Music Business

Tom Waits, Derek Trucks, Sinead O’Conner, Others To Record Kickstarter Funded Blind Willie Johnson Album

A Kickstarter to fund a tribute album to Blind Wille Johnson launched yesterday. Tom Waits, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Luther Dickinson, Cowboy Junkies, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Blind Boys of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (6)

Tags: Cowboy Junkies, Derek Trucks, Lucinda Williams, Luther Dickinson, Rickie Lee Jones, Sinéad O'Connor, Susan Tedeschi, Tom Waits

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European Border Breakers Awards Announces 2014 Winners

Each year the European Border Breakers Awards honors the success of 10emerging artists who reached broad audiences outside of their own countries with their first album in the past year. Each winner is presented. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2013 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: European Border Breakers Award, Eurosonic Festival, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen, GuGabriel, Icona Pop, Kodaline, Lukas Graham

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NEWS BRIEF: XBox Music Readies Relaunch, Clipcam, Yahoo, Metallica Film Flops & More

WEDNESDAY 10.16.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Box Office Mojo, Dane DeHaan, film, IMAX, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, Never, Nimród Antal

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Hypebot Hosts Our Second LA Music Tech Meetup

Hypebot presents our second Los Angeles meetup for readers to network with their peers. You are are invited to gather for drinks on October 23, 2013 from 7:00 to 10:00pm. Continue reading

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Tags: Hypebot, Initial public offering, Jason Spitz, Live Nation Labs, Los Angeles, music industry, record label, Rosewood Tavern

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Sufjan Stevens Gives Miley Cyrus A Grammar Lesson and Some Props

Indie darling Sufjan Stevens has decided to jump into the overcrowded Miley Cyrus maelstrom, but in a rather unusual way – with a grammar lesson. "One particular line causes concern:. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/15/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Continuous and progressive aspects, Grammar, Irregular verb, Mike Tyson, Miley Cyrus, Present perfect, Queen, Sufjan Stevens

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7 Ways To Do CMJ When You Won’t Play [Kosha Dillz]

By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). CMJ is like this week and, OMG, I forgot to apply to showcase! Well you will not showcase, but you still are able to. Continue reading

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Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Abraham Lincoln, CMJ, Kosha Dillz, New Mexico, New York City, SOB, Twitter

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NEWS BRIEF: Apple Event Oct. 22, CBGB Film Review, WillCall App, Martin Guitars, SXSW & More

TUESDAY 10.15.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

Bruce Houghton on 10/15/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Haptic technology, iTunes, kickstarter, Mobile device, Pandora Media, San Francisco, Spotify, Streaming media

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Why It’s Not A Bad Thing That SFX Entertainment Didn’t Blow Through The Roof

Last week the IPO of SFX Entertainment (SFXE) debuted on the Nasdaq marking the first public company built on EDM, a milestone many in hip hop craved but none achieved. Continue reading

admin on 10/14/2013 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: bEATPORT, Electronic dance music, Initial public offering, NASDAQ, SFX, SFX Entertainment, SFXE, TheStreet

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David Byrne Takes A Sharp Yet Despairing Look At Spotify, Streaming Music and Musicians

Late last week David Byrne wrote a lengthy column for The Guardian in which he discussed streaming music, Spotify, the music industry, artist careers and his own choice of pulling. Continue reading

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Tags: Byrne, David Byrne, Guardian, Hypebot, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Spotify, Streaming media, Thom Yorke

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Amazon Music Downloads Are Cheaper Than iTunes 78% Of The Time, But Apple Still Dominates

Tracks on Amazon are cheaper than on Apple's iTunes 78% of the time according to a new study; and albums can be as much as 50% cheaper. The analysis looked. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/14/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Amazon, Amazon.com, Apple, Billboard, Google Play, iTunes, NPD Group, Techspot

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People Consume More Music So Why Do Sports Get More Money?

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. People spend way more time listening to music than watching sports. And yet sports programming generates six times more money than the recorded music. Continue reading

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Tags: American Idol, Dan Deacon, GGV Capital, Hany Nada, music industry, musiXmatch, OurStage, United States

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