Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business

By Richard Stim, Nolo Books, Berkeley, CA, 1999

This easy to read book covers just about everything that you and your band need to know about the legal end of the music business, including management, performance, written agreements, copyright basics, album artwork, getting gigs, getting paid, equipment ownership, and much more. It also provides sample agreement forms as tear-outs and on disk.