The Must-Have Guide for Breaking
into the Music Business

Completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, The Music Business provides essential career advice and information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry--from an author who's had careers in music as an artist and professor for more than two decades. This comprehensive volume gives you guidance and information on:

* Starting your music career
* The ins and outs of recording contracts
* Record producing and music engineering
* The distribution and sale of records
* The Internet and MP3s, and their effects on the music industry
* The latest computer programs
* Copyright law
* Composing music and songwriting
* Music education
* The international music industry
* And much more . . .

The Music Business is an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to begin a career in any of the industry's facets, as well as an invaluable aid to professional and would-be professional musicians alike.