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# More Music Industry News: PRS For Music Says ‘No ISP Levy,’ Extra NMS Quotes, & Tweet For A Track
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-music-industry-news-4-3/
- Published: 2010-07-20T02:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-20T02:00:00.000Z
- Description: "Grow your category" says Gwen Lipsky at NMS. "If you're a Pop Tart, then your category is breakfast foods." If you're an indie band in Williamsburg, then it's beneficial to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/more-music-industry-news-4-3.html]
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"Grow your category" says **Gwen Lipsky** at NMS. "If you're a **Pop Tart**, then your category is breakfast foods." If you're an indie band in Williamsburg, then **it's beneficial to you** to help grow the scene and to "shine the light on others" in that category. Look for mutually beneficial partnerships…**think Pop Tarts and milk together**.

- **[Tweet For A Track](http://www.tweetforatrack.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** has released Facebook support.
- **Record labels should make MP3s free, and freely shareable**: The music industry is beginning to wake up to the fact tha[![image from www.jeremyperson.com](https://a1.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f26bfda1970b-150wi)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-jeremyperson-com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/pop-tarts-blueberry-8ct.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)t charging for a copy of a file is no longer a viable business model. ([Guardian](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7898359/Record-labels-should-make-MP3s-free-and-freely-shareable.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Top Ten Independent Pop Record Companies**. ([Mookie](http://www.mookee.com/top-ten-independent-pop-record-companies/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Chicago **Promoters' Ordinance** Kills Independent Music. ([LeeJarvis](http://leejarvis.blogspot.com/2010/07/chicago-promoters-ordinance-kills.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Mercury Prize: state of the music nation**. The nominees for music's biggest prize are announced today. But glittering ceremonies cannot disguise the many problems of the industry. ([Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mercury-prize-state-of-the-music-nation-2030310.html?ref=hypebot.com))

"Email addy of a fan is **8X more valuable to an artist** than  
 a fan on a social network" – **Mike** of ReverbNation at NMS 

- **It’s time technology took a leading role in our festivals**. What the Innovation Lab will do for the arts? ([herald](http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/more-arts-entertainment-news/it-s-time-technology-took-a-leading-role-in-our-festivals-1.1042251?ref=hypebot.com))
- **[Dropcards.com](http://www.dropcards.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** has  
added ways to incorporate a sweepstakes, contest or game into an  
artist's download card campaign.
- **Ask the indie professor**: What is indie? And how does rainfall make it better? ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jul/19/ask-indie-professor?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Three Ways The Web Is Changing Our Identities**. ([Techi](http://www.techi.com/2010/07/three-ways-the-web-is-changing-our-identities/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Music Industry Marketing and Millennials**. ([indiemusictech](http://www.indiemusictech.com/music%5Fmarketing%5Ffor%5Findie/2010/07/music-industry-marketing-and-millennials.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- Great **Seth Godin** talk: The new dynamics of book publishing. ([SethGodin](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths%5Fblog/2010/07/the-new-dynamics-of-book-publishing.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Radiohead hits covered on ukelele**: Amanda Palmer. ([boingboing](http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/20/radiohead-hits-cover.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- Video: Watch **Music Ally’s Cloud Models debate** in full. ([musically](http://musically.com/blog/2010/07/20/video-watch-music-allys-cloud-models-debate-in-full/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **PRS for Music:** “We Are Not Calling for ISP Levy.” ([ZeroPaid](http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89989/prs-for-music-we-are-not-calling-for-isp-levy/?ref=hypebot.com))