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Articles 19: Business
Music business, distribution, publishing, etc.

2006 Mix Directory of Audio Education Programs (from the Editors - Mix - 2006)
Add It Up: Releasing your music (by David Phillips - EM - July 2005)
Approaching a Publisher (bbc.co.uk)
Approaching Record Companies (by Sue Verran - bbc.co.uk)
A Wide-Open Market for Songs (by Blair Jackson - Mix - March 2004)
Audio Engineering as a Career: A good hard look (by Dan Richards - Studio Reviews - Apr 2005)
Bands Without Borders (by Gary S. Hall - Electronic Musician - Oct 2002)
Breaking Up is Hard to Do (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - Sep 2002)
Building Your Own Website (by George Peterson - Mix - Oct 2001)
Click for Success (by Strother Bullins - EM - Aug 2006)
Courtney Love Does The Math (Salon.com - June 2000)
Cover Your Assets (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - EM - Nov 2004)
Creating Music for Corporate Video (by Kent Brainerd - SOS - Nov 2001)
Demo, The: A view from the other side of the mailbox (by Ronan Chris Murphy - Studio Reviews - April 2005)
Demos That Deliver (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)
Designer Label: Mike Paradinas and Planet Mu (by Paul Sellars - SOS - May 2002)
Digital-Rights Debate, The (by Darin Stewart - Electronic Musician - Jul 2002)

Distribution Roundtable (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - Aug 2001)
Do the Right Thing: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1995 (by Eric Leach - Electronic Musician - Apr 2001)
Ears, Passion, and Patience: Emily Lazar (by Myles Boisen - Electronic Musician - Jan 2003)
EM's Guide to eBay (by Geary Yelton - EM - July 2005)
Follow the Money: Who's Really Making the Dough? (by Eric Leach & Bill Henslee - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001)
Getting a Publishing Deal (by Marc "M2E" Smith - Studio Reviews - April 2005)
Getting Started in the Music Business (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
Going Legit (by Eric Leach - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)
Growing Your Studio Business (by Ravi - EM - Oct 2005
Hit the Books (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - Electronic Musician - Jan 2004)
Home Sweet Home Page (by Thad Brown - EM - Nov 2005)
How to become a "Professional" Producer/Engineer (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
How to find the right legal representation (by Claude Brunet - socan.ca)
How to Pitch Your Demo (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)
How to pursue a music publishing deal (by John Redmond - socan.ca)
How to Showcase Your Music Online (by Frank Jones - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
Jingles All the Way (by Steve Skinner - EM - May 2006)
Keep it on the Download (by Markkus Rovito - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
Landing the Write Job (by Strother Bullins - EM - Sept 2005)
Like a Broken Record (by Paul D. Lehrman - Mix - Jun 2002)
Making the Grade (by Daniel Keller - Electronic Musician - Oct 2002)
Management, Managers, Contracts (bbc.co.uk)
Mark My Words: Markup Languages (by Alan Gary Campbell - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001)

Marketing Your Music: 10 Helpful Tips (by John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Jan 2001)
Mastering Scams: services are not always as they appear (by John Scrip - Studio Reviews - February 2006)
Money on Hold: How to Make Money Recording Phone Messages (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)
More Than Meets the Ear (by David Battino - Electronic Musician - Mar 2002)
MP3 Machine, The (by Gary Hall - Mix - Feb 2001)
Music in a Flash (by Hayden Porter - Electronic Musician - May 2002)
Music Licensing for Indies (by Skip Adams - Electronic Musician - Sept 2003)
Music Publishing (vocalist.org.uk)
Music Publishing: An Overview (by Alan Korn - alankorn.com)
Music Publishing: An Overview Part 2 (by Alan Korn - alankorn.com)
MySpace for Musicians (by Fran Vincent - EM - July 2006)
Name Recognition (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - Dec 2002)
Play Rights (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - April 2003
Pounding the Virtual Pavement (by Ravi - EM - Dec 2004)
Power Windows: Inserting URL Scripts into an Audio File (by Todd Souvignier - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)
Pressing Matters: Promoting Your Music on Vinyl (by Markkus Rovito - Electronic Musician - May 2002)

Publish or Perish? (by Mary Cosola - Electronic Musician - Jun 2001)
Record Deal Versus Independent Release (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
Reel Money (by Skip Adams - Electronic Musician - July 2003
Required Reading for Music Business Success! (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
Shake Your Moneymaker (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)
Show Me Your License (by Fran Vincent - EM - Sept 2006)
Shortcuts to Success (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Jul 2001)
Special Delivery (by Eric and Karen Bell - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
Staying on Track: Songwriting Career (bbc.co.uk)
Studying Hard, Hoping to Pass (by Paul D. Lehrman - Mix - Sep 2002)
Taking Care of Business (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - June 2004)
Taking Your Studio Pro (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - EM - Dec 2005)
Tax Tips for Musicians (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - Electronic Musician - Mar 2003
That Background Music is a Big Music Business (by Terri Inefuku - Pacific Business News - July 2003)
Types of Publishing Deals ( - bbc.co.uk)
Types of Recording Contracts (bbc.co.uk)
Unpaid Studio Internships: Working for free? (by Dan Richards - Studio Reviews - July 2006)
Web Music Launchpage (by David Battino - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
Web Audio Action (by Spencer Critchley - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)

Web Audio Basics (by Peter Hamlin - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
We Don't Need No Steenking Ethics (by Paul D. Lehrman - Mix - Oct 2002)
Webcasting Made Easy (by Todd Souvignier - Electronic Musician - Apr 2002)
What a Publisher Does (by Catherine Bell - bbc.co.uk)
Working Musician: Get Focused (by Jeffrey P. Fisher - Electronic Musician - Feb 2005)
Working with Other Writers (bbc.co.uk)
You Ought to be in Pictures (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - Jan 2002)
You're On the Air: Recording Radio Commercials (by Roger Maycock - Electronic Musician - Nov 1999)
Your Tech Rider, Part 1 (by Mark Frink - Mix - Jul 2002)

Resources
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
The Library of Congress
The Music Biz Academy
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
SESAC
US Copyright Office


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