So You Wanna Be in a Band by Michelle Garcia Andersen - OPTIONAL

So You Wanna Be in a Band by Michelle Garcia Andersen, 30 pages.  NON-FICTION Rourke Educational Media, 2019.  $26.  9781641564717  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS, HS – OPTIONAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

This book explains all of the things to consider when trying to start your own band.  Assuming you are good enough to perform, this book takes you through the steps of finding other band members, recording, how to find venues and increasing your fan base.  It has you consider some of the problems that might come up.  There is also a section that explains different career choices that include being in a band.  Each page spread has a couple of paragraphs, pictures and side bars to explain interesting facts.  

I guess my issue with this book is that I’m unsure who the audience is because the book looks likes it’s for kids, but the ideas are for independent people who can perform in restaurants and put themselves out there on social media which wouldn’t be young kids.  The ideas are well developed and good advice for someone who wants to start a band, but I’m not sure older kids, who would benefit the most from this book, would pick it up.  

C. Peterson