Songkick Unveils “Tourbox”, Simplifies Tour Date Aggregation
Live performances have never been more important for a musician than they are today, making up an increasingly significant portion of an artist’s revenue stream. It is absolutely critical then. Continue reading
Another Spotify-Like Music Service, This Time For The Middle East
Last week we reported on Dhingana, a legal Indian music streaming service that recently surpassed 10.5 million monthly active visitors, becoming the largest legal Indian music streaming service. Now, recognizing. Continue reading
Why Most Music Startups Fail – Hypebot Sessions @ NARM [VIDEO]
Earlier this month, Hypebot hosted a series of panels during NARM’s Music Biz 2012 in L.A. One, hosted by Kyle Bylin, examined of why most music startups fail and but. Continue reading
Alternatives To Scalping Your Own Tickets: Tikly, TicketMob, Ticketscript
The recent news regarding String Cheese Incident scalping their own tickets suggests the need for more attention to emerging alternative ticket services. Tikly shares some similar perspectives with String Cheese;. Continue reading
Music Tech Startup News: StoryAmp, Thefuture.fm, StageBloc, FANtastic4bands, wahwah.fm
Several of the music tech startups we've covered here at Hypebot have recently launched new intiatives or upgraded their services. StoryAmp is doing a bit of promotion with a music. Continue reading
Creative Networks For Music Marketing & Community: Convozine, New Hive, Diaspora
Limiting one's creative awareness by focusing only on music is increasingly as big a career mistake as avoiding understanding the world of business. Social media has turned musicians into publishers,. Continue reading
PlayFi Lets Bands Play Shows Online & Sell Tickets
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve just received word of a promising-looking new online music outfit out of Australia whose main premise is to help bands sell. Continue reading
Justin Bieber Invested In Spotify, But They’d Rather Not Talk About It
Justin Bieber has a net worth of $80 million and counting, according to Forbes; and he and manager Scooter Braun have invested a substantial portion of it in technology. Bieber's. Continue reading
5 Apps Changing How The Music Business Operates
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. In the early days of Web 1.0 beta (i.e. the ’90s), most of us who were paying attention thought music middlemen were. Continue reading
Myxer Hits 1 Millionth Install, Hopes To Bring Turntable.fm Style Social Listening To Masses
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. While techie hipsters (techsters?) complain that Turntable.fm is so over, most people and even music fans only recently began to grasp the. Continue reading
