Future of Music Coalition on Music 2.0 Business Models

Music 2.0 Business Models (part 1)

Kristin Thomson, Education Director for the Future of Music Coalition, narrates a lengthy slide presentation that I have not yet had the time to check out thoroughly but which seems to cover a lot of useful ground.

Music 2.0 Business Models (part 2)

There are also related charts in .pdf files that include "Examples of New Business Models in Music" and "How to get your music into digital music services."

Music 2.0 Business Models (part 3)

This may sound pretty basic, and it is to some degree, but I've generally found that a solid, thorough overview of the basics can be useful even to those folks already immersed in emergent settings as a way to step back and remind ourselves of the big picture as well as of our own biases regarding where best to focus time and energy.

I've also found that the world is full of blowhards, usually male, who will sit in meetings or comment online as if they know it all but if you ask them about really basic things, you discover they have no real foundation.  And that's a powerful thing to understand.

Music 2.0 Business Models (part 4)

Bonus:
If you're really into the topic of business models, you might find Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers of interest

You can check out this lengthy preview in .pdf or see lead author Alexander Osterwalder present on the topic of Business Models as a Tool for Success.