Coheed and Cambria Saves Fan’s House From Foreclosure
Members of the band Coheed and Cambria has help one of their top fans avoid foreclosure of her home. Cyndi Crouch, who helps to run the band's Cobalt and Calcium fan. Continue reading
SoundCloud WTF? Universal Has Direct Access To Pull Tracks Leading To Account Cancellations
Nappy at Do Androids Dance? reveals more weirdness at SoundCloud beyond the new app tragedy. In fact, his post got me looking back at SoundCloud coverage and it's looking like. Continue reading
Indie Duo The Presets Uses Google Cube To Create Unique Interactive Experience
Google Creative Labs have created Cube, a web widget that runs multiple videos and audio tracks concurrently, and indie band The Presets' have put it to good use. Each panel. Continue reading
It’s Hypebot’s 10th Anniversary
Today mark's the 10th anniversary of my first posts on Hypebot.com. What began as an exploration of the seismic changes overtaking the music industry to share with the artists represented. Continue reading
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson On Frugal Touring And Why Tour Managers Are Pointless
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull thinks going out on tour an losing money is absurd, and he's turn that philosophy into a hobby. Much of his off time is spent. Continue reading
YouTube Says 95% Of All Labels (Including Indies) Are On Board
Despite the strong objections of many in the indie label community, "all but 5% of all labels” have agreed to the terms offered by YouTube for its new music service,. Continue reading
Bandsintown’s New Manager App Adds Artist Marketing Tools For The Road
Back in February concert listing service Bandsintown launched Bandsintown For Promoters with concert marketing tools. Today they announced the official launch of Bandsintown Manager, a mobile app for iOS and. Continue reading
Canada Drops Onerous International Artists Fees
As part of a plan to crack down on temporary foreign workers, last summer the Canadian government added a $275 processing fee on top of a $150 work permit requirement. Continue reading
Soundrop Launches Robust Music Marketing Toolkit Show.co
Norway based collaborative playlist platform Soundrop today launched Show.co, a robust set of linked music marketing tools. At it's core, Show.co is a graphically pleasing embeddable music player. But within. Continue reading
Music Monetization: BitTorrent Bundle Pay Gates, YouTube Wants You To Play For Tips
We seem to be moving into a phase where even big companies that work with musicians are recognizing that monetization is important and that musicians want to get paid. BitTorrent. Continue reading