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How to Milk It For All It’s Worth

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008

Like so many doe-eyed Jerseys, musicians are the dairy cows of the business. Properly milked, music and its by-products have a long commerc...

Music School Rocks the Vote

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2008

The impact of music, literature, or fine art on the psychic wellbeing of a nation is a difficult thing to quantify. But in August 2008, the...

Financing

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008

Whether you’re an artist or a label, surviving in the music business can be an expensive proposition. Anyone who thinks you can, in fact, j...

Get Your Rights Right Here

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2008

Clip and save this handy guide to the basics of music rights in Canada. Rights lead to royalties: know this stuff and you can get paid! C...

Net Neutrality

PUBLISHED May 24, 2008

Every month, this column attempts to provide useful information about the music business. But while covering royalties and music publishing...

The New Music Business, Part Two

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2008

Exactly one year ago, this column featured a two-parter on Digital Rights Management (DRM) and managing digital rights; it concluded with t...

The New Music Business Part One

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2008

Here’s one for the history books: For ten years, the music industry has been fighting a bloody, multi-fronted, all-out war against its swo...

How To: Save the Planet (One Gig At A Time)

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

In the wasteland of the music business, hundreds of truckloads of CDs wind up every year in the landfill. How does this happen? For starter...