Music Business Weekly Wrapup

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

Artists House Music:

• A new AH interview from Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Jennifer Jefferson (interactive media manager) http://is.gd/4Lhvz
• Another clip from our new series with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: http://tinyurl.com/yb32nft
• New followers: have you added yourself to the Artists House map yet? http://ow.ly/zEan
• If you want a good live music scene in your town, you gotta go see live music!
• Awesome! Thank you guys for getting us to 21k followers. It’s been just over one year - couldn’t have done it without you!
• “Coin a Phrase: ‘The Downsell’”: http://bit.ly/2uwFRH
• “AH Vault: Get a Job in Music Publishing!”: http://bit.ly/3Xkf0k

Music Business News:

• Digital Music Arms Race: MSN Joins the Fray: http://is.gd/4P9Y6
• Early Results From Google’s China Music Service http://ow.ly/zWWt
• Now BlueBeat is just asking for hurt. The ‘psycho-acoustic simulation’ defense to copyright infringement. http://ow.ly/zDkm
• MySpace Traffic Drop Costs News Corp About $100 Million - http://redirx.com/?bq9d
• Lollapalooza Uses Crowdsourcing for 2010 Lineup http://is.gd/4NehF
• Kings of Leon Launching Limited-Edition Clothing Line http://is.gd/4MqNv
• Orchard Shares Double On Buyout News http://is.gd/4MfQT

Artist Advice/Thought/Opinion:

• A sample Photo and Video Release Form http://ow.ly/zXor
• Seth Godin: Everyone is clueless http://ow.ly/zW7E reminds me of my article “Focus on a Few” http://ow.ly/zWad
• A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have In Common? http://ow.ly/zDcT
• The lure of a one-of-a-kind item: http://ow.ly/zhmU
• The Problem With 1,000 True Fans by John Scalzi http://ow.ly/zD4c A nice reality check
• Create Invoices, Get Paid http://ow.ly/zDdt Another helpful, practical post from @musicianwages
• All Songs Considered Addresses a Critic and Explains their Method… http://ow.ly/zhjT