Theme by nostrich.
Link
From Ian Rogers:
I am going to try to blog the experience in hopes it might be interesting/useful for others.
Being the CEO ofTopspin and *not* having experience managing a band is like running Flickr and not taking photos.
All in all, a tantalizing taste of a “behind the scenes” description of how to launch and promote a band without the backing of a label. Mention of a lot of the tools and services out there, and why some were chosen and not others. Very interesting reading!
Link
There’s been a lot of concern among in the community of fans of small and innovative music webcasters like Pandora about royalties being set by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board - fees were set at rates which would have potentially put companies like Pandora out of business. With this new agreement, however, it looks like the industry folks have have relented a bit.
Details are in the NY Times article, but this pretty much sums it up:
“This is definitely the agreement that we’ve been waiting for,” said Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora…
UPDATE: Tim Westergren’s summary is here. I really like those guys!
