The ALL NEW 2005 Recording Industry Sourcebook is here! The Recording Industry Sourcebook is a HUGE music business and production directory--chock full of important music industry contacts. This is an amazing source for updated (and reliable) music industry contact information, containing over 15,000 listings in more than 60 categories. If you're serious about getting in touch with music industry movers and shakers and getting your music properly recorded, mastered, duplicated, packaged, promoted, booked & signed, this HUGE (and heavy!) resource has what you need to get you started!

Now in its sixteenth year of publishing, this music 'biz favorite has been given a complete overhaul, with many enhancements and new features. Every listing has been painstakingly verified, and the book has been re-organized for easier use, with new introductions explaining and indexing each easy-to-use tabbed section. On top of that, a searchable Win/Mac CD-ROM of all the book's data is now included with every copy! In addition, every purchaser of the book/CD-ROM package gets one year of online access to the updated web version of the sourcebook!

The 2005 Sourcebook is the directory you need to conduct business in today's music industry.

Here's how the music 'biz contacts are categorized (from previous editions):

1. Labels - Distribution - Publishing (painstakingly researched major & indie label contacts with complete address info--including direct-line phone numbers and email addresses)
2. Management - Promotion - Legal (find out which firms are accepting new acts to manage and promote to the industry)
3. CD/DVD Manufacturing & Media Supply (the best prices on CD/DVD dup. services)
4. Engineers & Producers (find out which established and up-and-coming producers are accepting new indie acts to record, produce and shop to labels)
5. Western U.S. Studios & Facilities (includes info on recording equipment, formats, credits, staff & location)
6. Central U.S. Studios & Facilities (includes info on recording equipment, formats, credits, staff & location)
7. Eastern U.S. Studios & Facilities (includes info on recording equipment, formats, credits, staff & location)
8. International Studios & Facilities (includes info on recording equipment, formats, credits, staff & location)
9. Equipment Manufacturers & Studio Design (get in contact with your favorite pro audio gear manufacturers and find a firm that can transform your basement or bedroom into a serious recording space)
10. Equipment Sales & Rental (essential info to have if you're on the road or on your way to a gig and your equipment breaks down or malfunctions)
11. Art/Video Design & Production (professional photographers, CD artists, video directors & producers, and multimedia firms are here)
12. Radio Stations (newly verified contact info for thousands of U.S. radio stations--with format and frequency info)
13. Venues (U.S. and Canadian clubs/venues that will book you--includes club capacity)
14. Travel Services & Trade Shows (travel & insurance firms that cater to musicians--includes artist-friendly hotels and motels)