Music Biz Academy Digest - Issue #8 - April 3rd 2001
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WELCOME!
Welcome to the April 3rd edition of the Music Biz Academy digest!
It's been a rather insane two weeks for us involving family
illness as well as travel. As a result, we were unable to update
the site as often as we usually do. Still, we do have a couple of
new articles of note from our veteran writers, Christopher Knab
and Bryan Farrish. In addition, we've included links to some very
interesting commentaries from both Courtney Love and Janet Fisher
of Goodnight Kiss Music. And, as usual we've brought you the
latest news impacting music on the internet.

Thanks for your patience. Everything is back to normal at this
point so moving forward, we hope to return to our 'regular
programming', including some new site reviews next issue.


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Latest Additions To The Academy
http://musicbizacademy.com/articles/
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HOW RADIO STATIONS AND RECORD LABELS WORK TOGETHER
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/articles/musicbusiness/radiolabels.htm
Radio stations and record labels need each other. Record labels
need exposure for the records they release, and music-formatted
radio stations need programming to attract listeners. If you
thought that a commercial radio station's priority was just to
play music, you were wrong. Article by Chris Knab.


RADIO AIRPLAY 101: COMMERCIAL FORMATS
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/articles/radio/index.htm
A style by style breakdown of radio station formats an
opportunities available to independent artists. Article by Bryan
Farrish.


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Articles From Around The Net....
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WHY I COULD NEVER USE THE MP3.COM LICENSING PROGRAM AS A MUSIC
PUBLISHER
http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=3412
After reading the MP3.com Licensing agreement applying to those
who WANT to license an MP3.com Artist's work in any traditional
business sense, I think the artist is going to pretty much be out
of luck). Commentary by Janet Fisher.


MUSIC SUCCESS FORMULAS
http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=3413
It seems people want to know a magic formula to fame and fortune
in the music industry. I could be flippant and just say hard
work, talent, and dumb luck. While those three notions often do
result in success, they do not tell the whole story. Article by
Jeffrey Fisher


COURTNEY LOVE TO FELLOW RECORDING ARTISTS
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=20014
"I'm writing to ask you to join the chorus of recording artists
who want us all to get a fair deal from the record companies.
R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, U2, Alanis Morrissette, Bush, Prince
and Q-Tip have called me with their support and we need your
participation as well."


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Featured Music Industry News
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MAJOR LABELS TO LICENSE TUNES TO REALNETWORKS
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,23255,00.html
Major record labels Warner Music, BMG and EMI announced Monday
that they have negotiated licenses with RealNetworks for use on
an Internet-based music subscription service called MusicNet.


ARTISTS ON MP3.COM BID ONLINE TO INCREASE EXPOSURE
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=20644
Thanks to a new service, eligible artists now have another
cost-effective way to market their music and potentially earn a
share of $1 million made available to them each month by MP3.com,
Inc. In much the same way that food distributors procure premium
placement on store shelves, eligible artists and labels who are
seeking additional exposure on MP3.com are participating in an
online auction process to secure high-visibility positioning
throughout MP3.com's web site.


MORE SOUND AND FURY OVER NAPSTER
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=A\
rticle&cid=ZZZVXNWOVKC&live=true&cst=1
Song-swapping service Napster has intentionally adopted an
easy-to-defeat filtering system that leaves all of the
copyrighted material it has been asked to block available to its
users, the recording industry charged in court documents on
Tuesday. Calling Napster's system "the most porous filter
available," the big music companies asked a U.S. District Court
to order the Redwood City, Calif.-based startup to build a more
effective filter or limit the music available on its network to
approved works.


MP3.COM PLAYS NEW REVENUE STREAMS
http://www.msnbc.com/news/548299.asp
“Leverage the community!” has been MP3.com CEO Michael
Robertson’s battle cry since his company’s IPO in 1999, referring
to the goal of deriving revenue from the site’s ever-expanding
audience. But while MP3.com’s service, which allows artists to
give away MP3 tracks to promote their CDs, used to represent the
traffic-driving soul of the company — providing millions of page
views and click-throughs — it now seems that the artists
themselves are just another community to be leveraged.


MP3.COM LOOKS TO PROFIT FROM INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
http://www.upside.com/DigitalMedia/3ab2a02517.html
Musicians who use MP3.com have been buzzing over a new policy the
site plans to implement on April 1. After that date, artists who
want collect royalties on downloads of their tunes will have to
shell out $20 per month -- an amount that for most musicians
exceeds royalty earnings.


THE DISAPEARING INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=19995
The Independent Musician, cynical of the music industry, moves to
the Internet in hopes of finding a fairer landscape. Fantasy? One
hundred thousand musical acts around the world don't think so.


NAPSTER TO COURT: HELP!
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/napster010315.html
A court-imposed deadline for Napster to ditch copyrighted music
came and went on Wednesday, and while the company insisted it was
taking action, many songs remained available for download. The
Internet song-swapping service says it has spent thousands of
hours and more than $150,000 trying to comply with the federal
court order, but the recording industry has not been cooperating.


NAPSTER'S FAILURE COULD MEAN MUSICIANS' GAIN
http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,6149,00.html?tag=81&sb=121
"I only hear how the poor multi-billion dollar recording industry
is suffering from their 'lost sales' but who is going to stand up
for indie (independent) artists? Don't they deserve a share of
the pie?" Sure they do. And if Napster isn't around to help
promote new musicians and artists - a handful of others are
ready to "stand up for indie."


MP3.COM HALTS FREE ARTIST-ROYALTY PROGRAM
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5161805.html?tag=ch_mh
As consumers grapple with content filters on Napster that may
make it harder to find free tunes on the Internet, thousands of
would-be rock stars got their own bad news Friday when Web
pioneer MP3.com said it plans to start charging for an unusual
online royalty system. Dubbed "Payback for Playback," the program
gave artists who posted music on the site a way to earn a little
money whenever site visitors listened to their music. As of April
1, the no-cover-charge model is coming to an end. Artists can
still put their sites onto MP3.com for free, but they will have
to pay $19.99 a month to be a part of the profit-sharing program.


SECRET SERVICE, RIAA BREAK UP COUNTERFEIT MUSIC OPERATION
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=20006
The U.S. Secret Service, assisted by the Recording Industry
Association of America's (RIAA) New York Anti-Piracy Unit,
executed two search and seizure warrants in Queens and Manhattan
resulting in the break up of a massive counterfeit music
operation. Approximately 20,000 recorded CD-Rs and 1,200 masters
were seized from both the Queens and Manhattan locations.


NAPSTER FILTER CUTS DOWNLOADS BY HALF
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17661.html
Napster's court-enforced attempt to prevent up to 135,000 songs
from being shared using its software has dramatically cut the
number of downloads from the service. Since the company added
filtering software to its servers, there have been 50 per cent
fewer downloads from the network. The average number of files
offered by each user has fallen from 172 to 71, according to Net
research company Webnoize.


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Recommended Resources
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HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC SUCCESSFULLY ON THE INTERNET
2001 Edition!
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/bookstore/htpromotemusic.htm
If you want to sell your music on the net in any form, this book
will teach you how to design and market a web site that will SELL
YOUR MUSIC and bring in that extra income you need to boost and
financially support your music career! The author is currently
making over $3000 a month selling music related products and
advertising on the internet. 'How to Promote Your Music
Successfully on the Internet' shows you exactly how he did it,
step by step! Download Version Available!


THE MUSICIAN'S ATLAS - 2001 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.


THE INDIE CONTACT 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
Contact Bible. This fantastic new musicians 'black book' contains
350 pages filled with contacts with publications and radio
programmers all over the world. These are people who actively
look for music to review! Download Version Available!


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!


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