"The new Eighth Edition of the Music Business Handbook and Career Guide maintains the tradition of this classic text as the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the $100 billion music industry. This new Eighth Edition expands on hot-button music business issues such as digital downloads, piracy, and record company transformations. Thoroughly revised, the Eighth Edition shares a particular emphasis on online music and its impact on the rest of the industry. The Eighth Edition also includes complete coverage of all aspects of the music industry, including songwriting, publishing, licensing, artist management, promotion, retailing, media, and much more."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-561) and index.

Foreword / Stan Cornyn 1. Overview 2. The music business system 3. Professional songwriting 4. Music publishing 5. Music copyright 6. Music licensing 7. Agents, managers, and attorneys 8. Artists' recording contracts 9. Unions and guilds 10. Artist management 11. Record production 12. Concert production 13. Arts administration 14. Music products

15. Scope of the recording industry 16. Record promotion, distribution, and retailing 17. Record markets 18. The digital age 19. Music in radio 20. Music in television 21. Dramatic scoring for motion pictures and TV 22. Music in advertising 23. Music and theater 24. Business music and production libraries 25. Career options 26. Starting your own business 27. Career development 28. What you need to know : about Canada's music scene / Richard Flohil 29. International copyright : the world market outside the United States / Phil Hardy and Dave Laing.