Music Matters: Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit: Day 1

I will be live tweeting from the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit October 4-6, 2009. Highlights from today include: introducing my brother to Vienna Teng, serving as the camera operator for Ariel Hyatt and Cyber PR (I'm getting a free book!) and having dinner at Pho 75 with an absolutely fascinating group of conference attendees, including Genevieve who went to William and Mary...for a year.

Live tweets from today's sessions are below.

1. Helen Bruner, when asked by congressman Gonzales of San Deigo why she should be paid, she said why should you? #FMC09about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
2. DeAnne Cuellar uses "local musician speak" to talk about policy like, "call your congressman about that radio thing" #FMC09about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
3. Michael Bracy notes that when you give the legal authority to restrict the access to the net they will #FMC09about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
4. @rephankjohnson and Chairman Conyers should be at the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit to defend HR 848 #FMC09about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
5. RT @viennateng Listening to history of commercial radio legislation. 1996 changed everything. FMC formed to give musicians' a voice #FMC09about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
6. Wagman notes that producers have been paid through a royalty scheme created by labels, no easy answers about how they get paid now #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
7. @viennateng just asked a question about how producers get paid in an artist-as-label world #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
8. Wagman notes that now artist buy label-like services on an ad hoc basis without out giving up their copy rights #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
9. Wagman explains that labels used to buy exclusive rights to the artistic production of an artist for a number of albums #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
10. Marcy Rauer Wagman notes that the relationship between artists and labels has flipped #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
11. Paul Rapp reps nuns in the Catskills #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
12. Yvonne Harris Burnley is recounting the work of her father...at length #FMC09about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
13. Couldn't tweet the super social session because I was the camera man for @cyberpr #FMC09about 9 hours ago from Twitterrific
14. Standing room only in this afternoon's sessions #FMC09about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific
15. Carlson notes artist can become financially independent if they have 1000 dedicated fans #FMC09about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific
16. Carlson notes that this is an exciting and scary time to be a musician #FMC09about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific
17. Joel Carlson is suprised by how many people knew what ReverbNation does #FMC09about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific
18. Interesting discussion about the copy right issues surrounding Magnatune #FMC09about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific
19. Amazon widgets give commisions to site owners when click throughs result in any product sales #FMC09about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific
20. I need to look into slacker(sp?) an Internet radio station #FMC09about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific
21. Thomson says that FMC exists to create a Musians middle class#FMC09about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific
22. Kristin Thomason says this would be the 9th Future of Music policy summit but the staff took a year off to work on vocal harmonies#FMC09