Richard Florida On Designing Musical Experiences
In a recent column in the Atlantic, Richard Florida talks about a subject that aligns perfectly with an interview I am running tomorrow, featuring Rich Huxley from Hope and Social,. Continue reading
Live Nation Stock Ends Week Down 20%
Live Nation's stock fell another 11.78% today down $1.20 to close at $8.99. Today's drop contributed to a 20.23% overall decline in the stock 's price for the week. Most. Continue reading
Choose A New Logo For Skyline Music & Win!
Regular Hypebot readers know that we're in the middle of a makeover / repositioning of our parent company, national booking agency Skyline Music. We're crowdsourcing a lot of the project. Continue reading
Help Redesign A National Booking Agency
Background & Creative Allies Design Contest As you may know, the parent company of Hypebot and Music Think Tank is the boutique national booking agency Skyline Music. This summer Skyline. Continue reading
GigsWiz: Facebook Application Released
GigsWiz has released a Facebook Application. Through it fans can make concert requests in Facebook for the bands and artists who are registered users of the GigsWiz platform. The application. Continue reading
SuperGlued: The NY Summer Music Junkie Contest
SuperGlued, the community for live music lovers, is kicking off the New York Summer Music Junkie Contest on July 11; they will aggregate and reward concertgoers for all the things. Continue reading
Sonicbids Continues Evolution With No Cost Gig Listings Courtesy Of Musician’s Friend
(UPDATED) Sonicbids has added no cost gig opportunities for its members courtesy of a new partnership with catalog and online music gear retailer Musician's Friend. The listings will be introduced. Continue reading
Jonathan Coulton: Does Net Famous Mean Famous?
Off The Internet & Onto The Stage Those of us who work in and write about d.i.y. and the new music business are always interested in artists who have built. Continue reading
How To Measure The Carbon Impact Of Your Tour
Julie’s Bicycle, a broad coalition of music, theatre and scientific experts committed to making the music industry green, has released a thorough study on the on the greenhouse gas emission. Continue reading
ASCAP Lawsuits Target 21 Venues In 13 States
As is does periodically, ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) yesterday filed 21 separate lawsuits against nightclubs, bars and restaurants in 13 states claiming infringement. According to. Continue reading