Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Who Is a (Musical) Artist and Why -- 2 Markets in Music -- 3 The Economics of Music Copyright -- 4 Political Economy and Music During the Covid Era: The Bowie Theory and Beyond -- 5 Empirical Results -- Appendix I Survey Methodology -- Appendix II Cultural Economics Musician's Survey -- Appendix III Narrative Survey Responses -- Appendix IV Music Industry Research Association (MIRA) Survey Results -- Appendix V The 2018 MIRA Survey of Musicians -- Bibliography