Enter Your Musical Narrative: What Song Is Playing?
This is a guest post by Alex Mann (@alexjmann). You are greeted with a smile and repetitive hello by the stewardess as you roll your bag out of the flimsy, makeshift. Continue reading
An Audience With An Audience: What Digital Technologies Are Changing About Live Music
Traditionally, when journalists write about the widening of the digital divide, what they're talking about is the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those that don't.. Continue reading
Has Streaming Music Been Sneeking Up On You?
George Howard, the former president of Rykodisc and author of the 9GiantSteps blog, has posted his first entry over at Music Think Tank. In it, Howard argues that streaming music. Continue reading
A Time For Restraint: Does Our Obsession With NEW! Doom Bands Before They Get Started?
These lines in The Independent stuck a chord: "With the internet making it ever easier to discover new music, musos scrambling to stay ahead of the game and record labels. Continue reading
How To Launch a Music Startup: Willingness to Pay
This post is part of the How To Launch a Music Startup series by Brenden Mulligan, which focuses on building a company that creates online products for musicians. Mulligan founded. Continue reading
Whatcha Say: The Alternative Video Revolution
This is the second essay by Hypebot intern Mike Pineau (@mikejpineau). For years now, multi-million dollar music videos have been a staple of the budgets that major labels set aside. Continue reading
Want More Fans? Buy A Twitter “Promoted Account”
(UPDATED) Want more fans? At a tech conference today, Twitter will reportedly announce an approved and sanctioned way to collect. Just buy a newly created Promoted Account, and Twitter will. Continue reading
BitTorrent Asks Artists To Get In Bed With The Devil
BitTorrent has created a pilot program that encourages musicians to submit their creative works for the chance to be spotlighted on their site, which reaches over 80 million music enthusiasts. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Jonsi’s Live Twist, DMCA Turn Offs , Pirate Bay Trial Today, Masnick & More
Reader comments are a crucial to the value that Hypebot strives to deliver. We want to be told when we're off track; and most of you also work in music. Continue reading
