Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y.
Top D.I.Y. & Indie Music News Louis CK Shows Music Industry How Direct Ticketing is Done and How It Can Defeat Scalpers Ginger Wildheart's Fan-Funded Album Outperforms Rihanna And Coldplay. Continue reading
Hypebot Presents The Upward Spiral Podcast Episode 3 [LISTEN]
Hypebot presents the third episode of The Upward Spiral Podcast, which features Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of Marketing at Topspin), and Hypebot's Hisham Dahud (also of Fame House).. Continue reading
Connecting Music & Tech At Decibel Festival And MoSoFEST
From the 9th Annual Decibel Festival in Seattle to the newly launched MoSoFEST Conference and Festival in Saskatoon, musc and tech are connecting in a variety of ways that feature. Continue reading
Overheard @ EDMbiz in Las Vegas: Day 1
EDMbiz, the inaugural industry conference for electronic dance music and precursor to this weekend’s massive Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), is well underway at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Our. Continue reading
Louisiana Soundtrack Heralds Cutting Edge Conference In NOLA
Though they are entirely separate events, the launch of multimedia site Louisiana Soundtrack and plans for the Cutting Edge music business conference in New Orleans are certainly connected. The Louisiana. Continue reading
EDMbiz Invades Las Vegas Next Week & Why EDM Matters More Now Than Ever
Electronic dance music (EDM) is undeniably booming at an incredible rate in the United States and worldwide (although the U.S. is notoriously late to the game in terms of a mainstream. Continue reading
Business & Music: EDMbiz Invades Vegas, NMS Adds NY Music Festival, Sweden’s Trigger Creative
Music industry conferences and live music festivals seem like a successful combination so news that new ventures are being launched to add business to music and vice versa should come. Continue reading
Why Most Music Startups Fail – Hypebot Sessions @ NARM [VIDEO]
Earlier this month, Hypebot hosted a series of panels during NARM’s Music Biz 2012 in L.A. One, hosted by Kyle Bylin, examined of why most music startups fail and but. Continue reading
Indie Band I Love Lightning Bugs Debuts Album & Comic Combo @ Motor City Comic Con
Detroit's I Love Lightning Bugs are reissuing their debut album Kensington along with a comic book in which they are the protagonists in an otherworldly adventure. It's the first step. Continue reading
Two Festivals Reclaim The Indie Spirit: Mass Creation & Northside
SXSW is a hugely successful festival that began as a small gathering of indie music bands and fans back in the 20th Century. While its current combination of music, film. Continue reading
Sign Up Now For Our Next Free Webinar: How To Use ReverbNation To Promote Your Music
We're proud to co-sponsor the second in a series free direct-to-fan music marketing webinars hosted by Brian Thompson and Michael Brandvold from The Music Biz Weekly podcast. On Tuesday May. Continue reading