Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians

The second edition continues to be a valuable source to printed music, music software, and Web sites useful to musicians, and includes interesting essays on the history of printed music, copyright laws, music theory fundamentals, and other topics. Manyquestions posed by musicians and others concerned with music production and instruction are answered with short, effective explanations (e. g., the duration of copyright, the concept of fair use, writing lead sheets, publishing music). Axford's volume will be especially useful to young musicians or others beginning a career in some aspect of music. A useful section, "Web Sites for Musicians," reveals the book's currency: very few dead links were detected, attesting to careful updating from the first edition. The section "Tech Talk: Terms A - Z" provides brief definitions for many new terms used by musicians or technology specialists. A valuable desk reference for everyone involved in the music industry.