Touring Industry News: Hayes Rejoins ICM, Dinerstein Upped At Knitting Factory
From Celebrity Access Veteran agent Mike Hayes has rejoined ICM Partners Hayes, who reps a roster that includes Primal Scream, The Libertines, Adam Ant and The Klaxons, got his start. Continue reading
Live Nation’s Ticketmaster Acquires Eventjoy D.I.Y. Ticketing Platform
Live Nation's Ticketmaster has acquired mobile-based DIY ticketing platform, Eventjoy for an undisclosed sum. The move will help the ticketing giant compete with Eventbrite in the growing non-traditional venue and event. Continue reading
Linkfire: “Smart Links For Music Marketing”
Linkfire is a promising new service that creates "smart links for music marketing." Smart links allow you to use one link that can direct people to a specific url based. Continue reading
Tim Fite’s iBeenHACKED Project Shows How You Can Work Locally With A Global Reach
Tim Fite is an interesting multimedia artist whose work involves a lot of performance elements including songwriting and music videos as well as performance art and teaching. His current project,. Continue reading
New On Our Music Industry Jobs Board: A&R @ FiXT, Nielsen, Forty 6ix AM, Berklee, Blue Note & More
New on the Hypebot Music Industry Jobs Board is a Label A&R/Distribution Manager position at label and publisher FiXT. You'll also find job listings from Nielsen, Forty 6ix AM and the Berklee College Of Music. Learn more. Continue reading
Ticketing M&A: Ticketmaster Acquires Sherpa.be, Vendini Acquires In Ticketing
This week Ticketmaster announced the acquisition of Belgium-based Sherpa.be. They will be joining the Ticketmaster Belgium team that launched this year. San Francisco-based Vendini also announced their acquisition of In. Continue reading
The Problems Musicians Face and How To Solve Them, Pt. 6a
Written by Tommy Darker, originally published in The Musicpreneur. Travelling the world and chatting with fellow aspiring artists reveals astounding insights about the future of music. Here’s the deal: we. Continue reading
10 Mostly No-Cost Music Marketing Tactics
By Sari Delmar from the Sonicbids Blog. So, you’re looking for more exposure for your band, but you’d rather spend your money on a new reverb pedal than on an. Continue reading