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

DIY Pop Star Alex Day's New Album Outcharts Justin Timberlake On iTunes UK Flattr Expands Options For Fan Support Via Twitter, Soundcloud, Instragram & More 10 Insights From Andrew Dubber's. Continue reading

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The Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

DIY Pop Star Alex Day Outcharts Justin Timberlake Flattr Adds More Options For Fan Support Prince's 9 Principles 4 Becoming A Musical Icon Is Facebook Passe'? Must Watch: Dave Grohl's. Continue reading

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Blackberry Adds Indie Music Via Believe Digital’s Zimbalam

While not a favorite of the technorati, millions of people still love their Blackberry and many of those use it to enjoy music. So it's worth noting that as of. Continue reading

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Classical Pianist Valentina Lisitsa From D2F To A Record Deal

Though you might not think of YouTube as a place for classical music, except when classical musicians are covering pop tunes, classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa used YouTube to build an. Continue reading

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Musicians: Marketing Is Part Of Everything You Do

For many people the term "marketing" conjures up images of cheezy advertising or pushy sales people or wack gimmicks to catch the attention of the press. So if you're a. Continue reading

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Music Crowdfunding Danger! Be Good… But Not Too Good

Matt Voyno (@Voyno), co-author of The New Rockstar Philosophy book and blog is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo.  Here he writes about his motivations and experiences. So get this. It's possible. Continue reading

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Interviews with LyricFind’s Darryl Ballantyne , MMF’s Jonny Dawson & Music Kickup’s Antti Silventoinen

(UPDATED) The following excerpts are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin Tech. Continue reading

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#SXSW 2013 Interviews with BandPage’s Chris Wiltsee and CD Baby’s Brian Felsen

The following excerpts and videos are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin. Continue reading

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Adva Mobile Relaunches Fan Engagement Platform With Free HTML5 Mobile Apps For Musicians

About a year and a half ago I wrote about Adva Mobile's free mobile sites for musicians here at Hypebot. At the time the feature set looked promising but the. Continue reading

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With $2M In Funding, Artist Growth Revamps Musician Managment Toolkit

Last week, based Artist Growth completed it's Series A funding round rasing $2 million. The investors all come from Nashville's growing VC community including former label exec Joe Galante, Mark. Continue reading

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10 Tips From Kosha Dillz For Recovering From SXSW

By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz) as he was waiting for his flight out of Austin. If you were hangin' out at SXSW all week let me hear you say. Continue reading

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