The Week In Music Commentary
Why It's Not A Bad Thing That SFX Entertainment Didn't Blow Through The Roof People Consume More Music So Why Do Sports Get More Money? Upward Spiral Podcast #30: What. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
It Takes More Than Metrics To Understand Your Fans David Byrne On Streaming 4M Spotify Trax Never Played SFX Stumbles, EDM Wins Bob Lefsetz & The Long Tail Google+ Musicians. Continue reading
Statistics Can Predict Your Kickstarter’s Success Within The First 36 Hours
A group of respected statisticians say that they can predict the success of a new Kickstarter with 84% accuracy with 36 hours of it's launch. Resarchers at Éccole Polytechnique Fédérale. Continue reading
40% Of YouTube Traffic Is Now On Mobile
STOP. Before you read this, pull out your mobile and play your project's latest video on YouTube. How does it look? Does the fine film work you struggled to acheive. Continue reading
Moogfest Returns In 2014 With New Music Tech Conference and 5 Days Of Music
Moogfest is a music festival in Asheville, NC created by the folks at Moog Music. Sometimes referred to as an electronic music festival, Moogfest has included such towering figures as. Continue reading
The Man vs. The Myth: Lefsetz and The Long Tail
Yesterday music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz shared an excerpt from Anita Elberse's new book "Blockbusters" that seemed to be posted as a criticism of Chris Anderson's concept of "The Long. Continue reading
Music Marketing With Paper.li’s Digital Newspaper
Paper.li got its start as a digital news aggregator powered by tweets on Twitter. With a default news site layout, Paper.li still uses the term "newspaper" but has added numerous. Continue reading
MySpace Launches ‘Portfolio’ – First New Artist Promo Tool Since Redesign
A redesigned and refocused MySpace has launched it's first new update aimed at helping the musicians and other creators that drive traffic the site. 'Portfolio' anables users to feature content. Continue reading
Rethink Music To Host Their First Venture Day With Startup Pitches In Berlin
Rethink Music will host the upcoming Rethink Music Venture Day on October 24. The day's event will include keynote speakers discussing a variety of music business-related issues. The afternoon will. Continue reading