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Music Industry Rules @industryrules

Music Industry Rules is a blog. About the music industry from an independent perspective, written by industry professionals. No demos, please!

Joined February 2009
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This is making my two flights and one layover very tolerable. #instagrambookclub instagram.com/p/p1HqhWN9Wu/
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Ultimate chocolate chip cookies instagram.com/p/cmUyjct9d8/
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How to raise $1M on Kickstarter by Amanda effing Palmer. blog.omusicawards.com/2012/0…
How big technology companies are screwing musicians by David Lowery thetrichordist.wordpress.com…

Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss? -Full Post

By David Lowery (Copyright in the author, used by permission) What follows is based on my notes and slides from my talk at SF Music Tech Summit.  I realize that I’m about to alienate some of …

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"Indian Record Label Hits The Road To Save Traditional Music" npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012… Rajasthani Amarrass Records amarrass.com/

Indian Record Label Hits The Road To Save Traditional Music

Amarrass Records is dedicated to exposing and preserving indigenous folk music before it disappears.

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@DIY_Musicians @musiccoaching it's still annoying to read "The music industry" when it's the RIAA they're talking about.
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Matt Grimes @matt_grimes
24 Mar 2012
New film about Washington DC punk/hardcore scene on its way bit.ly/GUfdfp via @pitchforkmedia cant wait!!

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Flying Nun Records @FlyingNun
19 Mar 2012
'Digital Music Created the Resurgence In Vinyl...' digitalmusicnews.com/permali… via @digitalmusicnws
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The US Justice Department pulls up Apple and the big five book publishers for price collusion npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201…

Justice Dept. Warns Apple, Publishers Over E-Books Price Collusion

Justice threatened to sue over the industry's practice of setting a price floor on e-books.

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Music Think Tank @musicthinktank
5 Mar 2012
Ms. Amanda Palmer Says"The Music Business Is Baffled" By Kickstarter [VIDEO] bit.ly/yuVsgK

Amanda Palmer: “The Music Business Is Baffled” By Kickstarter [VIDEO]

400,000 people have given $30 million to music projects on Kickstarter and indie cabaret artist Amanda Palmer uses the fan funding platform more effectively than most. “The music business is....

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Recommended reading: What mastered for iTunes really means npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012…
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Indie music rights org Merlin reaches settlement with Limewire. Easier pickings after the majors made their case billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry…
HDtracks has been offering superior audio quality for years: hdtracks.com with no #DRM and with extras
Apple provides tools for "new" (for them) "Mastered for iTunes" service. apple.com/itunes/mastered-fo…
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Jesse Cannon / Music Marketing Trends @JesseCannon
28 Feb 2012
iTunes Launches “Mastered For iTunes” Section – What It Means To You? bit.ly/wD8Yer #music #musicians
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Brown Paper Tickets @BPTickets
28 Feb 2012
Industry news: 1,000s of small #theaters can't convert to digital. What are your thoughts?ow.ly/9lb9H

We’re About to Lose 1,000 Small Theaters That Can’t Convert to Digital. Does It Matter?

We're About to Lose 1,000 Small Theaters That Can't Convert to Digital. Does It Matter?

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Windowing aka soft release dates is standard practice and reasonable despite what streaming services say bit.ly/wnRtLo
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24 Feb 2012
It would be so rad to see more girls mixing, engineering and producing records!!! Let's go girls!!!
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“@wired: It's not just a story about GitHub, it's a Git repository. bit.ly/w1aKL4” what about the same for record producers?
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On the Media @onthemedia
15 Feb 2012
Just a reminder to our followers that On the Media now has a Tumblr. It's pretty cool if you're into that kind of thing onthemedia.tumblr.com
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