We are truly dooooomed! Polyphonic HMI, based in Barcelona, Spain has developed an artificial intelligence application that helps music labels determine the hit potential of music prior to its release. Link: Major Music Labels Use Artificial Intelligence To Help Determine "Hitability" Of Music (Music Industry News Network)

So you wanna be a rock ' roll star.... ? Really?? A look at a mythical rock band's earnings, with actual figures compiled from industry sources A music industry case study (NY Daily News)

Even the NYT, bastion of the establishment, gets it: The Trouble With Corporate Radio: The Day the Protest Music Died (NYT - free reg. req.)

Why "records" don't have to go out of print. The beginnings of the celestial jukebox? Link: Smithsonian Folkways Dusts Off Titles With New Technology (Google / Deja News) (via NYT)

New issue Of "Get Your War On"

(Let's go for the most obvious headline here...) Dude, You're Gettin' Probation... (Smoking Gun)

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A classic from the archives! Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc With Grooves On It (thanks to S for the link) (Originally posted June 24 2002

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As of Feb. 03 2003 7:00pm Eastern Time: Weezer #1, Depeche Mode #4 (!!!) Top 250 Searches at GEMM.com (**lots** of music)

Mongo Santamaria, 85, Influential Jazz Percussionist, Dies (NYT, free reg. req.)