Confessions of a Record Producer : How to Survive the Scams of the Music Business
by Moses Avalon, (1998, San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books).
Gets behind surface industry practices and contract clauses, dissects them from varying perspectives
(the artist's, the producer's, the label's, etc.), and in the end leaves you with a broader understanding and deeper
sympathies for all involved.

Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
by Fredric Dannen, (1991, New York: Vintage).
The shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and
hustlers who ruled over the music industry during the seventies and eighties. Sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed.

Music & Entertainment Industry Internship Guide
by Beverly McCloud, editor, (2000, Entertainment Media Consultants, Livingston, NJ).
Amazingly comprehensive directory covering every facet of the music, entertainment, and communications industries.
Also provides guidelines for securing and maximizing an internship experience. Annual.

Music , Money & Success: The Insider's Guide to the Music Industry
by Jeffrey Brabec, Todd Brabec, (1994, New York, Schirmer Books).
Especially good on the intricasies of the music publishing industry.

Music Business Directories
by Ritch Esra and Stephen Trumbull, (0000, The Music Business Registry).
Publishes the most accurate, up-to-date industry directories for A&R , Music Publishers, Music Attorneys & Business
Affairs, and Film & Television music. All directories are also available on disk. Info at www.musicregistry.com.

Producing Pop: Culture and Conflict in the Popular Music Industry
by Keith Negus, (1993, New York: Routledge).

Rock'N'Roll is Here To Pay: The History & Politics of the Music Industry
by Steve Chapple & Rebee Garafolo, (1978, Chicago: Nelson-Hall).
Important for tracing the roots of current industry practice.

Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia
by William Knoedelseder, (1993, New York: Harper/Collins).
Combines a detective story, a bird's-eye view of record industry business practices, and vibrant,
memorable characters; all of which make it more interesting than anything a talented fiction writer could come up with.

Successful Artist Management
by Xavier Franscogna, Jr. and H. Lee Hetherington, 2nd.ed. (1998, NY: Billboard Books).
One of the best books on artist management.

The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry
by Robert Burnett, (1996, New York: Routledge).

The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-On Collision of Rock & Commerce
by Fred Goodman, (1997, New York: Vintage Books).