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8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music Business In Japan

By Lee Parsons, Founder of Ditto Music. As founder of Ditto Music, an online music distribution service. I was recently asked to undertake a learning expedition to Japan and present. Continue reading

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Independent Music Wins 50% Of 2014 Grammys

Independent music took home 50 % of the awards at last nights 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the highest percentage of wins since indie label trade group A2IM began tracking the. Continue reading

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SoundCloud Adds $60 Million New Funding, In Talks With Major Labels

Audio platform SoundCloud has closed a series D funding, raising $60 million ot a total valuation of $700 million. The round was led by led by Institutional Venture Partners along with the Chernin Group. In. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: 20 Sneaky Rules About Being in a Band That No One Ever Told You

Sari Delmar | 20 Sneaky Rules About Being in a Band That No One Ever Told You Simon Tam | Why You Should Get Partners Instead of Sponsors

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

Day in the Life of a Modern Day Music A+R Why Indie Musicians and Indie Radio Stations Should Work Together IOU Music Launches To Support DIY Musicians Throughout Their Careers. Continue reading

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IOU Music Launches To Support DIY Musicians Throughout Their Careers

IOU Music is a new service for artists that launched this week in beta. They're building a platform to support DIY music monetization and marketing. For example musicians can use. Continue reading

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Connecting Your Digital Music Kingdom With IFTTT

One of my big goals this year at Hypebot is to take closer looks at more services that either combine features typically offered separately or that connect separate services through. Continue reading

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GoPro Video Camera Maker Responds To Musicians with HERO3+ Black Edition/Music

We discuss video quite a bit at Hypebot, especially in the form of creative videos, software and services, but we rarely discuss hardware. However an effort by GoPro to better. Continue reading

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Facebook Usage By Platform [CHART]

Note how few are web only. [via @BenedictEvans]  

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Facebook Reduces Fan Page Text Update Distribution, Gives Page Owners Advice

Facebook has announced that they are tweaking their newsfeed a bit by changing how they handle text status updates. They've found that text status updates from friends lead to more. Continue reading

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#Fangagement: Artists Crowdsourcing Opinion – Part 3: Benji Rogers (@PledgeMusic)

[UPDATE] Interview by C. Vincent Plummer (@cvpmusic) – co-founder and social strategist for Bedloo.com Benji Rogers, PledgeMusic Welcome to #Fangagement, a new Hypebot rapid fire interview series for artists, entrepreneurs and aspiring. Continue reading

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