Hypebot Debuts The Upward Spiral Podcast
Hypebot is proud to present The Upward Spiral Podcast, which features Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of Marketing at Topspin),. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y.
Amanda Palmer Was Queen of DIY This Week as Her Kickstarter Campaign Approached $1 Million in Pledges Then Soared Past a Milli Leading to Partying in the Streets Scott Steinberg's. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wish For Overnight Success & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Brian Thompson: 10 Reasons You Shouldn't Wish For Overnight Success Chris Hacker: Marketing Plan Tactics For Independent Musicians – Part 3 of. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
EDMbiz Invades Las Vegas as Electronic Dance Music Shows Powerful Growth. But Are EDM Artists Buying Facebook Fans? DJ Excision Speaks Out On Controversy Vinyl Sales Booming to Delight of. Continue reading
Create MPEE3’s With Guitar Pee Urinal [VIDEO]
In what is either a brilliant piece of marketing or an indicator of just how far you have to go to get people to read music's top trade magazine these. Continue reading
Usher Adds Fan Avatars & Holograms To Live Show
Capitalizing on the enormous reaction to the Coachella "resurrection" hologram of Tupac, many have been seeking ways to utilize this new technology in order to cash-in on the buzz. One. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 6.1.12
For the first time in UK history, digital music sales have eclipsed physical sales. According to the BPI (British Recorded Music Industry), digital accounted for 55.5% of trade revenues in. Continue reading
Are EDM Artists Buying Facebook Fans? DJ Excision Speaks Out On Controversy
Controversy broke out this week in the Electronic Dance Music scene over whether or not major EDM dj's are buying Facebook Fans. A graphic showing multiple artists' Facebook fan pages. Continue reading
Brainstorming Doesn’t Work
According to Keith Sawyer, “Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool. Continue reading
How Music Streaming Services Could Help Artists, Fans, Labels, Charities & The Music Industry
Guest post by Benji Rogers (@benjikrogers), Founder & CEO of PledgeMusic. I'm not into streaming. I've never really made a secret of that, and as such it occurred to me. Continue reading