When first joining the ASCAP staff as senior vice president of marketing, Phil Crosland wondered what he could do to help promote the careers of ASCAP members, a diverse group of full-time, part-time and aspiring musicians, songwriters, composers, and publishers. A practical man, Phil realized that one of the more daunting challenges facing ASCAP's membership, and most participants in the music industry, is finding affordable health, property, and liability insurance coverage to protect themselves, their careers, and their families in an industry not known for providing financial stability and insurance benefits.

by Anne Freeman, We've all been there on one side of the equation or the other: independent artists or their labels stuffing padded envelopes with CDs and cover letters, applying labels, stamps, or all of those time-consuming Customs=CN 22 Sender's Declaration forms for overseas mailings. Hoping we have the correct address for that DJ who promised to add track 2 to the playlist ... Rushing to make the post office in time, standing in line, shelling out yet gobs more money ... Making those follow-up phone calls (spending yet more money), hoping the CD arrived unharmed (if not, another mailing and yet more money!)

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Bringing Artists' Music Directly to the Club and Radio DJs
by The G-Man,

For all the hype surrounding digital distribution, nearly all initiatives have revolved around the distribution of music directly to fans for pay or for free. Just a cursory surf across the Internet reveals literally thousands of websites that offer to help independent artists sell, distribute and promote their music. Even with the success of iTunes and the proliferation of digital music retail portals, little attention has been paid to the Web's potential to supply music to influence-makers such as DJs and radio programmers. That is until Trakheadz.