Ever wonder whether songwriters make money when their music is played on the radio or in a bar? Whenever there is a public performance of registered music, someone is legally obliged to pay for it....
Making Money Making Music: Songwriters 
WTF! Radiohead Suggests Bandwidth Throttling To Solve Music Pirating 
While there are a few ways being proposed on how to stop file sharing, Radiohead thinks bandwidth restriction is the answer. Umm, no!
WTF is going on? (With Online Music) 
Myspace appears to be fading for us all...but what is taking it's place? Twitter? That's only 140 characters of text. Facebook? That's mostly for drunk party photos and stalking - not music.
47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit 
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.
Musician makes 26.3% of his net income from just 40 hard-core fans. 
Interview with a musician who's using social media and marketing savy to make a living from music.
7 Ways to Tour (Without Getting in the Van) 
Touring is exciting, but can also be financially exasperating and emotionally draining. Here are seven suggestions to tour your music but not yourself.
Living Colour wants You To Make Their Next Video 
The members of Living Colour are reaching out to all VJ's, Videographers, Animators, Projectionists and Techies.
The Big BOSS Giveaway — Guess The Riff, Get The Gear 
Grand Prize Wins Four Autographed Pedals and $1,000 in BOSS Gear.
A million plays on Spotify and earned $167. 
SELL YOUR MUSIC ONLINE: Comparison of Music Hosting Services (OMDs) 
Here are some online music distribution (OMD) sites you might want to check into so you may sell your music online via CDs and digital downloads.
Will Online Music Production Ever Take Off? 
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.
Review: The Bizmo Digital Music Distribution 
In the age of digital music distribution, with its endless channels and intricacies, it can be a daunting task for independent artists to try to navigate through all the requirements of each digit...
Digital Sales Up, But is Apple Monopoly the Price? NPD, Mint Data, Editorial Analysis 
Mint.com, the online financial management tool, has put its numbers together with market researchers NPD Group to analyze music spending.
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