Dick Weissman is the author of six published books about music and the music business. The Folk Music Sourcebook, co-authored with Larry Sandberg, won the ASCAP Music Critics Award. His other books include: The Music Business: Career Opportunities & Self Defense (Crown, revised ed. 1990), a best seller on the Random House back list; Audio in Advertising (co-authored with Ron Lockhart); Music Making in America, Survival; Making a Living in Your Local Music Market, and Creating Melodies. He has also written over 35 published instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, and on songwriting. He is an Assistant Professor of Music, teaching in the Music Management program at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Dick has a long career as a studio musician, record producer, songwriter, composer, and performer. In the sixties, he recorded for Capitol Records in the folk-pop group The Journeymen. His 1993 album, "New Traditions," is an exploration of the banjo in a variety of unusual contexts. Dick also edited the book America's Music: Bluegrass.