Music Business Weekly Wrap-up

In case you missed anything, here are some highlights I’ve picked from this week in music news and artist advice:

Artists House Music:

• Indie Artist X September Stats are now available! http://ow.ly/t0TJ
• Watch this week’s live chat with the fine folks of Red Pill Entertainment: http://is.gd/419fY Incredible music, valuable conversation
• One of our chat guests from “last season”, @joshcharles, is still working to raise money and awareness for New Orleans http://is.gd/3Z7sh If you’d like to submit a cover of his song “Healing Time” you’d be supporting a great cause and connecting with some great people

• For those of you on twitter, I recommend everyone I’m following for good music biz conversation http://www.twitter.com/artistshouse/following

Music Business News:

• Amie Street Raises $3.9 Million http://ow.ly/tsuJ
• UK Rejects Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger http://ow.ly/tsub
• NMPA, Major Labels Sign On Terms Of Agreement http://ow.ly/tst6
• WMG Pacts With Outrigger To Monetize Videos http://ow.ly/tssT
• Labels Emphasize Artist-Specific Social Networks, Websites http://ow.ly/t0Pc
• The Orchard Adds EU Physical Dist. Via Intergroove http://ow.ly/t0U0
• Spotify makes playlists available offline: http://ow.ly/sPBq

Artist Advice, Thought, Opinion:

• How much does Spotify cost to run? Analyse the numbers http://ow.ly/tstA
• Analysis: The Cost of Streaming Billions of Songs http://ow.ly/tsrv
• Video: Topspin Media’s Ian Rogers on Why Letting iTunes Own Customers Is a Bad Idea - http://tr.im/BdpH
• Inside EQ - The Keys To A Great Mix by Jake Hartsfield http://ow.ly/tssN on the TuneCore blog
• More thoughts on sharing the artistic process http://ow.ly/tssk from Suzanne Lainson
• brand = trust; lose trust = lose brand. Radiohead’s mgr on trust: http://bit.ly/12phwo
• SEO Basics for Musicians http://ow.ly/t0O3

Hope you all had a fantastic week, and I’m looking forward to hanging with all of you again on Tuesday’s online chat - more details to come soon!