Sony Sues Rdio Execs Over Fraud: A Cautionary Tale
Here we scrutinize the goings-on within the music industry which led to Sony's recent lawsuit against Rdio's three executives, giving both streamers and licensors an idea of what to watch. Continue reading
UPDATE: 85 Million Streams (50M On Spotify) Push Kayne West’s “Life Of Pablo” To #1
Kayne West's Life of Pablo took the top spot of the BuzzAngle album chart last week with over 82,000 album project units. It accumulated 85M streams, meaning 70% of consumption came from streaming,. Continue reading
THE PITCH: Noted – A Social Music App
Today, social music app Noted uses just 100 words to share their story with the Hypebot community. It's part of our ongoing series called THE PITH, which gives early stage. Continue reading
8 Common Email Newsletter Mistakes To Avoid
For artists, email newsletters are a great way to both keep in touch with fans and regularly market your content, but they must be handled delicately, as a poorly constructed newsletter can easily. Continue reading
Major Labels Ratchet Up Anti-YouTube Rhetoric As The Begin Difficult Renegotiations
The RIAA and the labels it represents have been ratcheting up their anti-YouTube rhetoric, calling out the popular service for paying “meager” royalties. Never mind that these same labels where. Continue reading
Five Reasons That Fans Love Vinyl
While overall physical sales of music have seen a massive decline in recent years as more listeners transition to streaming, vinyl has been making a remarkable comeback, with its sales almost. Continue reading
20 New Artists Poised To Be The Summer’s Hottest Live Acts
Ticketfly dug deep into its data across a wide range of genres to pick what it believes will be the hottest new live artists this year. Tor Miller, for example,. Continue reading
5 Reasons To Rewrite Your Songs
While emotion and enthusiasm are an important part of songwriting, being able to hone and refine your work is critical to developing a solid finished product. Here we look at. Continue reading
