Music Business Weekly Wrap-Up

In case you missed anything, here’s some of the highlights from this week in music business news and artist advice:

Artists House Music:

• Creating a Lucrative Business – Maintaining Relational Equity and Founding a Business http://ow.ly/8kQp
• New guest post on the Artists House blog by @walrusmuse about a great sustainable business - @branchrecords - http://ow.ly/8jAI
• Learn about Work for Hire (Publishing) http://ow.ly/8kO6
• Put yourself on the Artists House map! http://ow.ly/8jDf
• How to Help Your Child Prepare for a Life in Music http://is.gd/BJmt

Music Business News:

• Majors Seek New Fines for Pirate Bay Founders http://ow.ly/8LEc
• Single Song Downloads Coming to CD Baby http://is.gd/CpeB
• TuneCore Adds Amazon To D.I.Y. Toolbox http://is.gd/Cpc4
• TuneCore And Musicnote Spread The Sheets http://ow.ly/8kWN
• CD Resale Market Booming http://ow.ly/8kU2 (I wouldn’t call people dumping their useless plastic a BOOM, but interesting none-the-less)
• Pandora Launches Paid Premium Service http://ow.ly/8kgY
• 200 House Members Now On Board With Local Radio Freedom Act http://is.gd/BJwN

Artist Advice, Thought, Opinion:

• A Recording Quick-tip: Enabling sends in Return tracks http://ow.ly/8LEr
• Learn When To Say No http://is.gd/Cpea And believe me, it’s a skill…
• Analysis: MySpace Album Premieres Lack ‘Stickiness’ http://ow.ly/8l5q
• Who’s Listening? http://ow.ly/8kEH The least you could do is listen to this blog post - social media is not a broadcast medium!
• Indie labels are on the rise, and the proof is in the numbers http://ow.ly/8kfE Power to the people!
• Do It Yourself! Because Nobody Else Will http://ow.ly/86Fj Short but sweet advice…
• Streaming vs. Ownership http://ow.ly/86tV from the Lefsetz Letter
• Breaking Down the New $5 Napster Subscription http://is.gd/BJFk
• YouTube Ordered To Pay $1.6 Million To ASCAP http://ow.ly/86x2
• Tighten the low end of your mix with a frequency analyzer http://ow.ly/85hX
• Throwaway Culture: When the MP3 Hits the Desktop Recycle Bin http://ow.ly/7P6o

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