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In a recent “Open Mic” we asked you, “Which music-related sites do you visit regularly?” This article is a summary of the great suggestions given in the comments to that article.

Interview with a musician who's using social media and marketing savy to make a living from music.

Mint.com, the online financial management tool, has put its numbers together with market researchers NPD Group to analyze music spending.

I spend more of my time working online every year. I communicate through Gmail, Twitter and Facebook online. I write documents and balance spreadsheets online.

TuneCore.com – the revolutionary digital distribution service – is comprehensively relaunching its site. The new TuneCore simplifies the front end, but creates a whole new artist dashboard.

At their exhibitor floor booth and their on-site press event, Waves made quite a stir at this most recent AES show in New York.

Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe- nominated songwriter Allan Rich has joined with MI’s Artist and Career Services Department (ACS) to provide career counseling for MI students.

If you are a performing musician that sells CDs at your shows, please consider this:

Here's what I think will happen tomorrow: Apple is going to launch a record label on iTunes. Oh, and Jay-Z will be there.

Musicians spend too much time entering their data on multiple websites. Filling out forms. Uploading MP3s. Uploading photos. Entering dates and venues into concert calendars. Pasting lyrics and bio...