How To Do Festival Season On The Cheap
Festival season is upon us, and it is amazing. But as amazing as it is, it can be super expensive. Check out today's article to see how you can save. Continue reading
GETTING IT DONE – Last Week In D.I.Y and Indie Music: Apple Music Gets Artist Friendly • Pay For Play • 12 Facebook Tactics • More
It's hard to keep up, but that why we're here with news that the new Apple Music is adding some artist friendly social features, a chart that show just how. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Why Unsigned Musicians Should Worry About Popularity, Not Money
This week on MTT. we discussed getting back to our indie roots by focusing locally and to build a fan base , and looked at how to treat ASD with music therapy along. Continue reading
Top Indie Exec Says Major Label “Beasts” Have “Completely F**ked Everyone Up The Arse”
At first, the major labels made deals with digital music services in desperation – to provide an alternative to piracy. More recently, they've become motivated by short term greed in. Continue reading
Spotify Says It’s Responsible For 10% Of All U.S. Label Revenue
Spotify claims to have been responsible for 10% of all U.S. record label revenue in the first quartet of 2015. The stat came from Will Page, Spotify's director of economics. Continue reading
4 Pillars Of A Successful Indie Musician Career
There’s no magic bullet when it comes to building a successful music career these days. It’s incredible just how many different strategies and approaches artists are taking. Some bands are. Continue reading
Matt Farley Will Quit Making Music If He Doesn’t Earn $1 Million From Spotify By 2018
… and he plans to earn that money with an 8-hour Spotify playlist consisting of 300 of his own songs. Sound extreme? Indie Artists Matt Farley has been taking things to the extreme. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
This week in DIY & Indie Music we learned about tracking Social Media engagement on Google Analytics, the most commonly made Instagram mistakes made by musicians and how to avoid. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Music Industry Jobs Board: A&R at FiXT, Assistant at The Knoller Group
New on our Jobs Board is a coveted A&R gig at FiXT Records, and assistant positions at The Knoller Group, an artist management and brand development organization and a management firm Middle West (Bon. Continue reading
Understanding Social Media Engagement
Navigating the many different social media platforms can be quite overwhelming. In addition to maintaining a presence on so many networks, you're also expected to understand how you to better connect. Continue reading
