Indie bands go online to seek funds from fans
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The patronage model is not a new  concept. In feudal Japan and Renaissance Europe, wealthy  benefactors underwrote works of art, music and philosophy to  benefit society and for their own gain.
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The music industry is using alternative routes to get new music heard, such as music blogs and 'viral marketing.'
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MySpace and SNOCAP, both in California, are partnering to provide musicians with licensing and copyright to sell music directly from their online profile pages.
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A small peer-to-peer start-up has won rights from three of the four major record labels to distribute their music online. The deals with Peer Impact , a new division of online marketing company Wurld Media
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Fans of U2, Eminem, B.B. King, and Elton John will soon be able to get free songs from those artists, and many more, with the launch of SpiralFrog, a new Web site for music downloads. But there is a catch -- you have to sit through a message from the site's sponsors.
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A new partnership will allow indie artists and established rockers to sell mp3s of their songs directly to fans on MySpace.
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British rock band Marillion has gone a step further. Since striking off on its own in 2000, the group has used its online site, http://marillion.com, to raise over 500,000 pounds (&#36;913,200) from fans to finance its last two albums and support its first North American tour since 1995.
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Unsigned bands will be invited to compete online as part of a web-based contest to find new music talent.
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Several artists are experimenting with offering new releases on USB devices packed with extras like videos and ringtones.
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The streaming site offers free tunes from major and indie labels.
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The eMusic Selects service provides exposure -- and deals -- for underrepresented artists.
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Some of rock 'n' roll's biggest names have teamed up to sue the owner of a Web site that specializes in streaming rare concert recordings.
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Radio broadcasters are considering  technology and business models that may soon allow listeners to  click, listen and buy the tunes they hear on their favorite  radio stations.
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By JAKE COYLE  If you've been to a concert in recent years, you've seen the outstretched arms bearing digital cameras and cell phones that rise above the crowd like periscopes.   Increasingly, the footage from those concertgoers is turning up online.
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YouTube, the popular online video   sharing service, is teaming up with major marketing and media   partners for a competition to discover the most talented   unsigned bands on its site.
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Music fans have been slow to buy music  on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded  with services that let users access from their phones music  that is stored on their computers.
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By one measure of its success,  chart-topping rock band The Darkness has sold enough song  downloads, T-shirts and thongs on its official Web site  http://www.TheDarknessRock.com to nearly finance the group's  next recording.