Stealing Makes Bands Like The National Possible
The National took a different route to success than many popular acts. Fans who love music knew about them, but the mainstream consumer did not. A key ingredient to their. Continue reading
Young Guru Says Major Labels Are “Slave Masters” And Artists Don’t Need Them Anymore
Hip-hop producer Young Guru, the man behind Jay-Z and Kanye West, has some choice words about the record industry. In this speech, he talks about the corporatization of music and. Continue reading
MySpace Reboots With New Look & Focus
Late yesterday, a long struggling Myspace launched its anticipated makeover and a new focus as entertainment hub. Taking a page from the Malcom Gladwell playbook, Myspace is now encouraging curators. Continue reading
Vote: What Do You Think Of The New Myspace?
Myspace unveiled a major makeover late yesterday including a redesigned site, an unusual new logo, and a major shift in focus. Traffic is slipping on the once top social network. Continue reading
Music Games Expected To Have Poor Holiday Sales
Music-based videogame sales are down 50% from the prior year. Profits in the category reached $875 million in 2009 and it is reported to be lucky if it breaks $500. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Lime Wire Betrayed Users, Citigroup & EMI Trial, FM Chip War, BitTorrent & More
This morning, I posted a graphic that compared the incomes of indie and major label artists. The readers, as they should, quickly pointed out several flaws in the chart. Bruce. Continue reading
Judge Orders LimeWire To Shut Down
Granting a request from the music industry, a federal judge has ordered Limewire to shut down "the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality" of. Continue reading
Pirate Bay Documentary Funded Through Kickstarter
The Pirate Bay documentary has received full funding through Kickstarter. They received $51,434 from 1737 backers, adding up to $29 per backer. With an initial goal of $25,000 to fund. Continue reading
Zaptunes Gets Killed, Claims Site Wasn’t A Fraud
After three short months, Zaptunes, a site claiming to offer users unlimited music downloads, died. Their take on these events are quite amusing. Apparently, many of their users thought the. Continue reading
6 Reasons Not To Quit MySpace
Yesterday, my Hypebot collegue Kyle Bylin celebrated the first anniversary of Andrew Dubber's Quit MySpace Day, even offering instructions for quitting. Blogger Steve Lawson agreed: "…it’s become almost exclusively the domain of. Continue reading
