an oral history of Soul Asylum's Runaway Train

http://www.spin.com/articles/soul-asylum-runaway-train-oral-history-dave-pirner/

assessing the impact of streaming on total music revenue growth

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/assessing-the-impact-of-streaming-on-total-music-revenue-growth/

"Grooveshark is the best streaming site"

http://www.businessinsider.com/grooveshark-is-the-best-streaming-site-2013-8

Rick Nowels interview

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5672722/rick-nowels-lana-del-rey-co-writer-talks-summertime-sadness

New York Times article - I want my YouTube

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/arts/music/pop-music-videos-i-want-my-youtube.html?hp

Vice's article about Silibil N' Brains

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-the-two-scottish-rappers-who-conned-the-world

Malcolm Gladwell on the complexity of the 10,000 hour rule

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html

Zoe Keating's streaming revenue

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/08/zo%C3%AB-keating-returns-to-show-us-the-streaming-music-money.html

is this the worst Diplo interview of all time?

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/332536/is-this-the-worst-diplo-interview-of-all-time.htm

the ten things people in the music industry want from your Facebook page

http://sentric.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/the-ten-things-people-in-the-music-industry-want-from-your-facebook-page/

how the Hot 100 became America's hit barometer

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/08/01/207879695/how-the-hot-100-became-americas-hit-barometer

new YouTube features

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/08/youtube-adds-marketing-features-offers-live-streaming-other-options-to-more-channels.html