Fifth show of Artist Insider Q&A, hosted by Greg and Jonathan.

The focus is conferences, conventions, summits, and expos, whatever you want to call them, times and places where you can meet people with a specific interest and gain both a larger network and greater knowledge if you want to.

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Questions, Topics & Notes:

• “What’s the best way to introduce yourself and build connections? specifically, how not to come across as creepy :)” ~ Matt in Tennessee
• Should I go to a conference?
• As a freelancer how much of my conference-going expenses are tax deductible? ~ Shaun in California
• “What do you do when you start falling asleep?
  • “no, even better when the guy is snoring next to you
  • “but actually, dealing with monotone voices is hard”
  • ~Tricia in California
• What are the differences between a conference and a convention? Summit? Expo?
• Are there art conferences?
• Should you hand business cards out like candy?

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Fourth show of Artist Insider Q&A, hosted by Greg and Jonathan

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Questions, Topics & Notes:

• some follow-up to AI Q&A from 2008-02-28
• Why can all contracts not be one page?
• I produce physical and electronic media, like photographs, music, websites, and graphics. What is the most reliable way to protect my work, besides actually getting/registering a copyright/trademark/etc? ~Matt in Virginia
• statutory damages & court costs
• What about Creative Commons?
• When is a Copyright created?
• How long does a Copyright last?
• why do copyrights still exist? I have the opinion that they create of a loss of creativity and competition. ~JoshB from Memphis
• Is Hulu.com - a way to view TV and Movies online for free - but is it legal?
• What is the role of a record producer?
• Become a “fan” of Artist Insider, on the Artist Insider page on Facebook.
• Also, consider the Talkshoe Application on Facebook.
• I am doing a video project for a middle school football team and want to use a song from a band I know in the background. What do I need to do to legally use that song in the video? ~Jeff from Nashville
• Jeff mentioned Music Services - it licenses music for different projects
• What is the law about making a video with background music and releasing it online without any copyright license? ~follow-up by Jeff
• We will be at the CIA Summit with our mobile recording studio on March 28th - 29th. Keith Mohr produces it.
• Music Law Biz
• Seneff Law

That does it for this week. We have a few more questions already in the que we will get to next time on March 27th. You can send in your own questions or join the show and participate *Live*. Add ArtistInsider (feed) to your favorite RSS reader to keep up to date on the news, or fill in the form to get our posts emailed to you.

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Third show of Artist Insider Q&A, hosted by Greg and Jonathan

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Questions, Topics & Notes:

• Seneff Law
• Phil Remone - Making Records
• Artist Insider Tip Jar
• Do you get in trouble if you play a clip from a TV show on the air? ~Matthew
• What about using a clip as an example in a podcast? ~Follow-up by Matthew
• What is the best way to protect your publishing rights when entering a first time record deal? ~Laura Clapp
• mentioned interview with Tom Bogan
• I have been creating graphics projects, and some music for right at 10 years. Eventually I want it to be my full time business, I should start a company or just keep doing everything under my name? ~Matt in Virginia
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michale Gerber (E-Myth.com)
• TWIT 133 in this episode of This Week in Tech, they talk with Jonathan Coulton, an independent musician and about the current music industry. Here are his Listening Suggestions. (direct download)

That does it for this week. We have a few more questions already in the que we will get to next time on March 13th. You can send in your own questions or join the show and participate *Live*. Add ArtistInsider (feed) to your favorite RSS reader to keep up to date on the news, or fill in the form to get our posts emailed to you.

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This Thursday, 2008-02-28 will be the next *live* Q&A session.

Come prepared to ask questions, or discuss some of the following items (will add more over the next couple days).

• Listener Questions
• TWIT 133 in this episode of This Week in Tech, they talk with an independent musician and about the current music industry. ( direct download )
• What have you learned recently?
• Ways to generate money; our plans are pretty simple, what are yours?
• Listener Questions

Listener questions are the focus of this show, however we have some stuff planned to direct the conversation or fill the time. See you Thursday, and if you cannot make it and have a question, send it in.