Vol. 7, No. 1 (2007)

Credits
From the Editor

Contents

• Evaluating the Economic Impact of the Music Industry of the Nashville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, Patrick Raines, Belmont University; LaTanya Brown, Bowie State University
• Innovation and Production Networks in Regional Music Scenes, Erik Porse, George Mason University
  
• Free the Music Now! An Examination of the U.S. Copyright Section 115 Reform Act of 2006, John P. Kellogg, Berklee College of Music
  
• The Revolution in Licensing Music for Television Has Arrived: Confronting the Challenges and Profiting From the Opportunities, Ava Lawrence, Northeastern University
  
• Improving the Seasonal Release Calendar for Recorded Music, Barry Sosnick, Five Towns College
  
• Current Sales Data and What the “Long Tail” Might Be Doing, Stephen Marcone, The William Paterson University of New Jersey
• BlueT.O.M. Blueprint: A Case Study on the Creative Design of a Student-Run Record Label, Tonya D. Butler, University of Memphis
• An Investigation of the Impact of Music Industry Cooperative Education on Student Academic Performance as Measured by Grade Point Average, Richard Strasser, Northeastern University; Kate McLaughlin, Northeastern University
• On Teaching Music Business in 2006 China, Theodore J. Piechocinski, Indiana State University
• Improvisation and Reciprocity: An Analysis of the Jam Band Community and Its Unique Business Model, Casey Lowdermilk (undergraduate student), University of the Pacific
• Music Schools: Are We Incubating Excellence? Ron Sobel (President), North Star Media

• Chris Anderson. The Long Tail: Keith Hatschek, University of the Pacific 
• Thomas Wolf and Nancy Keens. And the Band Stopped Playing: The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony: Keith Hatschek, University of the Pacific
• Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow. Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success: Antonio C. Cuyler, Independent Scholar
• M. William Krasilovsky and Sidney Shemel. This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Business and Legal Issues of the Music Industry: Dave Kopplin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• David Baskerville. Music Business Handbook and Career Guide: Dave Kopplin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Donald S. Passman. All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Dave Kopplin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Trevor Dann. Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake: Dick Weissman, University of Oregon, Portland Community College
• Clay Eals. Steve Goodman: Facing the Music: Dick Weissman, University of Oregon, Portland Community College
• John Kruth. To Live’s To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt: Dick Weissman, University of Oregon, Portland Community College