20 Frets, No Nets

Want to play solo as more than a hobby? Take some tips from a thirty-year veteran. As the music scene changes, more musicians are working without a net, performing solo. Working solo can be a tough job for the guitarist-vocalist. In Twenty Frets, No Nets, Advice for the Solo Guitarist, Fred Adams, Jr. lays out the lowdown on a sometimes tricky facet of professional music. In the fourteen chapters of Twenty Frets, No Nets, you'll find tips and strategies on things like: how to build a pleasing repertoire, how to manage management, how to market a solo act, how to control the crowd, how to avoid entanglements with the IRS, and other issues that can bedevil the solo performer. Written with humor born of experience and illustrated with "war stories" from thirty years in the trenches, Fred Adams Jr.'s Twenty Frets, No Nets provides a road map for the beginner and offers a few new tricks for the experienced performer.