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January 01, 1990 - February 12, 2013 + On the Beat
Copyrights around the World 
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SoundScan and Metadata
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For generations, success in the record business has been defined by record sales. And for the last two decades, those record sales have been monitored...
Alan Lomax in Haiti
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In 1936, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax stepped off of a Colombian steamship and onto Haitian soil. Only 21 years old, the young Lomax carried 155 pounds...
Music Business Tool Shed
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While major record labels still generate most of the traditional media, consumers are motivated to discover new and different sounds. And musicians are delivering, recording...
MOG and Lala
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If I can hear something right now, why would I want to wait? Instant gratification is quickly becoming the demand of the digital music culture. ...
All Ages
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If you are under the age of 21, your options for going out to see live music in a club setting can be pretty limited....
Music Wars
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ob/ob091125music_wars
First it was iTunes: 99¢ bought you a track. Amazon and Walmart went head to head with the Apple site, competing strictly on price. Meanwhile,...
Music Excursions
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How to Finance Your Career
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To those who think talent is the hallmark of success in the music business, think again. While talent is essential, marketing wisdom and good business...
Performance Royalty Debate Rages On
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The debate over whether broadcasters should pay a performance royalty is one of the music industry's hottest topics. Just two weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary...
Kevin Montgomery and Amanda Palmer
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It takes tenacity and vision for an independent artist to build and maintain a career in today's music market. Anyone with a computer can record...
Data Rocks!
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For the last fifty years, the traditional record label business was built on an ecosystem of radio stations, press outlets, retail stores and live venues,...
The FTC and Bloggers
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They went after funeral homes, they went after identity theft, and now
the Federal Trade Commission is going after the most pressing need for
consumer protectionism –...
Gaming and YouTube
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While the record industry struggles with the difficult transition of selling expensive physical goods to selling low-cost digital files, the gaming industry appears to be...
Spotify
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It's been less than a decade since Apple launched iTunes, and they remain the dominant digital retailer of choice. Currently,
iTunes enjoys 70% of all digital...
