At the always wonderful SF Music Tech conference yesterday, I went to what should have been a fascinating panel discussion about “artist revenue streams.” It had Kristin Thomson from the Future of Music Coalition, talking about their wonderful artist revenue streams project, as well as Steve Rennie, who manages the band Incubus, among others.[…]

[…]”In the ’90s, it was only the branded superstars who got the opportunity,” says Kristin Thomson, co-directo of the Future of Music Coalition’s Artist Revenue Streams project.  “But now there’s more willingness to have something fresh that’s more obscure.  More bands participate in these revenue streams now.  UNless you’re an orchestra player or a session musician who is paid directly for knowledge and skill, musciians today depend on a bigger viariety of things.”[…]