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Researching Your Friends’ Music Likes Without Facebook’s Graph Search

Facebook announced an intriguing new search method called Graph Search that lets you find out which people who like your favorite band also live in your town, among many, many. Continue reading

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How To Control Who’s Watching What You Listen To On Facebook

by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. These days, many app developers encourage or require you to log in to their apps with Facebook. Not only does this keep their costs. Continue reading

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A Better Festival Experience + The Rise of Daisy with Chase Farmer: Upward Spiral #17

Software engineer and musician Chase Farmer joins the conversation to discuss how music festivals are "ripe for hacking" in ways that can utilize technology to make for a better experience.. Continue reading

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MTV Announces “Artist To Watch” Music Discovery Campaign

MTV has unveiled a new list that they call simply “MTV Artist to Watch”, a new artist / music discovery initiative and campaign that spans across all of MTV’s television. Continue reading

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Facebook Introduces Graph: Smarter Internal Search, Partners with Microsoft Bing

(UPDATED) Facebook's big announcement today had nothing to do with music, but the product it announced  – Graph Search – could be a useful tool for musicians and music marketers. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/15/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Webinar: The Rise Of Fan Experiences As A Revenue Stream [FREE For Hypebot Readers]

With income from recorded music sales in decline, artists have had to create new revenue streams. Social media has allowed an deeper fan connection and new opportunities for engagement. In. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/15/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Top 28 Most Popular Facebook Music Apps

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When you’re in charge of a publication, sometimes you look at server logs to see what people are reading. We try not to obsess. Continue reading

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Social Survey: Teens Love Tumblr Even More Than Facebook, Pay Attention To Snapchat

Motivated by a post by Branch co-founder Josh Miller's on how his 15 year old sister uses the Internet, Y Combinator partner Garry Tan used YC startup Survata to survey. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/14/2013 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Avicii & Ericcson Partner To Crowdsource EDM Hit

Yesterday EDM star Avicii launched what sponsoring partner Ericcson terms the "world's largest collaboration." Called Avicii X You, the project aims to crowdsource an EDM hit using the web. It's. Continue reading

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#CutForBeiber: Internet Prank Turns Ugly

Upticks in cyber-bullying and ever nastier pranks point to a viral net that is turning ever uglier, creating landmines for musicians that rely on their social connection with fans. Now. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/09/2013 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (6)
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