Indie Artists Gain Exposure On Music Podcasts
With radio playlists increasingly tighter, music podcasts offer an opportunity for indie artists to get be heard. Bob Marcus (Dr. Bob), host of The JogTunes Indie Podcast interviews Cole Hermer, lead. Continue reading
How Musicians Are Using Vine To Promote New Music
Make me love your music in six seconds or less. That's what bands and musical artists are doing with Vine, the micro-video app from Twitter that lets users record six. Continue reading
Plans Within Plans – Highlights From The San Diego Music Thing
By Diana Hereld of Pathways in Music. Photo of Mike Herrera by James Gutierrez. A few days post-wrap of the sixth annual San Diego music thing, the time comes to. Continue reading
Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan On Surviving The Music Biz With Integrity
Yo La Tengo is a band that, for many, symbolizes indie rock as both a genre and a worldview. DJ Jesse Jarnow's even written a book on the band in. Continue reading
Chirpify Launches #Actiontags: Ecommerce Hashtags For Cross-Platform Sales
While QR codes struggle to find their place, hashtags are here to stay. Chirpify has already done quite a bit with hashtag ecommerce, facilitating sales within social streams; and now. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: Showcase Your Content with hearo.fm
The folks at NARM have announced a series of informative music industry webinars, and are generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. Next up is hearo.fm – Showcase Your Content to. Continue reading
Madonna Goes BitTorrent With #secretprojectrevolution And Soon So Can You
Madonna's got a BitTorrent bundle coming September 24 featuring a new film plus she just did a Reddit AMAA to set things off. It's all part of the launch of. Continue reading
Australian Crowdfunding Site Pozible Launches In U.S. As Kickstarter Enters Canada
Innovative Australian crowdfunding site Pozible, which has supported many successful music campaigns, is now open for business in the States while Kickstarter is now open in Canada with Australia and. Continue reading
My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields On The ‘Virtually Illegal’ State of Indie Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. For fans of ’90s shoegaze, and indeed guitar music in general, My Bloody Valentine is sacred. Back when CD stores still thrived, it seemed. Continue reading
Music Video Tools: Easy Lyrics Videos, YouTube Cross-Promotions, Vimeo Sales Upgrade
New tools and features for making, promoting and selling videos are now available. Superstring is software that allows you to easily create a lyrics video. YouTube has introduced new ways. Continue reading
