BandsInTown Launches Spotify Tour Dates App

Concert recommendation and notification app BandsInTown has launched a Spotify app. Bandsintown now synchs directly with the songs, albums, and playlists users listen to on Spotify.  Competing concert listing service. Continue reading

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The 3 Pillars Of Music Fan Engagement

In a previous post I talked about why it’s important that musicians interact with their fans. But how often should this be done? And for how long? Can managers, labels,. Continue reading

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musiXmatch Adds $3.7 Million Funding, 1 Million New Users A Month

The company has with all the major music publishers and hosts a lyrics database available in more than 30 languages. "We are now aiming at the second screen & TV. Continue reading

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Finding The One Key Metric That Matters For Your Career As A Musician

From time to time concepts and approaches from the world of tech startups have relevance to indie and DIY musicians. Recently the concept of "One Key Metric" has been making. Continue reading

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Seattle Secret Shows Create Special Events Where Musicians Get Paid

By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). I recently attended an “intimate” Saturday night show with 100 other people in a secret location at a dance studio on the. Continue reading

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Why Music Supervisors Don’t Listen To Your Music

By music branding and marketing specialist Andy Lykens. Get a paper and pen. Just do it, it’ll totally be worth it. I’m about to blow your mind. Quick – tell. Continue reading

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Association For Electronic Music Launches Led By Ben Turner & Kurosh Nasseri

On Monday at midem the newly formed Association for Electronic Music announced its launch as an industry trade group. Led by EDM industry figures Ben Turner and Kurosh Nasseri, the. Continue reading

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Ticketmaster Finally Ditches Much Hated CAPTCHA

If you are like most people, you are aggrivated by trying to puzzle out the squiggly lines used to separate humans from spam bots on websites. Known as CAPTCHA, the. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Alicia Keys New Blackberry Love, Rhone’s Epic Venture, Bjork Kickstarter Stalls & More

Thursday 1.31.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Click Here Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab

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Sonicbids Sold To Guggenheim’s Backstage

(UPDATED) Sonicbids, one of the first major players in the d.i.y. music space, has been sold to Backstage in a deal backed by Guggenheim Partners. Backstage, which specializes in casting,. Continue reading

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