UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~Pursuant to ofSection 13 ~~Report~~or 15(~~Date~~ d) of ~~earliest~~the ~~event reported): March 6,~~Securities ~~2009~~Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2009

ARTISTdirect, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-30063	95-4760230
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

1601 Cloverfield Boulevard, Suite 400 South
Santa Monica, California		90404-4082
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(310) 956-3300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective March 620, ~~2008~~2009, the Company and ~~Rene~~Dimitri ~~Rousselet~~ Villard(“Executive”) entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which Executive was employed ~~to continue~~ as the Company’s ~~Corporate~~Chief ~~Controller~~Executive ~~and~~Officer. Executive ~~Principal~~had ~~Accounting~~been previously employed as Interim Chief Executive Officer pursuant to a Services Loanout Agreement dated as of March 6, 2008. The ~~employment~~term isof the onAgreement anis ~~“at~~three ~~will basis~~years.” Effective February 1, 2009, Executive will receive a salary of $1425,000 ~~583~~ per month subject to increases ~~and a bonus as~~ as determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion. ~~Executive~~Commencing ~~was~~for ~~granted~~the ~~options~~fiscal toyear ~~purchase~~ending December 31, ~~560~~2009 and for each subsequent fiscal year thereafter,~~000~~ ~~shares~~Executive will receive an annual bonus equal to 33% of the ~~Common~~amount ~~Stock~~by ofwhich the Company’s atEBITDA ~~$0.03~~for ~~per~~the applicable ~~share~~year ~~vesting monthly~~exceeds ~~over~~the ~~36 months~~target ~~commencing~~set ~~February 1,~~for ~~2009. If~~such ~~Executive’s~~year ~~employment~~by isthe ~~terminated without~~Board ~~cause,~~or the Board’s Compensation Committee. Executive ~~will~~was also ~~receive~~granted ~~his~~options ~~salary~~to ~~and~~purchase ~~vesting~~3,920,000 shares of ~~options~~the ~~for~~Common anStock of the ~~additional~~Company ~~period~~at of$0.03 ~~three~~per ~~months~~share ~~from~~vesting ~~the~~monthly ~~date~~over of36 months ~~termination~~commencing February 1, 2009.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

10.1 Employment Agreement ~~dates~~dated as of February 1, 2009 between Executive and the Company.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	ARTISTdirect, Inc.	~~ARTISTdirect, Inc.~~
Date:	March 11, 2009	By:	/s/DIMITRI VILLARD
Date: March 23, 2009	By:	/s/DIMITRI VILLARD
	Name:	~~Name:~~Dimitri Villard	~~Dimitri Villard~~
	Title:	~~Title:~~Chief Executive Officer	~~Chief Executive Officer~~

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