great article about country music, including a withering analysis of alt country at the end

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/far-from-the-old-country-music-1643705.html

TechDirt article with some interesting perspectives on new business models

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090119/1924063457.shtml

Seth Godin interview about Tribes

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/ted-seth-godin.html

discovering music through Twitter

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/04/the-best-ways-t.html

Susan Boyle and YouTube revenues

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/04/susan-boyle-nev.html

where pirates go after The Pirate Bay

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/pirate-bay-could-soon-be-obsolete-1671421.html

some interesting figures in this story about Metric going the DIY route

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-music16-2009apr16,0,7581416.story

interview with Trent Reznor

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/04/reznor-admit-it.html

Andrew Orlowski on blanket licensing

he proposed it here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/23/orlowski_interactive_keynote/print.html

then went off the idea here: http://andreworlowski.com/?p=458

the way music listening is going (bye bye downloads)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=acDHi80XI3nQ&refer=muse

e.g. this YouTube player: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10193131-12.html