This is a quick-start course on how to jump into making music, get it heard worldwide, make a living, and not compromise to the whims of the entertainment industry. The author, truly able to relate to his audience, has actually proven the theories in this book himself. He is a starving artist and musician with a punk rock ethic who has a band, tours with it, and is making a living off of it. This is a book for realistic people part of the indie revolution: musicians who are artists, who make good music, and want to get their music out to the world, but don't necessarily have to sell ten million copies to validate themselves. Packed with interviews from insightful, influential, and inspiring independent musicians, such as Henry Rollins, this book is an inspiration and motivational piece of work. A multimedia CD-ROM comes with the book and contains examples of the author's music, music videos, electronic press kits, etc.