“Has the Internet Made an Impact on Your Life as a Working Musician?”
The Internet has been an amazing “global” resource for me. It has enabled me to create a personal Web site, sell my products, order music, and most importantly, has been a versatile tool for research...
View ArticleThe Future of Music
In early May, John Conte and LeFevre attended the 2007 policy conference of the Future of Music Coalition, a think tank dealing with music and technology. Below is their report. If you’re interested...
View ArticleFuture of Music Coalition Policy Conference
You can watch the FMC Policy Conference for yourself here:Future of Music Coalition Policy Conference Fundamentally there is a shift in the way music is consumed. In the US cd sales are off over 10% a...
View ArticleFace the Music!
Music and technology continue to electrify the industry and the public. Here’s my report on the Future of Music Coalition Summit conference that took place in Washington, D.C. this fall. Ninety...
View ArticleLicensing Music Online
Let’s say you own a restaurant and you want to have recorded music playing in the background. Can you? If you wrote the music yourself, then you own the copyright. Otherwise, you generally need to get...
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Cracking the Digital Code
When superstar Carrie Underwood sells CD’s or downloads, the Special Payments Fund collects. If you’re a musician who plays on union recording sessions, you know that this August you’ll receive a...
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How to Get Your Music Into Digital Music Services
Thanks to the Future of Music Coalition for this information. For more, see www.futureofmusic.org Most digital music stores do not have the capacity to deal with individual artists directly. But that...
View ArticleMusicians: Help Keep the Internet a Democracy
The Future of Music Coalition, to which Local 802 belongs, is the middle of a serious campaign for “net neutrality.” Here’s the deal. Internet Service Providers would like more control over the...
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Copyright, activism, and making a living in the age of streaming
Now in its 12th year, the Future of Music Coalition recently convened its annual summit on the scenic Georgetown University campus in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference brought together people...
View ArticleFighting Digital Exploitation
As technology advances, finding music gets more and more convenient for consumers. Music fans today have a wide variety of user-friendly platforms through which they can access their favorite music at...
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Standing up for artists’ rights in the digital domain
Local 802 member Kenny Wollesen and his band marched to Google’s headquarters on Eighth Ave. Photo: Casey Dorobek October was a busy month for the musicians and activists of the Content Creators...
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Performers collaborate for their proportionate share of revenues
The following statement was ratified at the International Federation of Musicians conference on online music, held in Budapest on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, 2014. It has become known as the Budapest...
View ArticleFuture of Music Coalition Policy Conference
You can watch the FMC Policy Conference for yourself here:Future of Music Coalition Policy Conference Fundamentally there is a shift in the way music is consumed. In the US cd sales are off over 10% a...
View ArticleThe Future of Music
In early May, John Conte and LeFevre attended the 2007 policy conference of the Future of Music Coalition, a think tank dealing with music and technology. Below is their report. If you’re interested...
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Musicians and the Digital Age
Tino Gagliardi Has the digital age been good to musicians? That bombshell question was recently asked by the New York Times in its cover magazine story, “The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t,” written...
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