Why You Need To Sit On Your Tracks Before Sending Them Out

Once you've invested your time and energy into cooking up the perfect track, your natural inclination may likely be to get it into the ears of your listeners as soon. Continue reading

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What You Need to Know About Music Modernization Act and CASE Act

The Music Modernization Act and CASE Act are two of the most important pieces of U.S. legislation for musicians in decades. This week Rachel Stilwell from Stilwell Law joins Michael. Continue reading

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How To Craft A Killer Facebook Video Marketing Strategy

While many artists may consider YouTube to be the go-to for video marketing, Facebook is actually a far more effective platform. Here we look at how to use Facebook to. Continue reading

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Music’s Discovery Problem Persists

With so much music spread across so platforms and playlists, artists are able to experience short-term success but are finding it difficult to build a sustainable career.

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How An Artist Grew To 500,000 Monthly Spotify Listeners Without The Use Of Playlists

In this piece, Ari Herstand walks us through the rise of Virginian hip hop artist Lucidious, and how he managed to go from about 150 monthly listeners to 500,00, without. Continue reading

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Why Streaming Royalties Will Always Stay Too Low To Make A Living Off Of [Video]

Disc Maker's Tony van Veen details why he believes that streaming services will never pay independent artists enough in royalties for them to make a comfortable living in the way. Continue reading

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FREE Google Home Mini Smart Speaker For All Current and New Spotify Premium, Family Subscribers

Spotify and Google are offering a free Google Home Mini smart speaker to every subscriber – bot current and new to a Spotify Premium Individual or Premium Family plan.

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In our flip back through a full week of music industry news, we look back at CD Baby and Dash Go's expansion into India, Google's new plan to being linking. Continue reading

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

Some of the most popular and often read articles on Hypebot this week covered how money flows from music streams into the actual artist's pocket, the top SEO Google ranking. Continue reading

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Copyright Infringement Liability In The Music Business

Living as we are in the digital age, any company which plays host to entertainment media on a large is at constant risk of copyright infringement. Whether it's Spotify or. Continue reading

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