The law. Music law and business primer ; Practical advice in response to clients' most-asked questions ; Overview of digital music law ; Focus on webcasting ; Focus on tethered downloading, interactive streaming, and downloading ; Music-licensing fundamentals ; Licensing music for new media -- Crisis and solutions : the recording industry in transition. A brief history of the digital music business ; Proposed solutions ; Latest cases and legislative initiatives -- How to succeed in the new music business. How artists can use new technologies to succeed ; Insights from an online marketing guru ; Big money and mainstream success : major labels and new business models -- Interviews with artists and music industry leaders. Artists adapting to a digital world ; Are indie labels better for artists than majors? ; A digital artist : DJ Spooky, aka That Subliminal Kid ; How to measure success in a digital world ; The true story of Napster and the labels : how Shawn Fanning made the labels an offer they had to refuse ; How to make a hit song in the digital age ; How to distribute music in the digital age ; How a music publisher and indie label adapt to a digital world ; The changing role of the manager in today's music business ; The changing role of the manager in today's music business, part 2 ; The changing role of A&R ; How to make it in today's music business ; Indie-label perspective ; Are record labels still necessary? ; Are record labels still necessary? : a futurist's POV ; New business models ; Music videos in today's music business ; Challenges facing digital music entrepreneurs.

Includes index.