Musicians & The Power Of Polite Persistence
This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. A few weeks ago I went back to a venue that I. Continue reading
Amazon’s New $199 Kindle Fire Tablet Is A Cloud Music Player Too
This morning Amazon introduced it's much anticipated Kindle Fire tablet. (click on image to enlarge.), Priced at just $199 and shipping on November 15th, Jeff Bezo's announcement also included some. Continue reading
Troy Carter Goes from Managing & Marketing Musicians to Funding & Founding Music Startups
Troy Carter's increasingly visible profile, leveraging his early work in hip hop and his role as Lady Gaga's manager, has earned him prestige in music management and marketing circles. But. Continue reading
Another Indie Label Pulls From Spotify And “All You Can Eat” Digital Services
It's far from a tidal wave, but yet another indie record label has pulled it's catalog from Spotify,Grooveshark, Rdio and other "all you can eat" digital music services: Projekt Records. . Continue reading
Will Facebook Music Kill Last.fm?
This guest post comes from Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. About ten years ago, third-year computer science student Richard Jones wrote the code that would eventually earn him $38 million.. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: Amazon’s Big Day, Apple Shares 10/4, MOG Int’l Stalls, Cash Music, We7 Shifts & More
Amazon announces its tablet this morning at 10AM ET. We "know" it's 7 inch, runs on a modified Android os and will stream video. There's no mention of music…yet. Big. Continue reading
PM UPDATE: Timberlake To Play Neil Bogart, Ent. Spending Falls, Rock Hall’s New Class, Grooveshark
Justin Timberlake has signed on to star in the feature Spinning Gold, a biopic of 1970s record exec Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records. Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame's. Continue reading
5 Tips from IndieHipHop.net On Why Musicians Should Be Blogging
While it's true that I think that every musician should have their own website at their own domain, I also think that such sites should either have a blog or. Continue reading
The Turntable Kitchen Pairings Box Offers “Curated Food & Music Discovery Experience”
As previously discussed on Hypebot, 1band 1brand connects fashion and music in a variety of ways including weekly deals on the two. Now Turntable Kitchen, a blog that connects food. Continue reading
Did Facebook Just Pull A MySpace?
(UPDATED) What Facebook did last week was brilliant. Instead of taking the time and effort to try to build their own "best" music and media services, they opened up the. Continue reading
Vote For Music Tech’s Sexiest NILF: Ian Rogers vs. Sarah Fulen Gregory & More
(UPDATED) The new edition of MTV O Music Awards adds a category: Hottest Music NILF and execs from Topspin, Soundcloud, The Hype Machine and turntable.fm top the list. For the . Continue reading
