Billboard Adds YouTube Plays To Chart
(UPDATED) Billboard has added YouTube plays to the calculation that it uses to determined it's Hot 100 Singles Chart. The updated chart debuts this week with Baaur's "Harlem Shake" at. Continue reading
Music Video Strategies For Promotion And Monetization
By Caroline Bottomley of Radar Music Videos (@radarmusicvideo). Caroline Bottomley from Radar Music Videos recently chaired a panel at the legendary music industry conference Midem. Top industry professionals discussed strategies. Continue reading
Interviewing Pitchfork: The Evolution Of Pitchfork TV
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Pitchfork started as site called Turntable when founder Ryan Schreiber was barely out of high school. Now it’s a Spotify app, a “TV” channel,. Continue reading
Squirrel-Monkey Demos 80s Version Of Spotify
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Squirrel-Monkey — a “hobby project” from actress Kinna McInroe (Office Space) and Jo Luijten (they’re a couple) — specializes in creating faux-vintage digital versions. Continue reading
Music Marketing Success With Videos: Garcia Goodbye, SoundTube, Vine Madness
I've gathered together some pretty different examples of music marketing and tools related to videos though only one is a straight up music video tool. Garcia Goodbye took a small. Continue reading
Made In 48: 2 Bands + 48 Hours = New Recorded Song & Music Video Available Online
Last week Well Hung Heart's Robin Davey and Greta Valenti launched the first episode of "Made in 48", a web tv series that brings their band together with another, in. Continue reading
A Look Inside ReverbNation: 2.5 Million Musicians
In a new video by ReverbNation reviewing it's 2012 accomplishments, which include a new HQ to house expanding staff, a site redesign and an expanded Promote It! tools, they shared. Continue reading
Music Tech Geekfest: Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Meets Google Translate [VIDEO]
(UPDATED) The mashup of music and technology sometimes yields unexpected results. In this geekfest, CDZA co-founder Joe Sabia shows what happens when he translated the lyrics of the Fresh Prince. Continue reading
Indie Musician Website Review: Anacron [VIDEO]
This is the 5th of 5 website reviews as part of the Hypebot & Bandzoogle Video Website Review Contest. For this last review, we look at the website for Anacron,. Continue reading
Indie Artist BAKER Responds: Did Billboard & O Music Awards Get Suckered By Fake YouTube Views?
In yesterday's post Hypebot's Clyde Smith asked, "Did Billboard & O Music Awards Get Suckered By Fake YouTube Views?". In the article, Smith looked at the success of indie artist. Continue reading
Creative Music Videos: $120 Worth Of Fiverrs, Instagrammed Video, Projector-Dancer-Screen
Starting with a video composed of clips from $120 worth of videos sourced from Fiverr by Darlings of Chelsea, this edition of creative music videos moves from the simple to. Continue reading
