News Alert: Major Labels Discover Common Sense Thwarts Music Piracy Almost Every Time
After reading the news that Universal and Sony Music plan to use "instant singles" as an effort to curve music piracy several times, I feel like the major labels have. Continue reading
Video: Demos Documentary Film Hopes To Inspire Indie Hip Hop
Documentary film Demos has been created to educate hip-hop artists by providing insights into how to establish a successful independent music career. Industry veterans along with established indie artists will. Continue reading
Effective Street Teams and Digital Music Strategy
How do we update street team tactics for the digital age? Erik Koral shares his thoughts on how to manage and reward the efforts of your fans. As well, he. Continue reading
Music Biz News: Vringo, Linux Music, Facebook Offering, Pirate Party Tunisia, NAMM Awards & More
Spotify U.S. not imminent, “not even in Q1″ (Reuters) Making music in Linux and beyond (ars) Google supports MP3tunes in EMI litigation. (CMU) Vringo Launches Music Video Remix App Platform for Android (pr). Continue reading
How One Indie Band Gained Hundreds of New… (Read: Nude) Followers Overnight
Every indie band secretly hopes that their efforts won't remain in obscurity forever. Imagine waking up one day to find that you're Facebook presence is now has thousands of "Likes". Continue reading
Pandora Planning $100 Million IPO
Pandora is planing a $100 million IPO for early in 2011. The music streaming service reportedly met with bankers last week and is expected to name which one will lead. Continue reading
Social Music Games – Lackluster or Blockbuster?
Are social gaming and music the perfect match? MXP4 thinks so. In recent months, they've designed many apps that combine these two elements, which have been very successful. Each one. Continue reading
VEVO Creates “Behind The Music” Video Shorts
Have you ever wanted to hear the story behind "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects? OK, maybe you haven't, but some of their fans have. VEVO has partnered with. Continue reading
Music Retail Can Be Saved – If We Act Fast
Music retail can be saved. The way to save it is to encourage more outlets to open up. We're not talking about starting more digital download stores like Amazon MP3,. Continue reading
we7 Makes First Move Out of UK, Enters Ireland
UK music streaming service we7 launched in Ireland today. This is their first move outside of the UK since their founding in 2008. Users will be able to create personal. Continue reading
HOW TO: Engage Fans On Twitter Like Snoop Dogg
This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. As a Hypebot reader, you're undoubtedly informed on the importance of artist-fan relationships and how Twitter has broken down the. Continue reading
