CMJ Music Marathon

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Link: www.luckynumbermusic.com
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The future of radio is evolving through the airwaves, satellites, internet streams, podcasts, mobile devices and uncharted technology. Our panel will explore traditional and non-traditional forms of radio, and discuss how artists can best take advantage of opportunities for airplay.

Expert discussion on what is happening in the cloud, and where cloud computing is taking the industry.

The nuts and bolts roadmap to making money and having longevity in the music industry.  An introduction to how publishing enables artists to make money during and after their career through performance revenue, synchronization and licensing.

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Link: myspace.com/weirdowl
Link: www.teepeerecords.com
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The real business of clouds...not for beginners.

Collaboration with your teams and partners is paramount. The quality of the songs, and the people helping to place them, are what prevail in today’s publishing and licensing landscape.

Alt-country that matches its warbling with grungy guitars.

Cloud computing is the biggest buzz word in content distribution these days, but questions remain about licensing issues, payment schemes and the “sanitizing” of illegally obtained files. File sharing sites continue to be a target of lawsuits from content owners and trade groups: in some cases winning (YouTube), losing (KaZaa), winning but still losing (Veoh), and losing but still winning (Limewire). Our panel will discuss these issues, the state of the law on cloud storage and file sharing, and how these two distinct types of services relate to one another.

SoundExchange will explain how registering (free!) with them can earn you royalties for plays on satellite radio, Internet radio, cable TV music channels and other services that stream sound recordings.  SoundExchange is a non-profit, and an important source of revenue for all artists (big and small) and labels (indie and major): they've distributed over $800 million to artists and labels so far.  But thousands of artists and labels don't know they need to register, and millions in royalties haven't yet been claimed.  Interactive and question-driven, this workshop will also cover need-to-know info on copyright, licensing, metadata, and legislation that will affect your career.

As the use of digital technologies becomes more commonplace, Q1 2011 Nielsen reports show the emergence of a small but significant block of consumers who access nearly all of their media online. Will we see a continued trend in direct-to-portal and developed-for-online deals? This panel will explore perspectives on using non-traditional distribution methods examining deal structures and negotiation points.

New models for legal music consumption and revenue generation continue to grow in the U.S. and overseas. These subscription and cloud-based services are leading the way in improving music discovery and consumption with many relying on organic fan activity and social networking to increase placement and sales. These services are now growing their services with some innovative partnerships, such as Spotify teaming up with Virgin and Facebook. This panel will look at the changing DSP landscape, how these services are encouraging music discovery and what you can do to maximize these services to grow your fans.

Link: http://datarockmusic.com/