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# More Music News: Brian Drain, YouTube Takedown, No Female A&R, A Fine Frenzy & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-music-news-brian-drain-youtube-takedown-no-female-ar-a-fine-frenzy-more/
- Published: 2009-07-24T00:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-24T00:13:00.000Z
- Description: Friday, July 24th, 2009 Thanks again to Tommy and Dave and the entire New Music Seminar team for producing such a great event as well Ian Rogers for being his. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/07/more-music-news-brian-drain-youtube-takedown-no-female-ar-a-fine-frenzy-more.html
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**Friday, July 24th, 2009** 

*[![Hypebot Favicon](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115713a6130970c-50wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115713a6130970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Thanks again to Tommy and Dave and the entire New Music Seminar team for producing such a great event as well Ian Rogers for being his usual gracious self as panel host. Off to FloydFest this weekend. Looking forward to seeing two of the great bands that we work with at [Skyline Music](http://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com): Toubab Krewe and The Lee Boys*. *Donna The Buffalo should be a treat too.* – Bruce Houghton

- **[![Brain](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115713a6086970c-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115713a6086970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Digital music suffering from entrepreneur drain** as the leave for more lucrative tech sectors. ([cNet](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860%5F3-10293815-56.html?ref=hypebot.com)) *Sadly, as the music industry gets tougher I see the same thing in management, labels and other sectors. Though, I also see hopeful signs…*
- **Musician angry after BPI forces YouTube to pull his video –** British musician Calvin Harris was none too pleased to see that one of his original music videos, which he posted to YouTube, was removed due to a copyright complaint from the British Phonographic Industry. The phenomenon isn't new, but it continues to show why takedown notices have gotten out of hand. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/07/musician-has-strong-words-after-youtube-video-takedown.ars?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=rss))
- **Behind the music: Where are the female A&Rs?** There are plenty of talented women in music, but the people responsible for signing, developing and promoting them are almost always men. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jul/23/behind-music-female-a-rs?ref=hypebot.com))
- [![Virgin](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115722ee0d1970b-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20115722ee0d1970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Virgin Records' **A FINE FRENZY**  
marks a milestone as it **surpasses 1 million-plus Twitter followers**. To celebrate, the  
band is tweeting a free acoustic version of the single, "Blow Away". The album version was released digitally  
on July 14 and the band's second album BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE is  
scheduled for digital and physical release on September 8.
- **BMG Rights Management,** the music venture owned by Bertelsmann and KKR,  
said on Thursday it agreed to its first acquisition by **buying a catalog**  
**of 8000 songs** including "Who Let the Dogs Out" and "Livin La Vida Loca." ([Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE56N05N20090724?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Twitter Takes a Step Toward Commercial Accounts**. ([NYT](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/twitter-takes-a-step-toward-commercial-accounts/?ref=hypebot.com)) *How will the music industry use these new accounts when the arrive?*
- **The Bandwidth Conference** announces more of it's August program. ([press release](http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/digital/music/prweb2671544.htm?ref=hypebot.com))