This book is a comprehensive guide to a career in the music industry. Offering advice as to how to get into the business, it explains the main features of a wide range of jobs, such as management, production, promotion and merchandise through to the working lives of recording artists and session musicians.

Introduction. Getting inside the music business. Artists' management. The booking agent. Record production. The record company. The concert promoter. Music publishing. Press and public relations. Fan clubs. Merchandising. The artist. Summing up. Appendix 1: Music industry addresses. Appendix 2: Music industry courses in the UK.