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
FREE For Hypebot Readers: NARM’s Online Seminar Series
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) has just revealed a slate of summer and fall webinars in the latest of their ongoing Online Seminar Series. The events commence this. Continue reading
We’re All In This Together: How Technology Should Shape The Future of Live Music
Guest post by Matthew Moore (@MatthewrMoore). For years, artists have been trying to do anything they can to bring a different twist to the concert experience. Whether it’s a stunning. Continue reading
Kim Dotcom Hints That Megabox Will Launch This Year
Back in June, we reported that Megauplaod founder Kim Dotcom will be moving forward with Megabox, his vision of a cloud-based music service, despite having most of his assets seized. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Clyde Smith Launches Crowdfunding For Musicians Blog
During my time at Hypebot I've written a number of posts about crowdfunding music and recently decided to focus more of my own time on the topic as well. In. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y.
Incubus' Brandon Boyd Embraces Life Without A Label Case Study: How Billy Van Went From 2,000 To 100,000 Fans A Look Inside Zoe Keating's Earnings As An Indie Musician 5. Continue reading
