How Murder By Death Became #3 Most Successful Kickstarter Music Campaign Ever
Rock band Murder By Death recently achieved the honor of having the third highest funded Kickstarter music campaign after Amanda Palmer and Five Iron Frenzy. Exceeding their $100,000 goal, their. Continue reading
Never Act Like An Amateur Band
Want people to take you seriously as a musician? Remember to act mature and professional when dealing with others and your career. Be respectful of other bands and make sure. Continue reading
TuneCore CEO Jeff Price Comments Cautiously On His Departure
Jeff Price, the usually outspoken co-founder and former CEO of TuneCore, has been unusually silent since his sudden departure from the company last week. Price wrote an open letter last. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y.
Periphery Offers Model For Contemporary Metal Bands Hard Rock Records Is Accepting Demos: Bands Will Get A Year Of Serious Support and Then Be Set Free Rdio Adds Indie Tracks. Continue reading
Abandoning Mysticism: Alternative Music’s Innocence Lost (2012)
Guest post by Samuel Jones Lunsford, a musician, writer and creative force in Roanoke, Virginia's burgeoning artistic community. Where once we shared ideas and used our individual talents co-operatively in. Continue reading
Hypebot Presents The Upward Spiral Podcast: Episode 7 [LISTEN]
Hypebot presents the seventh episode of The Upward Spiral Podcast, an ongoing discussion of the new music industry featuring Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of. Continue reading
Hypebot Readers: Get Your FREE 140-Character Pitch Written By A Music PR Veteran
Tomorrow (Friday August 17th), musicians who tweet their band URL to @PitchNinja will get back a made-for-Twitter 140-character pitch created by the14 year music PR veteran who founded StoryAmp. @PitchNinja will review. Continue reading
Hello Music Adds “Dollar String Club” Subscriptions, 30 Hypebot Readers Get 3 Months Free
Since music subscription services for listeners are all the rage nowadays, why not take the same approach for musicians, too? At least that’s the thinking behind music marketplace/social commerce platform. Continue reading
Rdio Adds Indie Tracks From TuneCore & CD Baby
Rdio, the streaming music service founded by the creators of Skype has added the indie music catalogs of CD Baby and TuneCore, bringing Rdio’s catalog total to more than 18. Continue reading
Periphery Sets Model For Modern Metal Bands
Guest post by Alex May (@AlexmDrums) What began as a single musician conversing with like-minded people over the Internet quickly grew into something much more, and paved the way for. Continue reading
