Musicadium Blog - The 5 Things Every Band Needs on Their Myspace
You can’t read what you can’t see. So many myspace pages are destroyed by putting hard to read text over an incompatible background photo. Make sure your text is easily readable, easily accessible and logically set out.

IFPI - Digital Music Retailers
List of worldwide legal digital music download stores, listed by country and compiled by the music industry watchdog the IFPI.

Indistr.com
Indistr places all of the control, creativity, and financial gain back into the artists’ hands by allowing you to sell your own music online. Artists take 75% of all income and get paid instantly.

7 Steps to Successful Networking - Blogging Experiment
Yesterday I gave you the secret to networking with A-listers… they’re people too! Ok, so it wasn’t all that profound but believe it or not, realizing that will help you immensely in your networking efforts.

Extended Play Music News by Todd Martens - The Envelope - LA Times
As recently as four years ago, all the talk about a failing major label model didn’t seem to stop the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, from sending hordes of A&R reps and journalists on the prowl for the next big thing.

Audio: Rip It Good: From CD to MP3, by Dennis Burger - Electronic House
Whether you’re bringing a huge music collection into the 21st century, simply can’t stand the thought of buying all of your music in the digital domain, or just want to listen to some Beatles on your iPod or Zune, at some point or another you’re going to have to rip a CD.

Industry insiders look for model to replace failing ‘tip jar’ system — Chicagotribune.com
AUSTIN, Texas — While most of the 12,500 registrants at the South by Southwest Music Conference were out playing on a beautiful early spring afternoon a few days ago, the latest plan to save the music industry was being scrutinized at a dimly lit panel.

The media industry’s rising stars: top 40 under 40 - Times Online
They are the young guns tuned in to the accelerating pace of change in the media landscape - the trendspotters and entrepreneurs who stand to reap the biggest rewards over the next digital decade.

These Crazy Musicians Still Think They Should Get Paid For Recorded Music
Why is it the Brits have all the crazy-stupid ideas about how to screw up the music industry even more than it is already?