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Metallica’s James Hetfield Shows How To Make A Memorable Connection with a Fan [VIDEO]

Music marketer Michael Branvold shares: "In the video below Metallica’s James Hetfield is walking backstage, passes a small group of fans, stops grabs his guitar and walks over to one. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Administrative divisions of Mexico, Amazon.com, Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), Canada, Colisée Pepsi, James Hetfield, Labatt Brewing Company, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Vidéotron

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Skyline Music Agency, Hypebot Open Nashville Office

Regular Hypebot readers know that I generally stay away from self-promotion. Most don't even realize that Hypebot and MusicThinkTank are published by longstanding boutique booking agency Skyline Music, which I. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: album, Alison Mosshart, Burn (Ruth Lorenzo song), Dodge, Entertainment Weekly, I Feel Love, Jack White, Million Miles (Reamonn song), Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, The Dead Weather

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International Music Festivals To Gather In U.S. At IMFCON 2015

IMFCON 2015, a global gathering of music festival organizers and related companies is being held in San Diego, California from December 13-15.

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 30th Street (San Diego), AC Entertainment, Allure (magazine), Angel Pagan, Austin, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Balboa Park (San Diego), Barack Obama, Live Nation Entertainment, San Diego, Texas

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Personal Fan Data Revealed During Songkick’s Adele Concert Pre-Sale

Technology creates new options to reward fans. But when it goes wrong, as it seems to have during an overloaded Adele fan club pre-sale, that same tech runs the risk. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Associated Press, box office, Credit card, Ericsson Globe, Fleetwood Mac, Pollstar, security, Taylor Swift, Top 40, Tour promoter

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SFXE Teeters On Bankruptcy, Explores Debt Restructuring

[UPDATED] With SFXE stock trading down 95% for the year and saddled with $300 million in debt, the EDM conglom has very few options. But even as it teeters towards. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/01/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Asset, Corporation, Electronic dance music, EMC Corporation, Google, Public company, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street

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The Revenue From A Single Taylor Swift Concert

For those curious about how much an A-list superstar like Taylor Swift makes off a single concert, a recent performance at a publicly owned stadium offers a unique look at such an. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/30/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Arian Foster, concert, Dallas Cowboys, DeAndre Hopkins, Florida, Houston Texans, National Football League, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Taylor Swift, Tennessee Titans

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Eagles Fan Concert Footage Lawsuit Settled

Few artists are as aggressive, and successful, at protecting their intellectual property as The Eagles. This time they settled before the suit went to trial.

Bruce Houghton on 11/30/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Associated Press, Casino, Compact disc, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Don Henley, Eagles (band), Glenn Frey, lawsuit

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SeatGeek Launches Ticket Resale Marketplace

Ticket search engine SeatGeek is expanding into ticket sales with the launch of SeatGeek Marketplace, a new ticket resale service.

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Accel Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Eli Manning, Instagram, Mousse Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, SeatGeek, Series A round, The Ventures

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My Indie Hip-Hop Hustle [Talib Kweli]

Here recording artist and Brooklyn native Talib Kweli Greene recounts his journey to success as a hip hop writer/performer and discusses the importance of remaining genuine and true to one's self.

Guest Post on 11/24/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Hip hop music, Kanye West, Leonardo DiCaprio, New York, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip (musician), Sony

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Eight Music Performance Concepts You Should Apply To Your Live Show

For those looking to up the level of crowd engagement at their next gig, here are eight useful tips that can help your time on stage stand out and remain memorable to your audience after. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/24/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: album, Album cover, Alicia Keys, Allen Toussaint, Alternative rock, American Idol, Atlantic Records, Austin, Guitar solo, Lead guitar, Texas

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