Ex-Google, SoundExchange Execs Launch Startup To Bring Gaming Revenue Model To Music

Two respected digtal music veterans, Tim Quirk and Brian Calhoun, are joining forces to launch Freeform Development, a new music tech startup. Quirk recently left Google Play and before that was an executive at Rhapsody.. Continue reading

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New On Our Music Industry Jobs Board: Nielsen, Babygrande & More

New on the Hypebot Jobs Board is a music analyst at Nielsen. You'll also find a paid intership at Babygrande Records and an opening for a Senior Publicist at the Cashmere Agency. House Cult. Continue reading

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TuneCore Launches Artist Services Portal, SoundOut Track Smarts

Tunecore today launched an Artist Services Portal to provide additional tools and services for artists. First up is TuneCore Track Smarts powered by SoundOut which offers consumer feedback of songs designed to. Continue reading

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Senzari’s MusicGraph.ai Digs Deep Into Music Data With Analytics and Intelligence Algorithms

Senzari continue the evolution of their MusicGraph platform with the introduction of MusicGraph.ai at the Graphlab Conference 2014. MusicGraph.ai is both a dashboard for the music data and recommendations provided. Continue reading

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Riffstation Play Displays Chords For Any YouTube Video But They Need Your Help

Riffstation creates software that gives you the chords for any song and offers a variety of related features to help you learn to play. Now they've launched a web app,. Continue reading

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Spotify And The Dark Arts

Hey, my name's Alex Frecon. I rap (decently) I blog (above average) and I tweet (unsatisfactorily.) Check me out. When Coldplay announced they weren’t releasing their album on Spotify a. Continue reading

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Cypress Hill Hires Primary Wave For Management

Cypress Hill has joined the talent management roster at Primary Wave Music, a independent music marketing, talent management and music publishing company. Primary Wave also manages CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge,. Continue reading

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How To Create A Great Music Video

By Mike Walbert from the Sonicbids Blog. A good music video is one that’s effective in bringing new life and energy to a song. They should be made to entertain. Continue reading

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The Eroding Prospects For Rock Cover Bands

Times are tough for rock cover bands. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at their plight and finds that interest is dwindling for bands playing music that used to. Continue reading

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Windish Agency Acquires Red Ryder, Adds Agents

After a 20-year run, Chicago-based Red Ryder Entertainment has been acquired by The Windish Agency.Making the move from Red Ryder to Windish will be agency founder Erik Selz, as well. Continue reading

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Apple Releases iTunes 12 In Beta

Apple released a beta version of iTunes 12 on Monday alongside betas of iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, and some development tools. First spotted by Apple Insider, Apple is touting. Continue reading

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