Facebook Finally Cracks Down On Fake Likes, Is Twitter Next?
While it's easy to scoff at the value of judging musicians by the number of Facebook Likes their pages receive or by the number of Twitter followers they've acquired, those. Continue reading
Linkin Park Uses Fan Facebook Photos For Unique Interactive Music Video
If there’s one thing that today’s digital and participatory culture has shown us, it’s that people flock to where they can have in on the fun and involve themselves in. Continue reading
Grow Your Email List With YouTube Playlist Introductions
From the FanBridge Blog, part of the Fan Marketing Institute. For weekly lessons like this via email sign up here. Do you have a YouTube channel? Are you looking to. Continue reading
Creative Music Videos: Father Tiger, Super Stereo Surf & Linkin Park
Music videos using social media combined with mobile and web technologies continue to break new and entertaining ground. For a little Friday fun I present three music videos beginning with. Continue reading
Upward Spiral Podcast #8: Music’s Generation Gaps, Music Apps Communities & More
Hypebot presents the eighth episode of The Upward Spiral Podcast, an ongoing discussion of the new music industry featuring Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of. Continue reading
MTV Ups The Digital Ante For The 2012 VMAs
As MTV’s highly anticipated Video Music Awards draws closer (airing next Thursday 9/6 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles), the network has begun to focus deeply on individual platforms. Continue reading
MusoMap: Google Maps Meets Twitter For Musicians
The ways that musicians seek out and find their creative collaborators have come a long way in the digital space. There now exist a number of sites that go well. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer Sold A $20 T-Shirt Every 30 Seconds Last Night Using Chirpify + Twitter
Amanda Palmer has done it again. Last night, using Twitter e-commerce tool Chipify, Palmer began selling a $20 "Stop Pretending Art is Hard" t-shirt just 24 hours after she'd conceptualized. Continue reading
Onesheet Expands To Become LinkedIn For Music & Entertainment Industry
Onesheet has announced today a major expansion for their artist profiles. While the current pages are simple, easy to set up and automatically managed to pull in content from all. Continue reading
New Research From BandsInTown Profiles Today’s Social Concertgoer
Facebook concert discovery application Bandsintown recently commissioned the research firm Insight Strategy Group to study the behavior of concertgoers nationwide and identify trends in how they kept informed of live. Continue reading
Is PSY’s Gangnam Style The K-Pop Macarena Or The Next Party Rock Anthem?
K-Pop (Korean pop) superstar PSY is getting a lot of press in the States right now for the infectious song and dance video “Gangnam Style.” Featuring an easily learnable dance,. Continue reading
