Music Industry Profile: Dave Olsen of Alfred PublishingDave Olsen of Alfred Publishing (one of the leading sheet music publishers in the USA) introduces himself and the company he works for. In particular, he describes how the sheet-music business has changed over the past few decades, from a model in which Alfred and others essentially republished sheet music obtained directly from the songwriter, to one in which publishers of sheet music actually transcribe sheet music directly from a finished recording for which written music was never created. He also discusses how electronic transmission is changing how sheet music is distributed, how Alfred’s in-house arrangers do their jobs, how to get your song to a sheet-music publisher like Alfred, what benefits Alfred offers to songwriters whose songs they publish, what music educators and musicians should know about copyright, and much more.