Breaking Into The Music Industry: Free Creative Live Online Class with Incubus Manager Steve Rennie
Incubus manager Steve Rennie is holding his second Creative Live class. The format is pretty interesting with a one-day livestream July 2nd that's free. The full day's course is then. Continue reading
How To Create A Great Band Photo That Delights Press and Fans
By Jason Baxter, the in-house publicist for Seattle's Hardly Art Records, and performer in the electronic duo USF, for the Sonicbids Blog. Band photos can be tricky, but even if. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
6 Essential Music Contracts Beats Has Been Banned From The World Cup T-Mobile Thumbs Nose At Net Neutrality, FCC with "Music Freedom" Plan Rhapsody's New UnRadio YouTube To Gross $7.2B. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
How An Unsigned Artist Used iTunes Instant Gratification To Get A Top 10 Hit On iTunes Could "Just The Right Amount" Of Fake Twitter Followers Be Just What You Need?. Continue reading
3 Tips For Musicians Struggling In A Difficult, Crowded Marketplace
Justin Boland, aka Humpasaur Jones and the co-founder of World Around Records, recently shared his take on being a rapper while running a label. Boland tends to have a unique. Continue reading
[Interview] Kickstarter Tips for Musicians Directly from Kickstarter
This interview originally appeared on the Bandzoogle Blog. Leading crowdfunding platform Kickstarter just released a Creator Handbook to help users launch effective campaigns. Kickstarter is open to all kinds of. Continue reading
What’s The Idea Behind 1000 True Fans?
By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0. In the latest version of my Music 4.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age book I explain that making a. Continue reading
Advertising Tips For DIY Musicians
DIY musicians using advertising to promote their work is rarely discussed on Hypebot though we do cover a wide range of marketing approaches including other forms of advertising. But given. Continue reading
SoundExchange Pays Artists and Labels $162.4M, Biggest Q1 Ever
SoundExchange paid $162.4 million in royalties to artists and record labels in the first three months of 2014, according to figures released today. To date, they have paid out more than $2 billion in. Continue reading
How An Unsigned Artist Used iTunes Instant Gratification To Get A Top 10 Hit On iTunes
(UPDATED) By Mike Townsend of Ditto Music. Nashville singer songwriter Louisa Wendorff reached number 9 on iTunes this week by using iTunes new 'Instant Gratification' feature. What is iTunes instant gratification?. Continue reading
3 Ways Musicians Can Learn From Other Industries
There is a lot to be said for being committed to studying within your field, but often, it is what you learn outside of it that gets you where you're. Continue reading
