The sequel to Ashurt's tremendously successful Band's Guide to Getting a Record Deal, the advice in this book will have universal appeal. As we enter the 21st century the music business is contracting. Record companies are buying each other out, firing staff, cutting costs and dropping bands left, right and centre. Yet more records are being released than ever before and more small record companies operating than at any time since the Punk explosion. Direct mail and the Internet are rapidly expanding to the extent that the future of traditional retail outlets is threatened.