Spotify brings live audio to main app, rebrands Greenroom as Spotify Live
Spotify has rebraned its live audio Greenroom app as Spotify Live and incorporated it into the main Spotify app. “This change reflects our belief in the future of live-audio creators. Continue reading
Monique Blake of Swizz Beatz Productions on building your network
The Brooklyn-based talent manager shares wisdom for artists on how investing in fans, business relationships, and your own confidence will pay dividends for a lifetime. A guest post by Danica. Continue reading
Congratulations to former Hypebot editor Kyle Bylin!
Long time Hypebot readers will remember the insightful writing of Hypebot’s first hire and former editor, Kyle Bylin. So I know that you’ll all want to join me in congratulating. Continue reading
Number of top women musicians has grown just 1.5% in 10 years [new USC Annenberg Study]
The fifth annual USC Annenberg Study shows that women gained little grown within the music industry of the last decade. Just 23.3% of artists on the 2021 Billboard Hot 100. Continue reading
Illmind launches metaverse, NFT based music production community Squad of Knights
Illmind, the 2X Grammy award-winning producer, has launched Squad Of Knights, the first metaverse and NFT based artist and music production community. Powered by Moonwalk, an NFT utility and web3. Continue reading
Instagram guide for musicians 2022
Instagram is constantly coming out new features that can be difficult to keep up with. Here is an updated guide from our friends at The Orchard to help you navigate. Continue reading
Artists can add free personal audio messages with Amazon Music Spotlight
Amazon Music has added “Spotlight” which allows artists to create and share a personal voice message alongside a musical selection as well as via Alexa. Unlike many Spotify For Artists. Continue reading
Kayne West sold just 10K copies of Donda 2 in first two days
Kayne West says that has “netted more than $2 million in revenue since the announcement on Thursday, February 17th.” That was the day that he announced that his new album. Continue reading
Bandzoogle now powers 60,000 musicians websites, Dave Cool upped to CRO
Bandzoogle now powers more than 60,000 websites for musicians who have used its toolkit to sell more than $88 million in music and merch 100% commission-free. Now in it’s 19th. Continue reading
WATCH & LEARN: the ‘Problem With NFTs’ has been viewed more than 5.1M in 3 weeks
“The Problem With NFTs” has been viewed more than 5.14 million times since it was uploaded to YouTube in January 21st. That’s particularly impressive when you realized that the video. Continue reading
Bandsintown, Fandiem partner to help struggling nonprofits by inspiring fans to give back, launch ‘F-COVID’ campaign
Bandsintown and fan-powered charitable fundraising platform Fandiem have announced a year long strategic partnership that will collectively support nonprofits by inspiring fans to give back. Late last year Bandsintown and. Continue reading
