On The Road With DJ Shadow Part 4: The Merchandising Approach
Michael Fiebach is the Project, Marketing and Merchandise Manager for DJ Shadow. As they've crossed North America on tour, Michael has offered an exclusive look inside how they market and. Continue reading
How PROs Hurt Creativity & Weaken Local Ecology
(Updated) Recently, I spoke with Mike Masnick, who is the founder of TechDirt, a leading technology and insight blog. In this interview, Masnick share his thoughts on how performing rights. Continue reading
Top 10 Best Places To See A Rock Concert In US
Songkick, a live music database, has released a study that reveals the top ten US cities for seeing a rock show. The top ranking is base on the number of. Continue reading
On The Road With DJ Shadow Post #3 – Which Marketing Channels Are Working And Why
Michael Fiebach is the Project, Marketing and Merchandise Manager for DJ Shadow. As Michael and DJ Shadow have crossed North America on tour, Hypebot readers have been getting an exclusive. Continue reading
Using Groupon To Sell More Concert Tickets
Online service Groupon offers locally based discounts which only go into effect if a specific number agree to participate. If 50 people sign up to buy, for example, a pizza. Continue reading
Video: Monetizing The Concert Experience
Midem recently posted the video of a portion of the panel I hosted earlier this year, Monetizing the Concert Experience, and after yesterday's dismal earnings report from Live Nation it. Continue reading
Live Nation Q3 Down, Promises A More Social Future
News & Commentary: To almost no ones surprise, Live Nation reported a drop in net income for the quarter ending September 30th to $51.4 million from $69.25 million last year.. Continue reading
Survey: Youth 12-24 Go To 50% Fewer Concerts Than They Did A Decade Ago
Income from touring was supposed to help make up for falling artist income from recorded music sales; and more than one label 360 deal has been calculated on the same. Continue reading
Survey: Is Merchandise Helping To Offset Lower Recorded Music Sales?
As sales of recorded music have fallen, the importance of merchandise sales has grown for most artists as well as many record labels. But with the world economy stalled and. Continue reading
Giga Tools Launches, A New Event Management Tool; 25 Free Accounts Offered To Hypebot Readers
GigaTools is a promotional tool for DJ's, musicians, record labels and booking agents to manage, promote and share their event schedules online. Artists can integrate their events schedule with any. Continue reading
