Jim Anderson, Head of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School, offers his advice to people who are thinking about a career in the music industry – in particular what musical and social skills can help you succeed in the field.

Jim Anderson, Head of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School, discusses how the record business is changing how it works in response to the new possibilities and problems that digital distribution presents, and shares his recollections of the collapse of the New York music business scene in 2000-2001.

Jim Anderson, Head of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School, talks about the many hats that a professional producer has to wear – from psychologist to arranger to the person who gets the coffee – in order to be as effective as possible in their job. He also discusses how a producer can know when they need to bring in outside help to assist with tasks that might not be among their own strengths.

Jim Anderson, Head of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School, discusses what he teaches the students in his course about how to produce, hear, and evaluate music, so that they can run their own record company or recording studio.

Jim Anderson, Head of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School, shares some of the things he has learned in the course of his long career and discusses some secrets of teaching people about the music business.