Twitter’s Head Of Music: “Think Like A Fan” [Transcript]
Bob Moczydlowsky has built his career around helping artists grow an audience; first as SVP, Product & Marketing for D2F platform Topspin and now as Twitter's Head Of Music. His experience give his. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds Payments To Some Artists, Labels and Ads To Pay For It
SoundCloud is adding advertising to fund payments to artists and labels who agree to participate in a new Premier Partner program. The terms of the invite only program were not. Continue reading
One Musician Gets A Record Deal Through Tinder, Another Can Pay Her Rent Solely From YouTube
Here are two stories about musicians doing well that could be described as social media success stories. But Ryn Weaver's claim that "Tinder got me a record deal" is a. Continue reading
House Of Blues Dominates America’s Top Music Clubs
A new list of the top 25 most popular music clubs in the U.S. from Billboard shows Live Nation's House of Blues chain dominating the small venue market nationally. In. Continue reading
Catching Attention With Your Album Artwork
By Jhoni Jackson from the Sonicbids Blog. Once upon a time, it was pretty uncommon to preview tracks before committing your cash to the whole shebang. Particularly in the heyday. Continue reading
Lindsey Stirling Joins Maker Studios: “I am one step closer to becoming a Disney princess!”
Last week Maker Studio's last co-founding YouTube star officially left the Disney-acquisition. This week Lindsey Stirling joins the YouTube MCN declaring in a press release that she's "one step closer. Continue reading
An Open Letter To Robb McDaniels, Founder And CEO Of InGrooves
By Philip Kaplan, Founder of Distrokid. Dear Mr. McDaniels, This is in response to an article you wrote on HypeBot (here) entitled, “5 musings from a digital music exec who’s. Continue reading
How To Double Your Pinterest Followers In Just 5 Minutes A Day [INFOGRAPHIC]
Do musicians really need to pay attention to Pinterest? The answer is, probably yes. Traffic on the site grew 58% in 2013, sneaking past Facebook (57%) and leaving Twitter (15%). Continue reading
Lucky 13: World’s Top Paid DJs Make List Of “Electronic Cash Kings 2014”
Zack O'Malley Greenburg unveils the "World's Highest-Paid DJs" of 2014 based on the last 12 months earnings. As expected it's an EDM party all day and all night in the. Continue reading
How To Make Your DIY Tour Stick Out From The Rest
By Lee Duck from the Sonicbids Blog. In my last article, we discussed ways in which you can plan and book a DIY tour that runs effectively, successfully, and within. Continue reading
11 Ways To Be A Happier Musician Person
The road to success is long, brutal, and relentless – it's not for the faint of heary or for the negative nancies of the world. It is for the go-getters,. Continue reading