Moving Past Kickstarter: Equity Crowdfunding & The JOBS Act
Guest Post by Jack Kelly, CEO of Adva Mobile, a mobile marketing and technology firm for Artists, successfully crowdfunded via IndieGoGo. Crowdfunding is this decade's new tool for helping Artists. Continue reading
A Place For Jazz: Moving Beyond Audience Development
A discussion broke out on the web about building audiences for jazz. It began at the Huffington Post (with a blogged prelude elsewhere) and continued on NPR at A Blog. Continue reading
Q&A: How Music Supervisors License Music
There have been various blog posts on Hypebot and Music Think Tank about licensing music. This week, James Aviaz interviews Season Kent, Music Supervisor at Clear Songs, whose projects include. Continue reading
Bach Goes Open-Source With A Little Help From Some Fans
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. You have to hand it to good old J.S. Bach for the latest project taken up in his name: a successful campaign. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Big Day For Apple, Once + 8 Tonys, Last.fm Hid Hack, Domino + Drip.fm, McBride & More
Apple's online store was down this morning for a revamp prior to today's 10AM PT WWDC keynote. Expect some big announcements including a revamped iTunes. We'll be tweeting the highlights. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Last.fm Was Hacked. Change Your Password Now! Linkedin also suffered a major password security breach last week. Overheard #EDMbiz in Las Vegas: Day 1 ~ Day 2 Clear Channel, Big. Continue reading
Hypebot Presents The Upward Spiral Podcast Episode 2 [LISTEN]
Hypebot presents the second episode of The Upward Spiral Podcast, which features Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y.
An Indie Label Shares What Spotify, Streaming Music Services Paid Them Seth Godin On Building Your Fanbase Indie Artists Share How They Got Radio Airplay & What It Meant For. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: Why Buying Followers Is A Bad Idea & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Simon Tam: Why Buying Followers is a Bad Idea Marissa: 7 Mobile Apps Musicians Need NOW! Stephen Carmichael: How Google And Search. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Bryan Kim Considers the Point When iTunes Becomes Obsolete Eliot Van Buskirk Expects Streaming Music to Improve Culture Tyler Hayes Shares An Outsider's Guide To Guides For Musicians and Wonders. Continue reading