4 Ways You Could Be Damaging Your Band’s Reputation Without Realizing It

Reputation is everything for a new local band that is trying to gain connections and a following. No matter how big your town is, the music scene is always a small, tightly knit. Continue reading

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The 4 Most Controversial Ways To Fund Your Music Career

You’re an artist! You can’t handle a 9-to-5 job. That’s a spiritual death sentence. So what are you to do? You need money to live in between your Spotify payments.. Continue reading

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Sony Completes $200 Million Purchase Of [Formerly] Indie Distributor The Orchard

Indie music and video distributor The Orchard is independent no more.  A strategic investment by Sony just became 100% ownership and control.

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Aykroyd & Belushi Launch A New Blues Label

The blues gets an important new advocate as Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi team up wIth Blue Note Records to launch a new blues label, Blues Brother Records.

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How Smart Musicians Are Selling More Albums With Social Media

Social media is a vital tool in the success of a musician's career. But are you sure you are doing all you can to make you social media strategy work. Continue reading

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

Dear SXSW Band, You're Screwing Up Your Career With Your Profile 5 Common Gig Booking Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid Couch By Couchwest Proudly Presents The Exact Opposite Of South. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Minority Shareholders Shift, Approve Jay Z Acquisition Of Aspiro's Streaming Music Services South By Southwest Posts SXSW On Live Streaming Schedule Pandora Holds Lead As Top Music Streaming Service In. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts on Hypebot.com

"Listen To Music No More Than One Hour A Day" Advises WHO Spotify To Pay Universal Music Group $1 Billion Apple Blames Internal Server Error For Outage 5 Common Gig. Continue reading

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Could SXSW Be Too Big To Fail?

"SXSW didn’t protect the integrity of its brand, simple as that. And now… it’s a massive free for all that feels kinda-fun (see aforementioned bands and beer) at best and obligatory. Continue reading

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2015 International Music+Sound Awards – Call For Entries

The annual International Music+Sound Awards, celebrating exceptional music and sound design in the media for the third year in a row, is now accepting entries. 

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Revelator Completes $500K Seed Round, Launches Music Biz Platform In U.S.

Revelator offers indie artists and labels an integrated sales, marketing, accounting and analytics platform; and with the help of a $500,000 seed round is expanding into the U.S. and beyond.

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