Okkervil River Looks Back With 8-Bit Game For ‘The Silver Gymnasium’
With the debut of "The Silver Gymnasium" right around the bend, Okkervil River turned to frontman Will Sheff's childhood for creative marketing inspiration that's connected to their music. Sheff worked. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Jobs Board: Tixr Internship, CD Baby Web Manager & More
New on Hypebot's Music Industry Jobs Board is a social media and marketing internship at music tech startup Tixr, a job opening for a web product manager at CDBaby. There. Continue reading
Pandora Predicted To ‘Dominate’ Web Radio For Next Few Years
With concerns about profitability and iTunes Radio about to launch, there's a lot of uncertainty around Pandora's future. But one recent report from IBISWorld claims that Pandora will continue to. Continue reading
Electrospective App Debuts On Spotify Spotlighting Over 50 Years Of Electronic Music
Electrospective launched last summer featuring electronic music back to 1958 from EMI, Virgin, Parlophone and Mute. It's been a fairly low key project but yesterday they raised their profile with. Continue reading
DIY Jazz Artist Carsie Blanton Shifts Sound To Seduce Listeners On Kickstarter
Ian Anderson is the co-author of "100 Music Kickstarters to Learn From" on LaunchAndRelease.com. 75% of all music Kickstarters raise less than $10,000, according to Kickstarter. Carsie Blanton raised $9,232. Continue reading
Spotify Nabs Dealmaking Exec From 21st Century Fox
Spotify has been without a head of global business development for almost a year, following the departure of Gerrit Meir, who lasted just 12 months. The position has finally been filled. Continue reading
Yahoo! Music Taps The Echo Nest To Drive Discovery, Next Gen Music News Feed
Yahoo! Music, the web giant's music news site, has tapped into The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data solution to discover and deliver reviews, blog posts, artist images and social network. Continue reading
FYF Fest Founder Sean Carlson On The Importance Of The Fan Experience
FYF Fest, originally the Fuck Yeah Fest, hit ten this year with an impressive if irregular past and the widespread view that FYF had grown up. Prior to last weekend's. Continue reading
Steve Aoki’s Manager On Getting Famous Online: Stop Promoting and Start Entertaining
The folks at JustGo Music managed to slow down Steve Aoki's manager Matt Colon long enough to discuss how Aoki got so famous online. Aoki has capitalized greatly on his. Continue reading
