Books by David R. Williams

The Enterprising Musician's Legal Toolkit takes musicians from business ideation through actual development and ultimately protection of content and the brand with annotated contracts and other legal content. It expands upon the author's previous book, The Enterprising Musician's Guide to Performer Contracts.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds. The authors worked with an international group of bird experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild birds. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on birds quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bird conservation actions throughout the world.The preparation of this synopsis was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Arcadia.

The Enterprising Musician's Guide to Performer Contracts is a plain-language guide to the two most commonly used contracts in the music industry: presenters' engagement (gig) contracts and artist-management contracts. It dissects these contracts to inform and protect a musician's rights and help them get the most out of their performance careers.

This paradigm-breaking book dares to rethink the whole of the '60s experience, not from a political or sociological viewpoint but from an historical/theological perspective. Camille Paglia wrote that 'the spiritual history of the sixties has yet to be written.' This is that bo...