<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/winter-2010/start-helps-musicians-skip-middleman.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Start-up Helps Musicians Skip the Middleman</title><excerpt>As members of the Nashville-based band Someday Company, Brian Peterson ’00 (seated) and Mike Taylor ’00 found selling music through iTunes frustrating. Not only did they earn only 50 cents of the 99-cent fee, but they had to wait months for their songs to appear on the site. Wasn’t there a better way for independent artists to sell their music online?</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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