Wednesday’s Music Brief: Guy Hands, EMI Inks MLK, The Beatles, iPhone & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES –

• More Get Their Music Fix On Social Networks
• The Paradoxes of Choice in Digital Culture
• Guy Hands Exits Daily Control Of Terra Firma
• Songbird Player Adds 7Digital Integration
• Interview: Barry Schwartz On The Paradox of Chioce
• ReverbNation Sponsors Free Indie Promo E-Book
• Mobile Roadie Brings iPhone Apps To Indies
  
• Daily DIY: So You Want To Be In A Band?

MORE MUSIC NEWS –

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  EMI Music Publishing has cut an innovative deal to represent the Martin Luther King Estate. (Atlanta Journal)
• Are The Beatles finally headed to digital? (Guardian) Dhani Harrison, son of George, is proposing a Beatles-only downloads store selling remastered versions of the Fab Four's tunes
• On Monday, I wrote about upgrades to the Topspin music marketing system.  They are doing private demos at SXSW this week and have posted more details and screen shots on their web site.
• Apple announced an upgrade to the iPhone OS including several music related. (PC, Apple)
• Nancy Baym: Making Sense of Fan Behavior and her MidemNet slides. (MidemNet Blog)
• Digital retailers cut prices to lure CD buyers. (Boston Globe)
• Leadership Music hosts Digital Summit in Nashville next week. (American Songwriter)
• ARTISTdirect partners with Thumbplay for Mobile Content Downloads (press release)
• Puretracks Targets Business Sector with Trilingual Music Store, Cross-Border Campaigns (press release)
  "We work as the behind-the-scenes music partner that helps businesses
  and agencies leverage music to drive new revenue, connect with
  customers, cross-promote products, and build brand awareness."
• Pirate Bay documentarian looks forward to film getting pirated. (Wired)
• Record stores ease into the digital era. (Northwestern)