Kickstarter Cancels Drip XOXO Artist Subscription Project: Serving Small Creators Is Unsustainable
XOXO, the Kickstarter backed successor the Drip artist and label subscription platform is shutting down before it launches. "Ultimately, we couldn’t find a way to make the business viable," the. Continue reading
4 Crowdfunding Alternatives To PledgeMusic for Musicians
The demise of PledgeMusic left many musicians doubting the legitimacy of crowdfunding. But the music marketing experts that we've interviewed still strongly still believe in music crowdfunding even as they. Continue reading
Bandwear Responds To Post-PledgeMusic Payment Concerns
This week music merchandiser Bandwear announced expansion of its crowdfunding platform and an offer to help musicians affected by the PledgeMusic collapse. Included is a staggered payout system similar to. Continue reading
Bandwear Offers Help To PledgeMusic Artists Including Questionable Staggered Payout System
Merchandiser Bandwear is expanding its music crowdfunding service with an offer to help artists affected by the demise of PledgeMusic. The merchandiser will rebuild their campaigns and online stores at. Continue reading
Experts Weigh Future Of Crowdfunding Post-PledgeMusic
Has crowdfunding for musicians become too risky? Is it dead altogether? These kind of questions are being asked by tens of thousands of artists who had counted on PledgeMusic and. Continue reading
UK Music Industry Unites To Support PledgeMusic Victims, While U.S. Remains Silent
UK music trade organisations have come together to support UK musicians and businesses effected by the demise of crowdfunding and direct-to-fan platform PledgeMusic. But in the US, the music industry. Continue reading
Bandzoogle Adds Commission-Free Crowdfunding With Direct Payments To Artists [EXCLUSIVE]
Music website platform Bandzoogle has added crowdfunding to its commission-free sales toolkit. The move comes just weeks after crowdfunder PledgeMusic left musicians owed hundreds of thousands of dollars already paid. Continue reading
Was PledgeMusic Lining Their Own Pockets?
In this latest chapter in the saga of the still-smoldering wreckage that is PledgeMusic, Mario Putzar examines some of the underlying causes that led up to the platform's current state. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Doing our bit to help the music business's independent self-starters out there, we this week offered tips and advice avoiding touring dead-ends, whether or not it's worth rebranding yourself as. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, the most popular and voraciously consumed articles to appear on Hypebot covered a statement from the board of PledgeMusic, why it's no longer a major label world, a. Continue reading
