I'm not there, but I've been reading up on the Future of Music Summit that kicked off in D.C. yesterday.

Future of Music Blog: Notes from the first day of the conference. Here's a quote from musician Bob Mould: "I worked so I could buy music, now people are downloading 100 songs a day that are an icon on their desktop. Where is the respect for the artist, where is the sacredness of the music?" And a quote from Nonesuch Records' David Bither: "There's more vitality in the music community than there has been in a long, long time."

Billboard.biz: Basically a recap of a speech by Sen. Byron Dorgan. The senator told the story of a train crash in his home of North Dakota and how the lack of a locally-owned radio station meant residents were not informed of the danger via radio. I heard the same story earlier this year in a speech by Eric Klinenberg, who wrote the book Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media.

News.com: Coverage focused on Sen. Byron Dorgan's encouragement to the crowd to continue a push for net neutrality.

Washington Post: In his blog, tech writer Rob Pagoraro ran down some first day highlights.

Bloggers with more coverage: Taking It Back To The Roots!, FairMusic and Saki Store Blog (with a transcript of yesterday's retail panel).