SXSWhew!

Not only was it my first year performing an official showcase (Yay!  Ben Deily of the Lemonheads came with John Strohm of the Blake Babies who has a wonderful blog post you need to check out here), but our panel was also selected entitled From the Stage: An Artist’s Perspective.  Many thanks to our wonderful [...]

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Industry Buzz: Dear Lily Allen, MP3 Blogs, What I Learned at TopSpin & More

Last.fm Launches Four HD Radio Stations: Just a few hours ago, Last.fm Discovers launched in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. The social music experiment has gone to another level. [Mashable] How much is a fan worth?: How much should an artist be willing to sacrifice (or spend) today to acquire fans? And [...]

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Industry Buzz: Dear Lily Allen, MP3 Blogs, What I Learned at TopSpin & More

Georgia Tech Edison Fund Invests In Band Metrics: Band Metrics is a web based system that provides in-depth geographical reporting of where and how music is played, shared and discussed online. [HypeBot] Music Industry Wants Royalties from iTunes 30 Second Samples: This entire industry seems to be run by people who don’t just not understand [...]

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Industry Buzz: RIAA Goes to School, MySpace – Twitter Mashup & More!

Back to school with RIAA-funded copyright curriculum: With a new school year in full swing, Ars takes a look at the RIAA’s newly updated copyright curriculum. Your kids could be learning from it—so what does it say? [ArsTechnia] MySpace Beats Facebook with Twitter Sync: MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to [...]

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Industry Buzz: Last.fm Goes HD, Music Copyright & Music Labels Resist Download Model

Last.fm taking over four HD radio stations: HD Radio itself is still in a niche phase. Although it’s available in more than 90 percent of major U.S. markets, the receivers are still fairly rare. [CNET] Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry: The row has pitted big names such as Billy Bragg and Annie Lennox against [...]

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