Best practices: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook
In an effort to help artists improve their online skills in the industry, the good people at Symphonic have created a series of ‘best practice’ sheets for successfully navigating YouTube,. Continue reading
Guide to spending first $500 to promote a new music release
Dropping a stack on music promotion can be unnerving, so music marketer extraordinaire Amber Horsburgh shares how to best spend a $500 promotional budget. Guest post from Amber Horsburgh Spending. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast #39: Streaming slowdown • music’s ‘Tarzan economics’ • much more
Episode #39 of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business” podcast with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart Episode is now online. Episode #39 Highlights On this episode,. Continue reading
New study reveals best BPM, most popular song for studying, work to
The value of music as a study aid has long been known, but a new report from the UK reveals some interesting details on what makes for the most popular. Continue reading
Defining your artist brand An easy step-by-step guide
For an artist, defining and then communicating your personal brand to an audience is key to the development of your career. Here, Dayna Young walks us through an easy step-by-step. Continue reading
Clubhouse (finally) adds an Android app: reserve your username now!
Clubhouse has added an Android app a year after the hugely successful drop-in audio app launched on iOS. With Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, Mark Cuban, and Slack all openly. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot
Rising to the top on Hypebot this week, some of our more popular articles dug into how fame should be celebrated in the modern music industry, what Square’s ownership of. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The week in D.I.Y. & Indie music
This week, we’re covering a variety of do-it-yourself projects, including how to sell your music as an NFT, the six ‘special’ types of albums fans won’t be able to resist,. Continue reading
REWIND: The new music industry’s week in review
As we check back on some of the biggest music industry stories from the past week, we’re revisiting Live Nation’s ongoing losses, Spotify’s increase in prices, how to make the. Continue reading
MuiscThinkTank Recap: Music hobbyist to pro • ‘Behind the scenes’ livestreams • How I got an NBC sync • More
On MusicThinkTank this week, our contributors shared articles on how to make the transition from a hobbyist to a professional musician, ten ideas for behind-the-scenes livestreaming, a case study of. Continue reading
Last week in music industry commentary
From the commentary section this week, those deep in the industry weigh in on how staggered vaccine rollouts are priming innovation, how fame should be celebrated in today’s music business,. Continue reading