The Dawn Of The $8.50 MP3 Player

Japanese company Evergreen shatters the mp3 price barrier with a player that costs a mere $8.50.  Sure you need to insert a 1 meg SD card because the player lacks. Continue reading

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Is There Too Much Music?

Momus comments on Wired.com that music now seems to be everywhere filling all of the spaces of our lives.  But is it always a good thing?  Of course it feels. Continue reading

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No DRM For Coke’s New Free Music Show

At least one label is experimenting with using P2P rather than fighting it. Island Def Jam and Coca Cola are joining forces for a new free video program called "Stateside",. Continue reading

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Nettwerk Mgt’s McBride Encouraging His Acts To Go D.I.Y.

(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride has advised his company’s clients to take note of the indies and the DIY-scene, telling the major stars they no longer. Continue reading

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CORNERSTONE ANNOUNCES MUSIC SUPERVISION DEPARTMENT

Lifestyle marketing firm Cornerstone has launched an in-house Music Supervision Department. With in-house expertise and a contact base of music experts including DJs, programmers, artists and labels, the music supervision. Continue reading

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HYPEBOT’S TOP MUSIC INDUSTRY STORIES OF THE WEEK

Marketing guru Seth Godin on "Getting And Keeping Fans" and "How The Beatles Became Famous And Why We Should Care". Concert Industry In For Tough Summer. Digital only release tops. Continue reading

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Music Schools Sell Phantom Career

"An estimated 2,700 music performance majors graduate from American centers of higher learning every year. The usual number of jobs available: 160 or fewer." (The LA Times) And this is. Continue reading

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Today’s Hypebot Music Indsutry Fast Facts & Figures

The Orchard announced a deal with Infospace that will make mastertones from it’s 800,000 track catalogue available to Infospace’s mobile partners including Cingular, Virgin Mobile USand T-Mobile and others extending. Continue reading

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Hypebot Music Indsutry Fast Facts & Figures

UK’s Guardian reports that the British music industry lost £414m ($726 million US) to illegal file-sharing on the internet. Recently 2,000 new anit-P2P lawsuits were launched across 10 countries. This. Continue reading

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This Week’s Coalition Of Indie Music Stores Chart

          Label  Pos. ARTIST  |  TITLE INT 1 YEAH YEAH YEAHS|SHOW YOUR BONE ATLG 2 T.I.|KING DEF 3 GHOSTFACE KILLA|FISHSCALE VRGN 4 HARPER*BEN|BOTH SIDES OF THE G. Continue reading

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