There’s plenty of advice out there for booking a tour. In fact, I’ve written on it a few times (including this step-by-step guide). People generally talk about the same kind of stuff: how to approach a venue, where to book, promoting, etc. However, I want to cover some of the territory that people don’t talk…

This is why the Senate is holding hearings, and why the FTC and European Commision are holding this up.  Here are the latest marketshare breakdowns in the US, as counted by Soundscan for last week and shared with Digital Music News by a top label executive. If the deal closed right now with all approvals,…

If music rights are a mess, why not get rid of the mess? This isn’t a fringe idea harbored by the Pirate Bay anymore — then again, the Pirate Party is starting to win more representation than ever in places like Germany.  And just this week, the European Commissioner Michel Barnier spent considerable time arguing…