Musicians: Hate Spotify and Pandora? Here’s An Alternative Proposal
Whenever news hits regarding Spotify or Pandora, in particular, many musicians express their displeasure through whatever outlet they have. In the U.S. most of this self-expression does little to affect. Continue reading
AIM Indie Awards Announces Nominees, 2 Winners
The Association of Independent Music has announced the 2013 nominees for it's UK based indie music awards. Along with the nominees came the announcement of two winners: Billy Bragg for. Continue reading
U.S. Album Sales Hit Record Lows
For the first time since Nielson SoundScan began counting, U.S. album sales have dipped below 5 million units for 5 consecutive weeks. Just 4.69 million albums were sold during the. Continue reading
Merlin Slashes Independent Label Administration Fees 25% – 50%
Global music rights agency Merlin is slashing the administration fees it charges independent labels by 25 – 50%. Members were informed yesterday via an email obtained by Hypebot. The cuts. Continue reading
Re:Discover: A Digital Label For Cover Song Artists Emerges From A Stealthy Network
Re:Discover is both an interesting new label and the center of a group of labels and services including Bundle Dragon which I wrote about yesterday. Re:Discover describes itself as offering. Continue reading
Tor Hansen Of Yep Rock and Redeye Testifies To Congress On Copyright and Indie Music
From the American Association of Indepdent Music (A2IM). On Thursday July 26th Congress’ House Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing on “Innovation in. Continue reading
Why Cassette Labels Are More Important Than Many Can Understand
As part of our 9th Anniversary, we asked our regular contributors to share their favorite Hypebot posts. This one comes from Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith. Though numerous individuals have. Continue reading
International Cassette Store Day Announced, Cassette Documentary Trailer Released
Yesterday news began to spread of the announcement of International Cassette Store Day planned for September 7th. Set to be a modest version of Record Store Day, this event will. Continue reading
Indie Labels Grab Record 34.4% Market Share
According to Billboard SoundScan mid-year numbers provided by A2IM, report, indie labels hit a record high with 34.4% of the overall market share based on master ownership (not distribution). That's. Continue reading
The Hustler: Jay Frank Goes From Yahoo! Music To CMT To DigSin Founder — Interview Series #3
From Yahoo! to CMT, from writing books to founding a label, Jay Frank has covered a lot of ground in the music industry. Hear his story in this interview, as. Continue reading
We’ve Looked At The iTunes Radio Contract, And Apple Is One Sly Negotiator
We've seen at a full copy of the iTunes Radio contract that Apple is circulating to independent labels and can confirm that for the first year, they are offering a. Continue reading
