Bad news: The music business is packed with hidden agendas. Good news: Theres one indispensable guide that helps songwriters, musicians, executives, lawyers, and managers understand the music business and travel its shark-infested waters safely and confidently. What Theyll Never Tell You About the Music Business sold more than 20,000 copies in its first edition. This new, fully revised edition presents even more priceless insider information, updated for todays music scene, plus clear explanations and advice on the new transparency in agreements, the impact of agent-artist agreements, new webcasting opportunities, changes in copyright law, royalty limits, and all the other developments in law and technology, plus advice for songwriters, A&R people, and artists, and much, much more. Packed with real-world ideas and tips, What Theyll Never Tell You About the Music Business, Revised and Updated is the must-have guide for creative types and business typeseveryone who works in the music industry.Intelligent and accessible.David GeffenFrom the Hardcover edition.