Nashville's Unwritten Rules: Inside the Business of Country Music

By Dan Daley

As country musicians LeAnn Rimes, Garth Brooks and Dwight Yoakam sell millions of records and put their names on the top of the pop as well as the country charts, country music is no longer thought of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879518898
• ISBN13: 9780879518899
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Bitter Pill

I was upset. I was even angry. With the author? No, with the business. As a New Jersey songwriter, I am an outsider. More like an outsider looking to displace a Nashville "insider". We all want music to be our livelihoods. But there are only so many musical chairs. We all know this. So why do books that remind us of this fact disturb us so much? If you are absolutely determined to do all that is necessary to be a part of the country music scene, then this book is an easy read. For those circling like vultures, keeping their distances, but not willing to dive full force into the fray, this book will shoot you down. It is extremely well written, jam-packed with critical info, and is a one-stop country history lesson. I have a brand new appreciation for the Nashville machine. I hated what I read. But I believed what I read. Suggestion: 1. Buy the book, 2. Take a sedative, 3. Read the book, and 4. Well, you'll decide what's next.

Revealing and insightful insider's account.

As a reality-check, this should be considered a must-read by any aspiring songwriter, musician or singer before embarking on the pitted road to Nashville. Through incredible insight, research and experience, Mr. Daley illuminates the good, the bad and the eccentricity of the business of country music. His engaging style captures the tone of the laid-back, but unique, methodologies of the movers and shakers of the Nashville Community.