David Baskerville
1 GOOD REFERENCE BOOK FOR STUDENTS
This book is used primarily in college universities that offer degrees in the music business. It's very dense and it is not a quick read, but it is very comprehensive. The author makes a concerted effort to not only explain the subject matter, but to put subjects in their proper context by illustrating how situations are impacted by surrounding issues. Not very contemporary, but fundamentally sound.
2 Excellent!
I had this as a textbook in my Intro to Music Industry Studies at college. It gives you all the basic aspects of the music industry, including jobs, marketing and a bunch of other stuff. It doesn't go into great depth so if you're wanting a more detailed view of how the music industry works I suggest that you try to find another book to buy separately or go along with this. It includes all of the basic terms necessary for the business of recording, marketing, merchandising, etc.
