Outside the jukebox
Subtitle: how I turned my vintage music obsession into my dream gig
By: Scott Bradlee
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780316415736
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Musicians; Postmodern Jukebox (Musical group); Popular music; Biography; Arrangers (Musicians)
Description: The author shares the story of how his experiments in applying his passion for jazz, ragtime, and doo-wop music to contemporary popular hits ultimately led to his project, Postmodern Jukebox, becoming a global sensation.
Table of contents: title: My first gig, or How I got fired from Walmart; title: How to skip your lessons and still become a musician; title: Falling in love with the process; title: Creating the future by embracing the past; title: An underachiever's guide to fumbling through higher education; title: Finding my niche; title: How to pay your bills doing something you kind of enjoy; title: Dealing with failure; title: Finding a new way forward; title: Hey now, you're a YouTube star; title: The monster called perfectionism; title: Embracing changing technology; title: From pianist to producer; title: Finding inspiration in the most unlikely places; title: the quiet birth of postmodern jukebox; title: Getting the band back together; title: How I earned to stop worrying and love my YouTube trolls; title: The internet as amplifier; title: Making it on a budget; title: How to go mainstream; title: with the help of Miley Cyrus; title: Building the right team; title: Constructing a dream factory; title: the power of absurdity; title: Taking the plunge; title: How getting kicked out landed us on Hollywood's map; title: Things fall apart; title: Uncovering the awesome power of collaboration; title: Tapping the authentic self; title: Success (and its discontents); title: Making it without a record deal; title: Setting up shop; title: Making a great impression; title: The advantages of an entourage; title: The search for freedom; title: Thinking outside the jukebox; title: The show must go on; title: A community thrives; title: Returning home; title: Epilogue.