This Friday July 10th Is 1st Global Music Release Day
The shift to Friday as the "official" release day for music globally begins this week. Friday, July 10th at 12.01 AM will be the new official date for new global music releases.. Continue reading
Join Our Online Networking Party Now – Shameless Plus Allowed
It's a Hypebot tradition to host a free online networking party several times a year. The music business slows down for the summer, but many of readers use the down time to. Continue reading
Facebook Starts Paying Video Creators, Is In Talks With Record Labels
Facebook has always left the music business to others, but that may be about to change. With video viewing on Facebook exploding, the online giant announced that it would start. Continue reading
Spreading Your Music Tech Startup – 2 Free Seminars
We're excited to see a cluster of music tech startups growing in Chicago. To encourage these pioneers, we're co-sponsoring "Spreading Your Music Tech Startup" on July 9th at Fort Knox. Continue reading
What To Send To Your Fan Email List [Dave Kusek]
An email list isn’t worth much if you never use it. In fact, an email list isn’t worth much if you only use it every now and then. It is. Continue reading
This Friday Join Our Free Holiday Networking Party And Introduce Yourself To The Hypebot Community
We haven't done it in awhile, but its a tradition for Hypebot to host online networking parties. Much of the business shuts down over a holiday, but many readers use the down. Continue reading
The Lesser Of Two Streaming Evils: Why .002 Is Greater Than .001 And Why 90 Days Is Better Than Forever…
There’s been a lot of talk and understandable dissent surrounding Apple’s free tier payment of the reported .002 per play during each consumers 90 day free trial period. We now. Continue reading
U.S. Music Streaming Market Worth $2.7 Billion By 2019
Yesterday's launch of Apple Music will surely accelerate mainstream adoption of streaming music. But how quickly will it happen and what does it mean in terms of revenue for artists and. Continue reading
The New Creative Class: Will They Disrupt Music Production?
The starving artist is quickly becoming a thing of the past. And with new digital tools arriving daily and empower artists, we are seeing a birth of a new creative class: The artist entrepreneur. These. Continue reading
The Worst Music Advice I Ever Received
When it comes to advice, the music industry is fraught with misinformed, bad and just plain wrong advice. Just being a musician, suddenly everyone is an expert on what you. Continue reading
