This Week In Music Commentary

This week's music commentary looks at the decline in music business journalism's quality and picks apart the CRB's new rates, plus we hear from Kenny Chesney on how important his fans are. 

Share on:

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

For some of Hypebot's most popular posts this week (and beyond) we shared what you need to know about the CRB's latest decision, looked at what 2016's top industry marketing. Continue reading

Share on:

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

Ringing in the new year with a whole host of tips for independent artists, we have career advice, suggestions on how to manage your social media presence, mistakes you must. Continue reading

Share on:

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Is Your Music Good Enough To Release? • Old School Promo That Still Works • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we discussed 101 things you can do to improve your music career, ways to grow your fanbase, how to promote your mixtape, and more.

Share on:

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

music, musicbusiness

Share on:

Creator Rights In The Digital Age [Radiohead Mgr Brian Message]

While Brian Message believes that the digital age has a great deal of potential as far as democratizing access to music, he feels that there are several rights and securities artists. Continue reading

Share on:

Happy Birthday Elvis! Google Is Giving Away Your 30 #1 Hits FREE

In honor of his birthday today, Google Play is giving away the album Elvis Presley: Elv1s 30 #1 Hits to U.S. fans for free starting today, January 8, 2016, for. Continue reading

Share on:

MyMusicTaste Raises $10M For Concert Crowdfunding Platform

From Songkick to ReverbNation and BandsInTown to BandPage, startups are working to eliminate the distance between artists and fans. No where has that proven more difficult that in live concerts.. Continue reading

Share on:

On The New Copyright Royalty Board Rates [Blake Morgan]

In this interview Blake Morgan weighs in on the the Copyright Royalty Board's announcement regarding new rates, discussing who the decision benefits and who it harms.

Share on:

Top 7 Music Industry Careers To Consider In 2016

Although it can be difficult to make a living purely as a performing artist, there are several other career options available which will still keep you closely involved with the music. Continue reading

Share on: