Weekly Music Business Wrap-Up

Artists House Music:

• Why Interruption is a Crappy Music Business Model http://ow.ly/2897
• On The Blog: The Future Of Music Coalition’s Principles For New Business Models - Read Up And Leave Your Thoughts: http://bit.ly/H45I2
• Bandcamp 1.0: The best home on the web for your music? http://ow.ly/2cys
• Tools for finding a unique domain name: http://is.gd/r3KH
• Artists House Vault: Understanding Copyright: http://is.gd/r6RB
• A Response to the Querry: Musicians as Artists or Entertainers? http://ow.ly/2gRv
• Artists House Vault: DMCA And Creative Commons http://ow.ly/2rFZ

Music News:

• Yahoo’s New Artist Pages Aggregate Online Music From Across the Web http://ow.ly/2cwy (Question: Does anyone care?)
• Google & Universal Announce VEVO Channel http://ow.ly/2wQq
• Free Music Archive Launches Beta, Offers 5000 Free Tracks http://ow.ly/2wQM
• Amazon May Be Gaining Traction In The MP3 Market http://ow.ly/2h7X
• For you Spotify fans, it’s now open to third-party developers http://ow.ly/2m2N
• iTunes Hits $1.29 But EMI, Amazon And Walmart Buck Pricing Trend http://ow.ly/2m3M
• Watch Full Documentary: “Before The Music Dies” http://ow.ly/2rGK
• ReverbNation Launches Fan Reach Pro http://ow.ly/2rIT

Advice, Thought, & Opinion:

• ARS Technica Explores The Proposed Fifth Internet Non-Discrimination Principle (As Well As The Original Four) - http://bit.ly/3D5jC2
• Songwriters are taking it on the chin. What’s the solution? http://ow.ly/2cuA
• Guidelines on writing a music press release: http://ow.ly/2cuV
• The Self-Released Album Reference Guide for Musicians http://ow.ly/2cwu
• Can We Please End The Myth That Anyone Is Trying To Take Away ‘The Right Of Musicians To Get Paid’? http://ow.ly/2cx5 (Yes, PLEASE.)
• Tribes vs Communities http://ow.ly/2h7G
• Economics For Musicians pt. 1: The Basics http://ow.ly/2m40
• Lilly Allen’s cool use of twitter: http://ow.ly/2m58
• 10 Steps to Marketing in a Tribe http://ow.ly/2rVd
• Strive for Transparency, Not Fairness http://ow.ly/2rWo
• Berklee lesson on copyright infringement http://ow.ly/2wQa
• A DIY Acoustic Guitar Recording Primer (Part I) http://ow.ly/2wQr

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