Rolling Stone, Creem, the Village Voice, SPIN, Billboard, Stereogum, Pitchfork. How did the music journalists who write for these popular publications break into the business? How have they honed their writing and interviewing techniques? How have they ma

MIKE HILLEARY is a freelance music and culture writer whose work has been featured in GQ, Pitchfork, FLOOD, Vanity Fair, Under the Radar, Paste, Filter, Interview, and Alarm.

"Extremely readable—compulsively so. In its scope and approach, On the Record is unique and fills a real void. It will be a valuable resource for young writers interested in pursuing music journalism."—Jack Hamilton, author of Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination "Mike Hilleary’s On the Record is a book that makes plain how much writing, talking, and thinking about music matters."—Todd L. Burns, editor of Music Journalism Insider