Rock On - How I Tried To Stop Caring About Music And Learn To Love Corporate Rock

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Discovering the ironies of the music industry

Rock On offers a humorous take on the music industry through Dan Kennedy's experiences working for a major label. With cameos from various music icons, readers are taken on a journey that unveils the less glamorous side of the music business. Recommended for those interested in a lighthearted but insightful look into the workings of the corporate music world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Rock On - How I Tried To Stop Caring About Music And Learn To Love Corporate Rock

Regular price $6.06
Unit price
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ISBN: 9781846551734
Authors: Dan Kennedy
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Biographies & Memoirs, Music
Goodreads rating: 3.38
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How do you land a sweet six-figure marketing gig at the hallowed record label known for having signed everyone from Led Zeppelin to Stone Temple Pilots? You start with a resume like Dan Kennedy'• Dressed up as a member of Kiss every Halloween• Memorized Led Zeppelin IV at age ten• Fronted a lip-sync band in junior high• Worked as a college DJ while he was a college drop-outIn his outrageous memoir, McSweeney's contributor Kennedy chronicles his misadventures at a major record label. Whether he's directing a gangsta rapper's commercial or battling his punk roots to create an ad campaign celebrating the love songs of Phil Collins, Kennedy's in way over his head. And from the looks of those sitting around the boardroom, he's not alone.Egomaniacs, wackos, incompetents, and executive assistants who know more than their seven-figure bosses round out this power-ballad to office life and rock and roll.
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