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Author: Jacob SlichterPublisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Edition Description: ReprintISBN-10: 0767914716
Subject: Biography & AutobiographyISBN-13: 9780767914710
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Language: EnglishPublication Year: 2005
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Drummer Jacob Slichter's first intimations of rock stardom come at a small club gig in Minneapolis: the signs are not good. He suffers from stage fright and chronic feelings of insecurity, and is seeing a therapist--even before his band, Semisonic, has shown any signs of popularity outside its hometown. Slichter relates the story of his subsequent roller coaster ride on the rock & roll hype machine in SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK & ROLL STAR, a book that's partly a salutary lesson in the arcane ways of the music business, and partly the recounting of a rite of passage, from would-be rock star to something approaching the real thing. In a series of dryly hilarious scenes, from his first hair-dye job to Semisonic's first video, Slichter describes a comprehensive litany of temporary triumphs, like the band's incandescent performance at a music business convention, and more permanent disasters, like the commercial failure of all their recordings save their one hit single. The sex, drugs, and money all happen to other bands, and the fame isn't all it's cracked up to be, but, despite setbacks that might drive lesser mortals screaming to a nice cozy desk job, ultimately Slichter's love affair with rock survives intact.

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A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball.

After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who could forget the smash single “Closing Time,” a runaway hit in 1998 that thrust Jake and his bandmates into the international spotlight and helped them sell over two million albums worldwide? But along the road to fame and success came bewilderment and personal chaos: How will we ever get a record deal? Which record company is the best? The worst? Do I really have to wear these ridiculous boots? Why isn’t radio playing our song? What if I have a panic attack right here on stage? What should I write on this fan’s CD? Am I famous? Why isn’t the video director getting more shots of me? Did I say the wrong thing during that interview? Help!

So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star is a telling and witty look at what happens just before and during one's time in the spotlight. Jake takes readers on a step-by-step journey of his evolution from fledgling drummer to globetrotting performer and proves to be the perfect guide—feisty and humbled—to the inner workings of the music industry and instant celebrity. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star speaks to all of us who dream again and again of rock superstardom and shows how one kid can go from picking up a pair of drumsticks to picking up a platinum record.




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So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star
ISBN: 9780767914710
Author: Slichter, Jacob
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published: 5/10/2005
Pages: 286
Binding: PAPERBACK
Weight: 0.5400 lbs.
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The drummer for Semisonic recounts how the band struggled as a trio of misfits before being catapulted into stardom, describes the survival skills they developed, and offers insight into the challenges of the music industry and living a celebrity life. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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