Music Tech Moves Beyond Music: The Echo Nest Meets Nuance Voice Recognition
Dedicated music fans offer a large market opportunity, but nothing compared to the broader consumer markets. That realization is increasingly driving music tech, as innovators seek to build broader businesses. Continue reading
Make Videos That Fit The Artist and The Audience [Leadership Music Summit Panel]
An unlikely sounding panel at this week's Leadership Music Summit in Nashville, "Bringing Content to Fruition," kicked off a lively discussion about videos, music marketing and even a bit about. Continue reading
Pandora Appoints Former Microsoft Exec Brian McAndrews CEO, President and Chairman
In many respects Pandora has had a great year yet near-term challenges, such as Apple's impending launch of iTunes Radio, and long-term challenges, such as making money, represent major difficulties. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: How To Easily Produce Quality Music Videos with Magisto
The folks at NARM have announced another round of informative music industry webinars, and are generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. First up is Magisto – Easily Produce. Continue reading
Highlights From Nashville’s Leadership Music Summit and Evan Lowenstein’s Keynote
Yesterday I attended Nashville’s Leadership Music Summit, an event that brought together a diverse array of stakeholders in Nashville’s future with a special emphasis on music and entrepreneurship. I could. Continue reading
CUREative Content Wins Dream Project Competition At Leadership Music Summit
Yesterday's Leadership Music Summit in Asheville included a business competition called The Dream Project. Four finalists presented their dream creative and/or business ideas involving music. Attendees voted and a panel. Continue reading
Kollect.fm Beautifully Gathers Your Music From YouTube, Facebook and SoundCloud
Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Kollekt.fm aims to help music listeners corral music from Facebook, SoundCloud, and YouTube, so they can keep it all in one tidy place. The Amsterdam-based. Continue reading
Turntable.fm To Shut Down Piki.fm, New Version Of Turntable Coming In October
Piki.fm was meant to be the lean back experience to counterbalance the more fully engaged Turntable.fm experience. Unfortunately it didn't get the hoped for response and will be shutting down. Continue reading
Casket Streams Spotify When You’re Six Feet Under
For those of us whose dreams of an afterlife include plenty of our favorite music. an audio-in-you-coffin solution promises to allow you to to take your playlists with you. Of. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Cuts Costs By Ending Track Uploads
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Turntable.fm, as first reported here, once rocked the online world by making it possible for people to transform themselves into cute little avatars and. Continue reading