Music Business Weekly Wrap-up

There’s a lot of information flying around out there, and I’ve picked some highlights from this week in music business news and artist advice that I think you might find interesting and helpful:

Artists House Music:

• Just uploaded AH video! Pot Luck Music Conference: Room Measurement, Treatment and Software http://is.gd/2stnP
• Artist Management - Artist Managers Role: http://bit.ly/185gZk
• Knowing When to Go With Your Gut (Instead of the Experts) http://ow.ly/kSJe
• Our friend @iheathen submitted 2 SXSW panel topics: read & vote if you’d like to see em next year http://bit.ly/ToF4X & http://bit.ly/CoGhl
• Sad to hear that legendary producer Jim Dickinson passed away on the 15th…we interviewed him in April of ‘08: http://is.gd/2oAJZ
• We answer the question ‘Can you copyright an idea?’ http://is.gd/2nlpE

Music Business News:

• UK Music research highlights the complexity of music consumption in 14-24 year-olds http://ow.ly/kSIB
• How Nokia Plans To Reshape The Music Industry http://ow.ly/kM78
• Microsoft, Rhapsody, LaLa, Last.fm, and Slacker are now using Harry Fox as their primary mechanical licensing provider…
• iTunes Sells 25% Of All US Music, 69% Of Downloads http://is.gd/2oH30
• AimeStreet Adds Sony’s RED To Dynamically Priced Download Offering http://is.gd/2mWOU

Advice/Thought/Opinion:

• The Market Challenges for Individual Artists http://ow.ly/kSIa
• Why people are still buying so many CDs - http://is.gd/2qCHJ
• What MySpace Buying iLike Means For Musicians http://ow.ly/kJFs
• Think Social Media Is Just A Fad? http://is.gd/2ndZs Good video w/ stats, but highly suggest you mute the music lest your brain explode…
• Copy rights and wrongs: http://bit.ly/1h03EZ
• Some good thoughts on what it means to be in ‘sales’ http://ow.ly/k6st It’s about human interaction before monetary…

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