This Week In Music Commentary

This week, music industry commentators weigh in on what they learned about crowdfunding, standing up for the value of music, and what record labels of the future might look like.

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

We have a plethora of advice for independent and DIY musicians this week, with tips ranging from how promote your show or event offline, to how you can better stay. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Start A Band In NYC • Old Fashioned Values In Today’s Music Industry • Support Your Favorite Bands • More

Most recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how to start a band in NYC, questioned whether there's room for old fashioned values in today's music industry, easy ways to support your favorite artists, and more.  

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this weeks flip back through music industry news and info from the past seven days, including ABBA's virtual reality reunion project, Twitter's misguided purchase of Vine, Kanye's fear inducing. Continue reading

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

The most popular from the past week of news from the music industry included the pushing out of Maria Pallante from the Copyright Office, a look at how Spotify could. Continue reading

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6 Simple Tips For Promoting Your Event Offline

While the ease and prevalence of digital promotion can make it tempting to focus exclusively on online promotion of your event, these six offline old school techniques can actually prove more. Continue reading

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Are Higher Royalty Payments Really Coming Soon From Sirius XM?

One of the main gripes from artists and publishers in the streaming era has been that regarding low royalty payouts, this could be about to change however, at least for. Continue reading

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Music As Career: Staying Focused As An Artist

Maintaining a successful career as a musician is by no means an easy task, and it is critical to their success that they maintain their focus on the correct areas. Continue reading

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ABBA To Reunite For Virtual Reality Project

Yesterday we shared UMG's virtual reality series launching with Avenged Sevenfold. Now Abba is reuniting for a VR project.  And – you heard it hear first – the Rolling Stones. Continue reading

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Have An Opinion? A Great Idea? MusicThinktank Wants You!

As many regular Hypebot readers know, we also publishes MusicThinkTank, the site dubbed "Where The Music Industry Goes To Think." Entirely crowdsourced, the MusicThinkTank community is both lively and supportive,. Continue reading

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