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By Ken Levine: American Idol this week (tags: musicbusiness americanidol) Hawaii Business Magazine Profiles iTunes Artist “The music business is costly. To make the master copy of a CD usually runs around $30000.” (tags: musicbusiness itunes) PoughkeepsieJournal.com – Film takes…

A Tale of Two Press Releases – Who Is A Musician to Believe? Two very different lobbying groups would like your support over webcasting royalties. (tags: musicbusiness)

Indie Bands Reach New Sales Heights Through iTunes (tags: musicbusiness) Superstar guitarist Satriani reflects upon industry changes (tags: musicbusiness) Shake-up in music business with the breakup of the album (tags: musicbusiness)

Rachel Platten: Launching The Band What do you need to succeed? “Balls. Serious Balls.” (tags: musicbusiness)

UPDATE 4.4.07: American Idol Songwriting Competition Signups Open!! We figured as much, but reality blurred points us to an interview with American Idol Executive Producer Ken Warwick, who tells TV Week that “it still may happen, but at the moment,…

Bruce Springsteen Book: For You One of the cool things from the Springsteen discussion — some fans are putting together a very cool book of personal Bruce experiences. (tags: musicbusiness)

American Idol Songwriting Competition Details Getting Clearer (tags: musicbusiness americanidol)

Getting Made at SXSW While SXSW is probably the music conference that is most “open” to the public, it’s still a staging ground for new acts, carefully organized by labels that want their recent signings to come off as the…

Where did the music industry go so wrong? (tags: musicbusiness)

FMQB: The Effect of American Idol on Pop Music (tags: musicbusiness americanidol) Lily Allen slates Apple’s iTunes tactics (British singer Lily Allen has accused Apple of bullying musicians into providing exclusive content for iTunes.) Um, Lily? You have a really…

This is where things get very sticky. Until now, college broadcasters were able to pay a flat rate royalty based on the size of their campus and the maximum number of listeners supported by their streaming hardware. I can’t find…

Bob Baker’s Indie Music Promotion Blog: YouTube, Dating Tips, and Gym Class Heroes As long as you make great video, YouTube offers you a better shot at reaching your perfect audience than MTV. (tags: musicbusiness)