Spotify, CEO Ek Respond To Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich’s Noisey Streaming Exit
(UPDATED) "So far I've not seen any cannibalisation," Spotify CEO Daniel EK tweeted this morning in response the noisey exit of Atoms for Peace - the band anchored by Thom. Continue reading
Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich Exit Spotify In Protest: “New artists get paid fuck all.”
"We're off Spotify", Nigel Godrich tweeted on Sunday, referring to his Atom For Peace project with Radihead's Thom Yorke and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "Someone gotta say something. It's bad for new music.." For some artists and. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Grammy Winning Producer Walter Afanasieff On The De-Evolution Of The Music Industry Queens Of The Stone Age Inspire Comedic Music Tech Infomercial Are EDM Live Shows Inherently Limited or Do. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Free $20 Traktor DJ App & More Ahead of Apple App Store's 5th Anniversary Holy Magna Carta, Jay-Z! Samsung Album App Crashes, Gets Leaked, Hacked and Way Too Personal Watch. Continue reading
This Week’s Most Read Hypebot Posts
FREE $20 Traktor DJ App De-Evolution Of Music Biz Jay-Z App Release Stumbles iTunes Radio Demo Video Analyzing New Jay-Z Release Co-creating A Fanbase 10 Great Ways Musicians Are Using. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Jobs Board: Pledge Music Needs A&R Scouts
New on the Music Industry Jobs Board is PledgeMusic, the international direct-to-fan company hiring full-time and part-time A&R Scouts. There are also industry job openings at Brooklyn's Virtual Label reKiosk, SynchTank. Fame House, TAG Strategic, Jay. Continue reading
Music Festivals Like Bonnaroo and Coachella Draw The Line At Corporate Stage Sponsorships
Though post-recession growth is bringing corporate sponsors back to music festivals, not everyone is fully embracing their return. Stage sponsorships, a fairly obvious opportunity, are being rejected by Coachella, Bonnaroo. Continue reading
How Google Music Works: Somebody Tell Jimmy Iovine They Don’t Just Rely On Algorithms!
As it turns out even Google, possibly the company most associated with removing humans from decision making systems, is using human curation in its development of the Google Play Music. Continue reading
RFID and Cashless Payment: Intellitix Founder Not Interested In Ticketing
By Kat Drucker (@kitkat5656), event consultant and conference programming for and Digital Media Summit. Sitting down in Quebec City with Serge Grimaux, founder of Intellitix, I intended to discuss ticketing. Continue reading
10 Most Misquoted Song Lyrics Of All Time plus A Spotify Playlist
Spotify shared some "research" today revealing the top 10 misquoted song lyrics. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s "Blinded By The Light" took the top spot, with the most commonly misquoted lyric, ‘blinded by. Continue reading
