Month: April 2013

Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Pretty Lights Debuts Single w/Talib Kweli, Announces First Physical Release & BitTorrent Promo 'Deleting Borders': Crossing The Blurry Borders Between Music And Music Marketing The Search For Good Tour: Josh. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: When Tragedy Is in the News: How to Respond as a Musician & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud   David Philips: Red Bull stole my music! 3 important lessons for indie artists. Simon Tam: The Most Underrated Things in a Musician’s. Continue reading

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Today Is National Record Store Day: Stop Reading & Go Buy Something

Today Saturday April 20th is Record Store Day.  Stop reading and go buy somehing. Find a store here.

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Best Of The Upward Spiral Podcasts

Hypebot's Upward Spiral Podcast is now 21 great episodes old. While we're proud to sponsor each and every one of them, Upward Spiral commentators Jason Spitz, Kyle Bylin and Hisham. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Writing Room With Dave Days Pairs YouTubers With Pro Songwriter/Producers

Writing Room is a new YouTube series hosted by YouTube musician Dave Days who's built a huge following online. The series pairs popular YouTubers with professional songwriter/producers and suggests some. Continue reading

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7 Rules To Enjoy Coachella 2013

Guest post by Marc Ruxin, the CEO & Co-founder of social music discovery game TastemakerX. Almost by definition, “festivals” are extraordinary celebrations. As soon as you place “music” or “film”. Continue reading

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ASCAP Expo Day 1: New ASCAP Stats plus Katy Perry, Big Sean & Diplo On Their Early Years

By Geoff Nudelman of Telos Studios. The Annual ASCAP Expo kicked off yesterday at the Loews Hollywood Hotel with an inspired General Membership Meeting featuring remarks from most of ASCAP’s. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2013 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Most Important Problem The Music Business Must Solve

By David Sherbow (@MusicBizGuy) of My Life With Music. What is the greatest problem which the new music business must solve to maintain it relevance in the future? In my. Continue reading

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FeedbackLoop Funds New Music Projects With Monthly Subscriptions

FeedbackLoop is an interesting new hybrid that uses a music subscription service to fund the creation and release of monthly music projects from indie artists. There's both a digital-only and. Continue reading

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Review Of Twitter #Music App for iOS

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Twitter announced that its new music discovery app, Twitter #music, will launch to the public on Thursday in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the. Continue reading

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Music Ad Watch: The Givers Are “Up Up Up” For Lipton Iced Tea

Lafayette, Louisiana based pop-rockers Givers have been rather silent in recent months, but      this brief 15 second re-purposing of their track "Up Up Up" may re-ignite some interest. …though this. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2013 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)
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