New Take On Music Crowdfunding From Cooking Vinyl’s Pete Lawrence & Book Publisher Unbound
Pete Lawrence, founder of England's Cooking Vinyl record label and The Big Chill festival, is launching another more intimate festival called Alfresco. But instead of directly crowdfunding the festival, he's. Continue reading
Robin Taylor Leaves ICM To Re-Launch Inland Empire
After a three year stint at ICM, Robin Taylor has left the agency to relaunch her own firm, Inland Empire Touring. Located once more in Brookyln, New York, Inland Empire. Continue reading
Songkick Adds 100,000 New Users With Spotify App In Just 4 Months.
(UPDATED) Concert app Songkick shared today that they registered 100,000 new users since launching a special Spoitfy app less than four months ago. The company says that millions of personalized. Continue reading
Zoe Keating Tries To Make Sense Of The Performance Royalty System
Guest post by Zoë Keating. As a DIY artist it's up to me to educate myself about the music business. I do my best, but some elements of it seem. Continue reading
How Do Musicians Really Earn Their Living? [CASE STUDIES]
The Future of Music Coalition has released data from its Artist Revenue Streams research project, where financial case studies drawing from 4-12 years of accounting data provide information about how. Continue reading
Denison Witmer Plays Single Song Concerts On Skype For $25
Denison Witmer briefly gave up touring around the time his child was born but wanted to continue performing. So he launched a "Holiday / Baby On The Way Tour 2011". Continue reading
FanFueled Attracts Major Music Clients To Their Social Ticketing And Fan Engagement Platform
FanFueled, the social ticketing and fan engagement platform, has developed quite a bit since we last covered them at Hypebot back in November. Between returning clients and new clients as. Continue reading
Eventbrite Adds Free Card Scanner & App For At-Door Ticket Sales
Taking control of show ticketing to improve the experience as well as to capture fan data is the dream of many in the touring community and the focus of a. Continue reading
The Ticket Trust Creates Fair Secondary Ticket Market
When writing about the documentary The Great Ticket Scandal I was introduced to The Ticket Trust. This group was created to allow ticket holders to resale unwanted tickets at face. Continue reading
