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IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT IN THE METAL BIZ, YOU’LL HAFTA DO THE DEVIL’S WORK FOR HIM

 Monday, June 1st, 2009 at 12:51pm by

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If you don’t know who Amy Sciarretto is, well, ya should. She’s Roadrunner Records in-house PR goddess (and often writes the very funny “Ask Amy” column for the Roadrunner website) and also writes for NoiseCreep. She’s also written for Revolver, Kerrang!, Guitar World, and a butt load of other publications and websites. In other words, she knows her shit.

Now Amy has teamed up with Rick Florino – founder or Ruined magazine and a contributor to Inked, Revolver, Hit Parader, etc. – to write Do the Devil’s Work for Him: How to Make it in the Music Industry (and Stay in It!). Featuring interviews and music biz advice from members of System of a Down, DevilDriver, Dragonforce, Matt Sorum (current Velvet Revolver/ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer) and Roadrunner A&R guru/blade runner Mike Gitter, this promises to be much, much cooler than your average “how to” guide.

The book hits shelves on June 26. In the meantime, you can get more info here.

-AR

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  • TJ

    She is a great writer, an excellent publicist and a super sweet person. But most importantly, Amy also has excellent all natural boobies.

  • Eric

    Rick Florino is hardly in the music biz. He is a total fanboy and only cares about what musicians he can snap a picture with and post on his myspace. Dude is a total douche.

  • http://reaper-x.deviantart.com/ Reaper-X

    Ask Amy is like reading all of the unfunny posts on 4chan’s /b/.

    Steve Albini already did this book intends to do in the form of an article.

    http://www.mercenary.com/probwitmusby.html

  • TurdFerguson

    I already sold my soul for a Filipino ladyboi and a 12 pack of Newcastle Brown Ale.

  • timmah

    This is the last thing the world needs…a guide on “making it” in the music industry. This will spawn another generation of lazy faggots who can’t play worth a shit and think that just because they have an indie label deal and a myspace page that they’re made in the shade.

  • Conduit

    This was sounding interesting until I got to the part with the interviews of the bands. Bluurg.

  • HairMetalFarmer

    That Ruin magazine was the worst! Is it even in publication anymore? Why would anyone take advice from a guy who hasn’t “made it” himself?

  • Spitz

    Rick is a pompous ass. Why would Amy write a book with him.

  • EsotericMetal

    I think the title of this post should be “IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT IN THE METAL BIZ, YOU’LL HAFTA WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MAKING IT IN THE METAL BIZ”.

  • cheap jew

    Has Rick really ‘made it’ in the metal biz? Look at the car he drives, it is older than he. Also has anyone heard of him before today? Well aside from a gay bathhouse wall?

  • The Greys

    Rick gets props for his excellent rebuttal.

    By the way, I penned a couple of blurbs for Ruin in its short, short life. Rick owes me money. “Two dollars! I want my two dollars!”

  • Nick Gerz

    I wonder if the book’s gonna have a chapter on blowing dudes in bands. Agreed, the world does not need this, and saying that Rick and Amy are in the music business is a stretch, to be sure.

  • http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4920604/Iwrestledabearonce_-_It_s_All_Happening Chuck

    If there is a chapter on blowing dudes, I am sure it was written by Rick