Google Home Smart Speaker Sales Soar, Great News For YouTube Music

Two analysis of the smart speaker market paint a somewhat different picture. But both point to two trends: smart speaker sales are soaring and Google Home smart speakers are gaining. Continue reading

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How We Crowdfunded 18K With No Experience, Fans [Part 5]

In this fifth and final piece of a five part series, Justina Grayman shares her experience running a successful crowdfunding campaign, and outlines what others considering embarking on a similar. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

Our broadranging tips for the music industry do-it-yourselfer this week covered how to target social media ringleaders, how to better your chances of creating a hit song 2018 style, the. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week on Hypebot, our most often viewed articles covered the launch of YouTube Music, a slew of lawsuits leveled at streaming services, how to find success on SoundCloud, and. Continue reading

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Pandora Adds Personalized Playlists With A Twist

Pandora rolls out personalized playlists to all Premium users today. Like Spotify and others, Pandora's individualized playlists begin with machine learning to match taste and mood, but then blend in. Continue reading

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Amuse Raises $15.5M For Next Gen. Record Label, Free Music Distribution

[UPDATED] Next-generation record label and music distributor Amuse has raised a $15.5 million Series A round co-led by Lakestar and Raine.The company was founded in Stockholm by execs from Spotify,. Continue reading

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How To Succeed On Soundcloud

With hundreds of thousands of fans using the platform, Soundcloud is an important place to build an audience. But with tens of thousands of artists active there, how do you. Continue reading

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Promoting Music On A Budget

New music, merch, or an upcoming tour are like any product or service, in that they need some form of promotion in order to be successful. Here we look at. Continue reading

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Revamped YouTube Music Free and Premium Launches Tues.

YouTube's promised reboot of its music and video services will launch on Tuesday armed with new features. Borrowing from the Spotify playbook, a freemium ad-supported version of the new service. Continue reading

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Could Spotify Buy Universal? Should It? [MARK MULLIGAN]

Vivendi has been openly exploring spinning off Universal Music Group. Publically the talk is of a possible IPO, but the rumor mill has spun out several scenarios, including a purchase. Continue reading

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