk-taking. As an educator, I developed a Music Technology program with a chapter on the Business of Music. I invited Tom to speak to my class on the subject, and my students were completely enthralled by his state of the industry presentation. Music Business Stories"" by Tom Cossie would appeal to both music lovers and industry professionals! "" Vito DiSalvo - Composer, Producer, Educator.""

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Behind the glitter of the stage lights, the music business was chaos-equal parts brilliance, madness, and cutthroat deals. Tom was there for it all. At RCA Records, he promoted Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Harry Nilsson. Later, he co-founded labels, signed hitmakers like Chic, and revived publishing catalogs still thriving today. In Music Business Stories - Book One (1965-1985), Tom reveals the untold truths: Stories about special Tiffany Christmas gifts. A TV Special on record industry corruption using The Zepplin and David Bowie as the lead in. Recording artists behind the curtain and backstage comedy that sometimes came with a cost. This isn't a polished history. It's the raw, unfiltered ride through rock 'n' roll's and R&B's golden age-told by someone who lived it and survived to tell the tale.

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