#Fangagement: Artists Crowdsourcing Opinion – Interview 5: Michael Shoup (@12SouthMusic)

Interview by C. Vincent Plummer (@cvpmusic) – co-founder and social strategist for Bedloo.com Michael Shoup, 12South Music I am here today with Michael Shoup. He is a musician, designer and digital entrepreneur—who. Continue reading

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gTar Licensing Deals Make 2 Million Song Tutorials Available

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Incident Tech, maker of the advanced, iPhone-powered gTar, says it has signed landmark deals with major music publishers Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music. Continue reading

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Kickstarter Passes $1 Billion In Pledges

Monday morning crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced that it had surpassed $1 billion in pledges from 5.7 million people in 224 countries on all seven continents. More than half of that. Continue reading

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Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

8 Steps To A Million YouTube Music Channel Views Black Artists: "Your Services Are No Longer Needed" Starving Artist Syndrome How To Automate Merch Sales On Spotify & Beats A. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: 121 Things Not To Do In The Music Industry & More

Dylan Lott | 121 Things Not To Do In The Music Industry James Hill | Seven Ways to Get a Little Bit Closer to Your Fans Dave Cool | Google. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Would People Think More Highly Of Your Music If You Were More Eccentric? How To Automate Merch Sales On Spotify and Beats Music 8 Steps To A Million YouTube Music. Continue reading

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Has The Definition Of A Favorite Artist Changed?

Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter.  In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading

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8 Steps To A Million YouTube Music Channel Views

By Matt Sandler, musician and founder of Chromatik. I get at least a dozen emails a month from musician friends who want to build out their YouTube presence. I don’t. Continue reading

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Zoe Keating’s Download & Streaming Income [CHART]

A lot has been written over the last few days since Zoe Keating released the latest in her series of personal digital music revenue reports which includes data from iTunes, Bandcamp,. Continue reading

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RBC Records Owner: Social Media Is Key To Building An Artist’s Career

Brian Shafton, owner of RBC Records, has been deeply involved with both hip hop artist and label marketing and distribution. Both running a label and supporting artist-owned indie labels gives. Continue reading

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Google Adwords for Musicians

Let's be honest, there are a literally thousands of ways to promote your music these days. Whether it's building a Twitter following, a Facebook dynasty, linking in with LinkedIn, air. Continue reading

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