In compiling this guide John Maines has set out to create a reference for anyone with the task of introducing music to an audience.

It is primarily aimed at the compere, presenter or conductor, although there is information included that will be of use to anyone with an interest in music of every genre.

Here you will find information on composers as diverse as Beethoven, Bartok and Sousa to Eric Ball, Goff Richards and Bob Dylan, John Barry and Bob Marley to Frank Zappa!