You may have already noticed the lack of updates here. It's not because we're lazy (well, not really) — we've just launched the brand-new Future of Music Coalition website ! This means that al...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/fmc-launches-new-website-incorporates.html
Attention musicians attending the Pitchfork Festival : Alex Maiolo, project coordinator for FMC's Health Insurance Navigation Tool (HINT), will be at Chicago's Union Park this weekend (July 1...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/hint-at-pitchfork-festival.html
On Tuesday, July 9, FMC's KRISTIN THOMSON — author of "Same Old Song," FMC's latest report(s) on indie music on the airwaves, gave an interview on the Mediageek Radioshow. Mediageek is a w...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/fmcs-kristin-thomson-talks-indie-access.html
Hear that? Your cell phone is ringing – and under copyright law, that might just be a public performance. Currently, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is em...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/should-ascap-get-paid-for-ringtones.html
Hey there! If you're reading this, there's a good chance you've checked out Future of Music Coalition 's blog posts before. Well, we wanted to take a minute to pull back the curtain, Wizard o...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/join-fmc-in-july.html
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have an agreement. News broke today that "pure play" webcasting services (i.e., the bigger online broadcasters who earn the bulk of their revenue through their servic...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/breaking-agreement-reached-on.html
Next week (July 8th, 2009), FMC Communications Director Casey Rae-Hunter will participate in a “HealthCare Remix” Discussion on Reform at the Service Employees International Union in Washing...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/healthcare-remix-discussion-on-reform.html
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 deter...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/fmc-releases-new-york-state-specific.html
REVERBNATION SURVEY: HOW IS THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AFFECTING ARTISTS? ReverbNation conducted a survey of artists in an attempt to learn how the downturn was affecting their everyday lives acros...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/reverbnation-survey-how-is-economic.html
Now that we've gotten that pesky weekend out of the way, we wanted to tell you that Just Plain Folks have announced the nominees for the Just Plain Folks 2009 Music Awards. For those unfamil...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/now-that-weve-gotten-that-pesky-weekend.html
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 ...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/genachowski-confirmed-as-fcc-chair.html
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 sur...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/amanda-palmers-hits-twitter-jackpot.html
photo by jeff wasilko We 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 wond...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/erin-mckeown-gets-cabin-fever-in-july.html
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 abou...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/fmc-policy-summit-oct-4-6-2009-we-want.html
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/Marylan...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/local-independent-promoter-sues-live.html
Back in April, FMC released the "Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models ” (or “Artist Principles”) — a set of guidelines for ensuring creator compensation in an ev...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/podcast-interview-with-entertainment.html
Earlier this week, Billboard reported that MusicFIRST — a coalition of music industry and musician union groups pushing for a public performance right for terrestrial radio — has “aske...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-radio-boycotting-artists-for-their.html
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 of Lo...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/hearing-lpfm-on-hill.html
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 t...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-support-community-radio-artist-video.html
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 overlooke...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/sxsw-2010-wants-to-hear-your-voice.html
Future of Music Coalition seeks a freelance, part-time graphic designer and website project manager for our conference in October 4-6, 2009 Responsibilities include: Website- building/troubl...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/fmc-seeks-website-project.html
Not only is it Friday (woohoo — the weekend!), but here at FMC we just got word that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued an important decision in support of Low Power FM radio....
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/good-news-for-low-power-fm.html
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 “...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when-it-comes.html
Sony Agrees to Provide Its Older Songs to eMusic In another example of struggling major music labels and Internet services finding common ground, Sony Music Entertainment has agreed to mak...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-week-in-news.html
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...
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-cloud-music-becoming-reality.html