Music Biz Academy Digest - Issue #36 - May 27th, 2002
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Welcome, subscribers to the May 27th edition of the Music Biz
Academy Digest!

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT....
There's been a lot of action these last two weeks in the news,
the biggest news of note being the Librarian of Congress'
rejection of webcasting royalty rates proposed by the Copyright
Arbitration Royalty Panel. The proposal by the CARP would have
required Internet broadcasters to pay 0.14 cents for each song
streamed to each online listener, a rather hefty sum. This
rejection does NOT mean that rates will not be imposed, just that
the Librarian of Congress has rejected CARP's recommendations.
More news is expected on June 20th, when the Librarian and the
Register of Copyrights issues a final royalty determination.

for more information, see
http://www.copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates.html

In other news, Napster's been bought, Sony Music plants 'poison'
CDs, and the RIAA has set its sights on AudioGalaxy.com . See
featured news below for more details on these and other stories.

David Nevue
Editor, The Music Biz Academy
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/internet/index.htm
http://www.mp3.com/davidnevue


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THE INDIE BIBLE
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/indiecontactbible.htm
Need to create some BUZZ about your music? Looking for reviewers?
Radio station contacts? Promotion services? Then grab The Indie
Bible. This fantastic new musicians 'black book' contains pages
filled with contacts with publications and radio programmers all
over the world. These are people who actively look for music to
review! Download or Hard Copy Version Available for $24.95!


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Latest Additions To The Academy
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THOUGHTS FOR THE ASPIRING MUSICIAN
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/knab/articles/thoughts.htm
Why do some musicians 'make it' in the music business while
others don’t? A few thoughts from music consultant Chris Knab.


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MUSICDISTRIBUTION.COM
http://www.musicdistribution.com/
MusicDistribution.com aims to help you find the best places to
promote, sell, and distribute your music on the Internet.
Includes our top 10 list, music promotion tips, and
recommended resources.


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BRYAN FARRISH RADIO PROMOTION
http://www.radio-media.com/
Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion handles the day to day phone/fax
work required to promote your music to radio stations across the
country. Using a comprehensive database of over 1,700 broadcast
(non-commercial radio stations and 9,000 commercial stations, the
campaign begins with Bryan's staff calling radio programmers each
week, informing them of the hot points of your project. All
genre's, with the exception of Classical, are handled. The BFRP
web site is very well designed, and there's a lot of great
information about radio promotion here, even for those who are
just researching their options. More info at the site.


DIGIBID.COM
http://www.digibid.com/
If you're looking for a great deal on new or used equipment,
check out Digibid.com, an online auction house featuring
professional broadcast/video/audio equipment, music gear,
computers, DJ and lighting tools. Lots and lots of gear to browse
through. Listings include suggested retail price, current bid,
item condition and of course, a photo. Every item on DigiBid is
backed by their 100% money-back guarantee. Highly recommended.


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B.E.A.M. GRANT PROGRAM HELPS UNSIGNED MUSICIANS
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=33162
Making a living in the music world can be a tough goal to
achieve. Many talented musicians go unnoticed because they don't
have the resources needed to display their talents. To help make
some of these life-long dreams come true, Jim Beam® Bourbon will
award another $100,000 in grant money in 2002 to unsigned artists
through the B.E.A.M. (Benefiting Emerging Artists in Music)
program. Final grant deadline is August 30th.


101 ONLINE MUSIC PR SOURCES - FREE TO TWO WINNERS EVERY MONTH
http://www.bob-baker.com/buzz/onlinepr.html
Bob Baker is giving away copies of his new music publicity
resource. "Some professionals hide their secrets, but not Bob,"
says Jeffrey P. Fisher, author of Ruthless Self-Promotion in the
Music Industry. Fisher is referring to Bob Baker's "Online Music
PR Hot List," a new downloadable book that reveals 101 places to
submit press releases, get reviewed, uncover PR connections and
promote your music on the Internet. Every month, Baker will give
away two copies of this new online music PR directory.


U.K. BROADCASTER SEEKING MUSIC VIDEOS FOR SKY TV
http://www.waterfall-studios.com/
Waterfall Studios is seeking seeking interesting or unusual music
videos from around the world to feature in a SKY TV series. The
series, 'Showcase TV' is broadcast throughout Europe. Artists
seeking exposure for their videos are welcome to submit their
material to Waterfall Studios, 2 Silver Road, Wood Lane, London
W12 7SG. They require Digibeta or BetaSP formats, (NTSC, PAL or
SECAM) although they can also accept U-MATICS. Further questions?
email James Weston at james@...


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SUDDENLY, SWEET HARMONY AT NAPSTER
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2002/tc20020517_1661.htm
The twists and turns for online music site Napster are getting as
strange as those in a John LeCarre novel. After all hope appeared
to be lost that Napster could be saved, media giant Bertelsmann
announced on May 17 that it would buy all of the company's assets
and reconfigure a new Napster while leaving virtually all of the
outfit's senior team intact.


ONLINE MUSIC HAS COME OF AGE SAYS NEW STUDY
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=36822
Online music is rapidly becoming mainstream with a large segment
of the adult population listening in, but music providers still
face an uphill battle to devise an acceptable method of charging
for the service, according to a consumer technology purchasing
study conducted by Venture Strategy Partners.


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Featured Music Industry News
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MUSIC INDUSTRY SUES AUDIOGALAXY
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53694,00.html
The recording and music publishing industries extended their
legal pursuit of online music swapping firms Friday, suing
Audiogalaxy for copyright infringement. The Recording Industry
Association of America and the National Music Publishers
Association accused the Austin, Texas, firm of "willfully and
intentionally" encouraging and facilitating millions of users to
copy and distribute copyright work of artists, ranging from Dave
Mathews and Celine Dion to Alicia Keyes and the Beatles.


MP3 FOR SALE ONLINE IN INDUSTRY FIRST
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110831,00.html
In what may be a first for the recording industry, Maverick
Records and Vivendi Universal's online division are asking
listeners to pay just under a dollar for an unprotected MP3
version of a new single. The companies put the track, a dance
version of "Earth" by Meshell Ndegeocello, online Thursday on
sites run by Vivendi Universal Net USA, including MP3.com,
RollingStone.com, GetMusic.com and MP4.com. People can purchase
the file for 99 cents (70p) and then burn the song to a CD-ROM
disc or transfer it to a portable device.


MUSIC INDUSTRY SEEKS PAYOLA PROBE
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/23/radio.payola.reut/index.html
The recording industry from artists to major labels joined
Thursday in a rare show of unity to demand tougher laws barring
what they called "payola"-like promotion of music played on the
radio. They also called for a sweeping government review of radio
industry consolidation. Deregulation of the radio business and
rampant practices that skirt 40-year-old anti-payola laws stifle
competition, drive up music promotional costs and make it harder
for new artists to gain attention, the artists and record labels
said in a joint statement addressed to the federal regulators and
Congress.


LISTEN.COM FLIPS ON CD BURNING
http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1105-922151.html
Music service provider Listen.com on Thursday released its
updated version of its digital music subscription service that
allows people to burn CDs and listen to a new Net radio service.
As expected, Rhapsody 1.5 lets subscribers with CD burners put
tunes onto CDs through its "Naxos Classical with Burning"
catalog. Subscribers, who would pay $9.95 per month, can burn up
to 10 tracks each month from the catalog, which contains more
than 2,200 titles and more than 10,000 musical works.


MEASURECAST: WEB RADIO LISTENING RISES THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=36969
MeasureCast, Inc. (www.measurecast.com), the first company to
provide Internet radio broadcasters with next-day streaming
audience size and demographics data, today announced that
Internet radio stations continue to stream more hours of
entertainment and news to a growing worldwide audience.


NAPSTER SOLD FOR $8 MILLION
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_1140801,00.html
Less than three days after Napster founder Shawn Fanning and CEO
Konrad Hilbers said they were leaving the project for good, along
comes Bertelsmann with an offer they couldn't refuse:
Buy Napster for $8 million; clear out the company's debt and hire
back most of the key players. In addition to resuming his duties
as CEO, Hilbers will also chair Napster's board of directors.


INTERNET RADIO GETS A STAY OF EXECUTION
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=2706&cid=1&cname=Media
The Librarian of Congress has rejected a royalty proposal that
many internet radio stations said would drive them offline.
The proposal by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel would
have required e-broadcasters to pay 0.14 US cent for each song
streamed to each online listener. The Librarian and the Register
of Copyrights now have 30 days to issue a final royalty
determination.


'COPY-PROOF' CDS CRACKED WITH 99-CENT MARKER PEN
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=2&cid=581&u=/nm/20020520/\
tc_nm/media_cd_piracy_dc_1
Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's
elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly
low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a
felt-tip marker. "I wonder what type of copy protection will come
next?" one posting on alt.music.prince read. "Maybe they'll ban
markers." Sony did not immediately return calls seeking comment.


'POISON' CD TO CATCH COPYISTS
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/13/1021002430938.html
The writing could be on the wall for computer buffs who copy
music CDs for their friends. Sony Music has planted a "poisoned
pellet" of software in Celine Dion's latest CD, A New Day Has
Come, that is capable of crashing, and in cases permanently
freezing, the optical drives of personal computers into which the
discs are inserted. Michael Speck, of the Australian Record
Industry Association, confirmed yesterday that the anti-piracy
software trials were under way but said "spiked" CDs had not so
far been distributed in Australia, but it was inevitable. The
music companies were "simply protecting their property", he said.


JEWEL LAUNCHES "SOUL CITY CAFÉ" FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=36562
Atlantic recording artist Jewel has announced the creation of
"Soul City Café," a multi-faceted program designed to encourage
and expose new artists across the country. The launch of "Soul
City Café" will coincide with the opening of Jewel's North
American tour in mid-June. At eight selected venues on the tour,
two emerging musical acts and one spoken word performer will be
showcased during a special "Soul City Café" segment.


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Recommended Resources
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HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC SUCCESSFULLY ON THE INTERNET
2002 Edition!
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/htpromotemusic.htm
Learn the marketing and promotion methods that one musician uses
to bring in over $4000 a month in income from the Internet! There
are no 'pipe dreams' sold here. The author details step-by-step
how he finally said good-bye to his day job and starting spending
more time on his music. Download Version Available for only
$14.95!


THE GUERRILLA MUSIC MARKETING HANDBOOK
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/guerrillamusic.htm
This guide to independent music success features over 175 ways to
thrive and prosper with your own band or record label. Download
Version Available! The PDF version of this great book is now only
$29.95!


THE MUSICIAN'S ATLAS - 2002 Edition
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/musiciansatlas.htm
Created by The Music Resource Group, this 368-page volume
provides access to over 15,000 music businesses and key industry
contacts in more than 25 categories. Current names, phone and fax
numbers, e-mail and website addresses, detailed submission
policies and the styles of music preferred is just some of the
information you'll find on every page of The Atlas. Available in
hard copy for only $24.95!


THE INDIE BIBLE
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/indiecontactbible.htm
Need to create some BUZZ about your music? Looking for reviewers?
Radio station contacts? Promotion services? Then grab The Indie
Bible. This fantastic new musicians 'black book' contains pages
filled with contacts with publications and radio programmers all
over the world. These are people who actively look for music to
review! Download or Hard Copy Version Available for $24.95!


MUSIC IS YOUR BUSINESS
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/musiciyb.htm
This great offering from music biz consultant Christopher Knab is
now available in PDF format! Find out why so many musicians fail
and how you can get the 'edge'. Learn how to attract
distributors, radio play, and how to create a demand for your
music. Music Is Your Business includes excellent flowcharts and
graphs, demonstrating in simple terms how the industry operates.
Sample artist bio, fact sheet, and checklists for jump-starting
your career and/or running your own record label! PDF Edition
only $19.95!


THE INDIE MUSICIAN'S PDF POWER PACK!
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/index.htm
Get three of our best-selling books for one low price! Set
includes 'How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the
Internet', 'The Indie Bible' and 'Music is Your Business' - All
for only $49.95 emailed to your inbox!


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GET YOUR MUSIC ONLINE!
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/cdstreet.htm
We've partnered with CDStreet to offer one of the best deals on
the net for musicians looking to sell their music via the web.
CDStreet simply takes 20% of your CD price. If you sell a CD for
$12.99, you keep $10.39. If you need to ecommerce enable your web
site (as in, you need a shopping cart), you can use CDStreet to
do that as well. Visitors can rate your music, post reviews, get
news and information and listen to and purchase your music. Very
highly recommended, with lots of buzz on the ‘street’. There is a
one-time $29.95 set up fee, but no recurring or hidden charges. A
fantastic deal on a high-visibility, high-class web site.


MUSIC CAREER CONSULTING
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/consulting.htm
If you'd like some help getting your music career off the ground
or preparing for that next step, contact our expert music
consultant, Christopher Knab. Chris has been called "One of the
Most Influential People in the Northwest Music Industry." by
Seattle's Rocket Magazine. He is owner of FourFront Media and
Music, a consultation service based in Seattle that helps
musicians develop marketing and career plans.


RADIO & RETAIL PROMOTION
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/radiopromo.htm
If you're looking to promote your music either via radio or
through retail, we've teamed up with a radio promoter who has
quarterbacked campaigns for RadioHead (before they were stars),
Lit (Malicious Vinyl), and others. Our contact will help arrange
on-air interviews, CD reviews, and create a custom campaign
custom designed for your music.


ART DESIGN - CDs, Posters, One-Sheets, and Web Sites
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/artdesign/
In this business of music, image means everything! You know it,
we know it, the music industry knows it. Our hand-picked graphic
designers will help you make a powerful statement about your
music! Whether you need art design for your CD package, or just a
quick logo, it's all here. Check out the very cool one-sheet
designs, the perfect item to make your press kit stand out!


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