Below is a list of fact sheets, articles, interviews, and opinion pieces that FMC has written over the past couple of
years. Most of the older ones were originally posted at Insound on The
Machine, a project that Jenny and Kristin worked on in 1999-2000 in conjunction
with Insound to explore the new issues facing musicians in the digital
realm.
These fact sheet are supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Webcasting Streams On
The Status of webcasting following the passage of the Small Webcaster Settlement Act. Includes a chart of recently-settled webcasting agreements
by Kristin Thomson and Michael Papish
July 11, 2003
Music and Legislation:
An interview with Government Relations Director, Michael Bracy
by Jenny Toomey
July 12, 2000
DMCA, AHRA, RIAA?
Attorney Walter McDonough's Policy Primer for the Music/Tech Environment
by Jenny Toomey
June 15, 2000
Copyright Law in the Digital Age
Walter McDonough gives Jenny Toomey the legal lowdown on copyright law, sampling, and artist compensation
June 6, 2000
Report from The Hill:
Government Hearings on Effect of Internet on Small Labels
by Kristin Thomson
June 1, 2000
When New Media Turns Old
What Will Happen to Independent Culture when the Web Goes Big Business?
by Andrew Spencer Goldman, Center for Digital Democracy
August 30, 2001
Artists and Technology
Jenny Toomey and Brian Zisk discuss watermarking, digital rights management and the danger of closed systems
by Jenny Toomey
July 19, 2000
Music in the Digital Age
Internet pioneer Brian Zisk on webcasting, artist compensation and the fallacies about encryption
by Jenny Toomey
April 20, 2000
The Value of Digital Distribution
Jenny and Aaron from Epitonic.com debate digital distribution and royalty payments for artists in the digital age
March 9, 2000
An Interview with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance
Kristin Thomson talks with Kevin Arnold of Noise Pop fame about IODA, a company that's helping independent labels build a legitimate digital presence in the ever-expanding world of digital download services.
Setpember 17, 2003
An Interview with the Digital Rights Agency
Kristin Thomson talks with DRA's founder Tuhin Roy about the company's goals and its unique strengths in helping independent labels gain a foothold in the growing digital distribution world.
September 17, 2003
Techno-Marketing
Andrew Webster chats with Scott Ross from Moonshine Music
September 14, 2000
Check out these websites offer tons of current resources, tips, articles,
links, and connections for bands and artists.
CD Baby A
fantastic, practical way for indie musicians to sell CDs online and to post their digital tracks to all the major online music services.
Host Baby
From the folks at CD Baby, an affordable web hosting service with very
practical features for musicians including an online calendar, guestbooks,
links to online sales, and special email capabilites.
Just Plain Folks
With a membership of over 42,000 songwriters, Just Plain Folks has become
one of the best ways for musicians and songwriters to network, share resources,
and work together.
KnowtheMusicBiz is an online community for emerging artists, musicians and music executives. KTMB members can find, exchange and contribute valuable information about the business of music plus get advice and insight from industry thought leaders.
Independent
Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) helps independent labels to build a legitimate online
presence and ensuring their fair share in the digital music future.
TuneCore helps indie and unsigned bands have their music available on all the best digital music stores. Band keeps all the royalties for sales.
Ariel Publicity Great website chock full of novel ideas about how to use new technologies to your advantage to promote and distribute your music.
Indiecentre is a great resource for bands, musicians and aspiring labels. Includes
a directory of resources for manufacturing, distribution, and helpful
articles about starting a label, touring, and promotion.
GarageBand.com is the web's largest musician community. Since 1999, their collaborative-ranking system has used listener ratings to generate the definitive charts of independent music by over 200,000 musicians.
Indie-Music.com A mind boggling amount of information for indie musicians and labels.
Practical articles, links, advice.
TAXI acts as
a liaison between songwriters and major label A&R representatives. Artists
submit songs which are then critiqued by former major label employees,
and the strongest submissions are passed on to the A&R reps.
