Music Business Weekly Wrap-Up

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

Artists House Music:

• Artists House Video: The Copyright Ramifications of Sampling http://ow.ly/Lj15 w/ Mark Goldstein
• Knowing When to Go With Your Gut (Instead of the Experts) http://ow.ly/JYAG
• An interesting discussion w/ @mrbuzzfactor about branding http://ow.ly/JEfM from an SEA conference presentation
• Just reached 22k twitter followers this morning! Great job on spreading the word (I give you all credit because I definitely have not been able to reach out personally to that many!)

Music Business News:

• Year-End: Global Concert Business Remains Strong In 2009 http://ow.ly/Lj0x
• MySpace/Imeem Deal Leaves Thousands of Artists Unpaid http://ow.ly/LiXU
• Pandora Planning To Hit The Road With In-Car Access http://ow.ly/L3ab
• MySpace Opens API. Issues Developer Challenge. http://is.gd/5iorf
• Billboard & The Hollywood Reporter Sold http://is.gd/5ilz2
• Dec. 7, 1999: RIAA Sues Napster http://is.gd/5fiCl
• EMI Licenses Content to Vevo in 11th-Hour Deal http://is.gd/5fgQf

Artist Advice, Thought, Opinion:

• Peter Jenner: Exploring the future of copyright http://ow.ly/L3bp
• Ben Zanders @ted talk on music/passion/possibility. http://ow.ly/L05k
• Elements of Audience Participation: http://ow.ly/KK5I
• Music as Commerce: Understanding a Mindset http://ow.ly/KJxU
• Getting Past The ‘But Artists Should Just Be Artists’ Myth http://ow.ly/KJvD
• Can VEVO Recover From A Rough First Day? http://ow.ly/KJk2
• @lefsetz vs. @iancr: Mixing sincerity and marketing on Twitter http://ow.ly/KJ6G
• Chet Baker brings down the record biz  http://bit.ly/4U9KBx
• Geeks to Music Industry: APIs Can Set You Free http://ow.ly/JYyv
• The Only Reliable Way to Get Your Band Covered on Music Blogs http://ow.ly/JYnB

And a huge thanks to this week’s twitter evangelists!

• @dtwalsh: Got my son onto Artists House recently. He was really impressed with the depth of content.
• @joshcharles and @GrownFolksMusic: all musicians should follow @artistshouse to learn about the “new ” music industry :)
• @sambarouge: For musicians, the Twitter gold standard for community and information: @artistshouse
• @katiesorrels learning a lot about mbus from @artistshouse tonight, only I should have learned it earlier this semester!
• @jamesismasked: Using @artistshouse to help write my resume. Such a great site for anyone interested in the music industry.

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