These Songs & Recordings are now in the Public Domain and Free to use
Every year, the copyright for thousands of songs, recordings, films, books, and more expire and enter the public domain. That makes them free to record, sample, use in videos, and. Continue reading
Jesse Kirshbaum of the Nue Agency’s 2024 Music Industry Predictions
Master marketer Jesse Kirshbaum of the Nue Agency and the Beats & Bytes newsletter shares his predictions for music and marketing in 2024. By Jesse Kirshbaum of the Nue Agency. Continue reading
5 Free & Simple Ways to Promote Your Music and Live Shows
Even when you have no money to promote your music and live shows, there are free and simple things you can do that won’t cost a penny but that we’ve. Continue reading
Happy Holidays from Hypebot
Happy Holidays to the Hypebot community, and thank you for helping us have a very successful 19th year of always free coverage of music marketing, music tech, and the new. Continue reading
What Musicians can learn from Alix Earle and other Influencers
Blair Miller, Founder and CEO of the marketing agency Chaos Creators Entertainment, discusses how artists and musicians can learn from successful influencers when creating an online presence. by Blair Miller. Continue reading
Why Independent Spotify Playlist Curators are so important
In an age where listeners are overwhelmed by the endless choices of streaming, independent Spotify curators add a personal touch to the music landscape through hand-curated non-algorithmic playlists. by Sonia. Continue reading
Bandsintown unwraps shareable live music High Notes for Artists
Bandsintown has released High Notes, its annual shareable graphic recap of an artist’s year performing live. High Notes is designed to be shared by artists to thank fans, grow their. Continue reading
2024 Music Industry Predictions from Jay Gilbert of Label Logic
We’ve been sharing a series of 2024 Music Industry Predictions from our favorite thinkers and doers, and today, Jay Gilbert takes the microphone. Regular Hypebot readers know Jay as the. Continue reading
Bandcamp adds ‘Discover’ – a new way to shop for indie music and merch
Bandcamp has added Discover, a new way to search for vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and merchandise on the popular Indie platform. The update is the first since a messy late September. Continue reading
Top TikTok Songs of 2023 show shifts in music trends
TikTok is its own not-so-little world when it comes to music trends, and those trends can teach us a lot about how music listeners are changing. by Bobby Owsinski of. Continue reading
Brand Building for Musicians
All of the recent press about the juggernauts Taylor Swift and Beyonce reminded me of two popular posts on building brands for musicians that should resurface for this week’s Hypebot. Continue reading
