Greg Rollett: Outsource These 5 Things Now And Focus On Your Music
So many musicians that read our site or go through some of our training go back to the same problems. They are musicians, not marketers or internet superstars. This post. Continue reading
Choose A New Logo For Skyline Music & Win!
Regular Hypebot readers know that we're in the middle of a makeover / repositioning of our parent company, national booking agency Skyline Music. We're crowdsourcing a lot of the project. Continue reading
MidemNet Lab Calls For Music Tech Start-Up Entries
MidemNet Lab, an international pitch platform for innovative music and music tech start-ups, is opening a call for entries for the 2011 edition. The event, now in its 2nd year,. Continue reading
Google App Inventor: One Any Artist Can Use Free
Google has launched a new App Inventor for Android; it's a new, free, and easy to use tool, that any artist can figure out how to use. To take advantage. Continue reading
Numubu: Social Networking For Musicians And The Music Industry
Numubu, a social networking site for musicians and music industry professionals, is out of beta and offering $25,000, 5 iPads and more as prizes to entice signing on. The company. Continue reading
TuneCore Launches Several Upgrades
Digital music distributor TuneCore has made several improvements to their service that will enable artists' music to go live more quickly at digital retail, be categorized more accurately and show. Continue reading
ReverbNation Improves Their Facebook App
ReverbNation has made improvements to their Facebook app "My Band." The additions include a more attractive layout and design, free custom header banner, fan-exclusive downloads, tour map with show schedule. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Thumbplay, Universal Inks Aware, Sony’s Own Download Store, EMI On Defensive, TubeMogul & More
Does Steve Jobs know how to say he's sorry? Apple has called a press conference for Friday. Details are slim but it will involve the widely reported troubles with the. Continue reading
Bandcamp To Switch From Free To Paid Service
(UPDATED) After several years of offering free services, music marketing and sales platform Bandcamp announced today that it will be switching to a paid platform in early August. Bandcamp will . Continue reading
In 2008 The RIAA Paid Out $16M, Recovered $391,000
The amount that the RIAA paid out to its lawyers in 2008? $16,000,000. The amount that the RIAA recovered as a result of their efforts? $391,000. "So all in all,. Continue reading
NPD Survey: iTunes In Cloud Worth $1B In First Year
A new NPD Group study based on just under 4000 consumer interviews predicts that between 7 and 8 million iTunes users in the U.S. have a strong interest in paid. Continue reading
