Articles by Allison Outhit

Once

John Carney

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

Starring two non-actor musicians (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) and shot with digital handicams in natural light on a miniscule budget,...

The Year in Music Business

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2007

Like the classic "unravelling sweater” cartoon gag, for the past few years the music business has been franticly trying to knit itself back...

How To Start A Record Label

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

If you’ve been thinking about quitting your day job and getting into the music business, you’ve picked an interesting time to do it, and I...

How To Make Music Your Business

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

There are those of us (LLBs, CAs and other sad sacks with compulsive tidying disorders) who truly relish the chance to put the paperwork in...

How to Understand Content Aggregation

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2007

It used to be the toughest part about being an indie band or an indie label was not having access to distribution. You could put your recor...

Joel Plaskett- <i>Ashtray Rock</i>

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2007

Joel Plaskett Emergency’s heartfelt and exuberant Ashtray Rock is an all-Canadian roman à clef. Set against the sacred, secret party site s...

Paris, Je T'aime

Various Directors

PUBLISHED May 17, 2007

(Directed by Bruno Podalydès, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel and Ethan Coen, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel...

Managing Digital Rights, Part II

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2007

Managing Digital Rights, Part II Last month, Need to Know covered Digital Rights Management. DRM is the phrase that catches digital program...