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Back in May, we told you about "Same Old Song: An Analysis of Radio Playlists in a Post FCC-Consent Decree World" — a data-driven study that analyzes radio playlists from 2005-2008 to determine whether ...


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We're super busy on this Friday afternoon, but we wanted to get it in the official FMC record (or at least this here blog) that the Senate voted Thursday evening to confirm Julius Genachowski — President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Federal Communications Commission.Ars Technica:


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photo by jeff wasilkoWe at FMC are always psyched when we hear about artists making DIY work for them. Although you can’t paint with one brush when it comes to musicians — many have wonderful ...


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Wow. No sooner do we report on an artist doing the DIY thing (see yesterday's piece on Erin McKeown), then we stumble across a tale that will probably go in the digital DIY storybook (not sure who publishes ...


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We know it’s Monday morning and everything, but we at FMC are unusually giddy. No, it’s not that triple-shot espresso — although that feels pretty good, too — we’re just excited ...


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A recent development in the Live Nation antitrust saga hits close to home for those living here in the District of Columbia (that’s Washington, folks). I.M.P. Inc., an independent DC/Maryland concert promotion and event production company, recently filed an antitrust suit against Live Nation. ...


Future of Music Coalition Trent Reznor of NIN quits the social networks. We're pretty bummed, actually. . .
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It's been an interesting experiment over the last couple of years or so. Faced with leaving the infrastructure of traditional record labels and figuring out what the right thing to do is in this new world ...


Future of Music Coalition Is Radio Boycotting Artists for Their Opinions?
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Katie at 2:49pm June 12
should we be surprised?


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http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.c om/2009/06/i-support-community-radio-art ist-video.html
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When was the last time you cranked up the volume on your radio because you heard something new, different or local? Chances are it's been a while. But quality local broadcasting doesn't have to be a thing of the past. ...


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http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.c om/2009/06/hearing-lpfm-on-hill.html
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We know we’ve talked a lot about Low Power FM (LPFM) stations lately — this is our second post this week — but that’s because there are so many exciting developments in the land ...


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http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.c om/2009/06/sxsw-2010-wants-to-hear-your- voice.html
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If you caught the music panels at SXSW 2009, you probably witnessed some pretty interesting stuff (especially those FMC speakers). But maybe there was a topic or issue you think was overlooked. Well, now you can have a hand in next year’s programming! ...


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FMC seeks a website project manager + graphic designer to help with work related to our upcoming Future of Music Policy Summit (Oct 4-6, 2009). Good design eye and knowledge of Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, Drupal, CiviCRM/CiviEvents important. Temporary position, telecommuting is fine.
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No longer will corporate media and big money frame the discussion of music in terms of their industries, as we draw together the strongest voices in the technology and independent music communities to ...


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http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.c om/2009/05/is-cloud-music-becoming-reali ty.html
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Digital Music News ran a short item today about Spotify — a fast-growing free/subscription streaming service that's available overseas but not yet in the US. The article is about a demo of an upcoming app for Google's Android cellphone platform:


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http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.c om/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when- it-comes.html
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Digital Music News recently ran an article called “The Gray Art of Counting Indie Sales,” which underlined the confusion of tallying purchases of downloads or CDs based on the music’s “independent” classification. ...
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Future of Music Coalition The passing of Jay Bennett (ex-Wilco) has us thinking about musicians and health insurance again. Sigh.
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You may have already heard the news about the unfortunate death of multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Jay Bennett, whose talents graced every Wilco record up through the seminal Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which he left during the making of. ...


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Jon Langford flexes his activist muscles!FMC staff are on the way to New Orleans for our latest Artist Activism Camp and "Musicians Bringing Musicians Home" concert. There's nothing like a three-day party in the Big Easy to kick off summer!But it's not all bourbon and gumbo. ...


The Grandaddy of Music-Tech-Policy Conferences is Back and Better Than Ever!
We’re delighted to announce the dates and location for our eighth Future of Music Policy Summit, which takes place at Georgetown University in Washington, DC from October 4-6,...
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Time:9:00AM Sunday, October 4th
Location:Georgetown University


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FMC co-founder and Technologies Director Brian Zisk is a fascinating guy to talk to, especially when he's gearing up for one of his SanFran MusicTech Summits, which bring together the best and brightest ...


Future of Music Coalition We love discovering new music through those links on Twitter. But are musicians compensated when their tunes get "tweeted?" FMC investigates.
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With even members of Congress “tweeting,” it was probably inevitable that the ubiquitous status-updating service Twitter would start being used for things that were just a glimmer in some developer’s eye even a few short few months ago. ...


Lori at 4:23am May 21
good question, I hope to see people getting compensated for their works.


Tipitina’s concert benefits New Orleans musicians
Our New Orleans friends will definitely want to save the date for this show. But if you're not a Big Easy-dweller, you can still can watch via live webcast at Tipitina's: http...
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Time:9:00PM Friday, May 22nd
Location:Tipitina’s Uptown


Future of Music Coalition Future of Music Coalition's Kristin Thomson on the "Same Old Song" study that looks at how much indie music is getting played on radio. Answer: not much.
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This week on CounterSpin: If you didn't panic over the swine flu, then maybe you weren't watching much TV, where scary charts and maps documented the spread of a worldwide pandemic. At least that's what we were hearing last week. With the media hysteria s


Future of Music Coalition Nicole Atkins and LPFM: FTW!
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A handful of posts ago, we told you about how singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins came down to DC for a flurry of appearances on the Hill in support of Low Power FM radio. LPFM is something that an increasing ...


Future of Music Coalition That singer you love gets paid when you hear their song on the radio, right? Not so fast. . .
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If you're new to the whole concept of who gets paid when you hear a tune on terrestrial radio, here's the situation in a nutshell:Currently, when you hear a song on over-the-air broadcast radio in the ...


Future of Music Coalition Blog: Podcast Interview with Billboard's Glenn Peoples on FMC's Artist Pri
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A few weeks ago (April 2, 2009, to be exact), FMC released the Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models” (or “Artist Principles”) — a set of guidelines for ensuring creator compensation in an evolving music landscape. ...


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Have you ever been scanning through the music rags at your local bookstore/music retailer/coffee emporium/tchotchke outlet and wondered, “why do I never hear this band that’s on the cover of ...


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Yesterday, Clear Channel sent out two press releases that seemed to contradict each other on some pretty fundamental levels. The first described a "commitment" to a "higher minimum level of service" in ...


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Congressional recess is over (or district work period, as the grown-ups call it) and our representatives are back on the Hill, doing those legislative things they do. So it's as good a time as any for ...


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[Image courtesy XKCD]Recently, FMC spoke with attorney and copyright expert Lisa Alter (Alter & Rosen, LLP) about musicians and copyright. Lisa recently wrote an excellent, artist-friendly article ...


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You may have heard the news about Apple's iTunes store moving to a variable pricing model, which means no more fixed 99 cents for individual songs across the board. (iTunes previously had different pricing ...

































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