Former Clash Manager Says Music Industry Must Change Or Die.
"Rapid, consistent and complex change has enveloped the global music industry…the era of mass markets turning into an era of masses of niche markets is very real and exciting, with. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday September 22nd, 2006
– Online digital music royalty tracking service Royalty Share grabs top honors at the Popkomm Innovation In Music & Entertainment Awards. (press release), The huge European music convention is now. Continue reading
Bands & Fans Can Send Free MP3Grams
MP3Grams lets artists upload a song and picture and then send them in a free eCard to fans and friends. Fans can also go on the site and customize an. Continue reading
ReverbNation Answers Usage Agreement Critic With Promise Of Change
Thanks to an alert Hypebot reader, new artist centered music community ReverbNation is changing it’s usage agreement before it’s official launch. Earlier this week Hypebot wrote a deservedly glowing report. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday September 8th, 2006
– Forging ahead of the majors again, indie digital distributor The Orchard has cut a deal with China’s leading digital distributor top100.cn. (Read the details in a press release after. Continue reading
Coalition Of Indie Music Stores Chart for 9-20-06
1 DYLAN*BOB|MODERN TIMES 2 MARS VOLTA|AMPUTECHTURE 3 TV ON THE RADIO|RETURN TO COOK 4 TIMBERLAKE*JUST|FUTURESEX/LOVE 5 MAYER*JOHN|CONTINUUM 6 YO LA TENGO|I AM NOT AFRAID OF 7 MASTODON|BLOOD MOUNTAIN 8 BLACK. Continue reading
WMG’s Bronfman’s Touts Digital Revolution And Predicts Ad Supported Future
Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. is again singing the praises of the net and digital music claiming digital growth has outperformed expectations. With words designed to be music. Continue reading
Yahoo! Offers Another MP3 Download. But Why Not Offer More?
Yahoo!Music chief David Goldberg has been very vocal that downloads should be DRM free mp3’s and he inches that agenda forward with a second major label mp3 offering. Disney’s Hollywood. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday September 20th, 2006
– A first look at Microsoft’s YouTube competitor Soapbox. (cNet) – Sony Ericsson will launch a new service on its cells that would allow full song downloads call M-Buzz that. Continue reading
ReverbNation Builds Community By Empowering The Artist
Last week I had a chance to test drive music community and indie artist empowerment tool ReverbNation and was impressed by what I saw. Still in beta and launching October. Continue reading
