Q&A with Robin Kent, mostly about whether free ad-supported music can work

and a Guardian article about Spotify: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/29/spotify-music-industry-funding

quite a balanced article about improved recorded music sales in Sweden

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/23/sweden-music-sales-filesharing-crackdown

evidence that licensed free music sites are unfeasible

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/music-too-expensive-to-be-free-too-free-to-be-expensive/

Brian Eno and Steven Johnson talking about how and when good ideas grow

http://www.ica.org.uk/Brian%20Eno%20&%20Steven%20Johnson%2022805.twl

good article about building a fanbase for a new band

http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=509

how Spotify is doing

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/spotify_exclusive/

Andrew Orlowski on Demos/Virgin Media research into filesharing et al

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/01/demos_music_survey/