How To Be A Pop Idol

How to be a Pop Idol tells you what really happens inside the music business. It tells you exactly what a record company does, who are the main players, how the retailers work, the ins-and-outs of music publishing - so that you can harness that knowledge on your trip to the top. It explains in detail the murky world of AandR: how young acts attract the attention of an AandR department; what AandR executives look for and what drives them. It tells you who's in charge, how the law works, how you can get into the charts - all in a simple, jargon-free fashion.

Jeff Clark-Meads is a former News Editor for Music Week, and the ex-International News Editor for Billboard. He founded Music Monitor magazine and is a former director of the British Phonographic Industry and sat on the committee organising the Brits.