The “Me” Generation: Why Music Curation Isn’t The Answer
By Michael E. Spinelli, founder of Eventsnype. In a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook dubbed Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre “creative geniuses.” The justification CEO Tim Cook. Continue reading
Music Crowdfunding: Indiegogo Fixes Post-Funding Gap, Musicraiser Opens London Office
One of the big issues in crowdfunding is the gap between the end of a successful campaign and the delivery of whatever was funded. Indiegogo is now addressing that gap. Continue reading
Dice Launches No Fee Ticketing Platform, Jack White Jumps Aboard
Dice wants nothing less than to disrupt event ticketing by eliminating all middlemen and selling tickets at face value without any fees. Launching in London today, Dice comes loaded with. Continue reading
Soundrop CEO Jørn Haanæs On New Music Marketing Platform Show.co
By Andrew Apanov of Dotted Music and We Spin, a marketing education platform for musicians. For a Hypebot readers discount on We Spin's program, please see the end of the. Continue reading
Spin Editor-in-Chief Craig Marks Exits As SpinMedia Receives $7.5 Million In Funding
A "restructuring" is in progress as now former Spin Editor-in-Chief Craig Marks is out. Marks says that, though his recent time at Spin was brief, he had a positive experience. Continue reading
Splice Raises $4.5M From Star Investors, Opens Collaboration Platform To All Musicians
Splice, a cloud-based platform for music creation and collaboration has raised $4.5 million in a Series A funding led by True Ventures along with star investors including J. Beib. manager. Continue reading
Music Beats All Mobile App Categories As Time In App Increases 79%
Localytics, an app analytics and marketing company, crunches a lot of numbers. They took stats from the last year and looked at "time in app" as a metric for comparing. Continue reading
Kutiman Returns With New Remix/Mashup Video To Promote Upcoming Album “Thru You Too”
Kutiman is a musician and videomaker who achieved quite a bit of fame and notoriety for a series of music videos created from the home shot videos of other musicians.. Continue reading
The Orchard Adds 4 Indie Labels
The Orchard has added several significant indie labels ranging from Brazilian Pop to old-school Disco to their music distribution roster. Omnian Music Group, Moshi Moshi Records, Donna Summer and Gege Produções all join. Continue reading
Bop.fm Tipping Point: Pandora, Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster Added
Bop.fm specializes in "service-agnostic playlists" allowing you to send a song link to a friend who can listen to it without having the same music service subscriptions that you have.. Continue reading
