New Music 1-16-10

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The latest great idea from Iceland–piracy haven

What do you do for an encore when you have completely ruined your economy? Or what impoverished nation can Google actually take over? According to the Wikileakers at the 26C3 international hacker convention, Iceland wants to become a piracy haven. (It’s worth paying attention to what gets said at the C3 conventions (Chaos Communications Congress), […]

20 Questions for New Artists: Band Administrator/Split Sheets

For the next few weeks, we’re going to post sections from the article “20 Questions for New Artists” by Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell some of which has been posted various places. If you are interested in getting a free copy of the basic article, write to semaphoreindustryquestions@gmail.com before February 1. This doesn’t constitute legal […]

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Why We Love Lily Allen, Bono and Krist Novoselic

The best way to fight bullies is to fight bullies. We saw what happened to Lily Allen last year–both when she was savaged by the mob of digital natives after her extraordinarily brave statements opposing illegal file bartering in support of independent artists and songwriters–and when she got a standing ovation from the Featured Artists […]