Marketing Music On Instagram? Try Using Hashtags, Making Friends or Creating Art
Instagram's adding ads and they won't post your pics on Twitter and many new enticing services are emerging to share media while marketing your music. Yet Instagram is still a. Continue reading
BBC Playlister Features Music From Across BBC TV, Radio and Online Services
This week the BBC launched Playlister, an innovative offering that allows listeners to create playlists of music heard across the BBC's media properties and then export them to streaming music. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Launches $3 Interactive Concerts
Still struggling to find it's place in the online music ecosystem, Turntable.fm is now focusing on live concert streaming. Tickets to each interactive concert costs $3. During yesterday's premier, a. Continue reading
Amazon Expands Payments For Other Sites, Challenges PayPal and Emerging Payment Services
Amazon's new "Login and Pay with Amazon" service is a combination of other Amazon payment services with usage available through an API. This means Amazon Payments will be more readily. Continue reading
Spotify Adds Concerts To All Artist Pages via Songkick
It's been almost 2 years since Songkick launched its app on Spotify, giving fans the option to see selected tour dates with in Spotify. Now the two companies have expanded. Continue reading
The Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Google+ Has Become A Music Marketing Must Thom Yorke: "Spotify is the last desperate fart…" Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal Musicians Make Little While Music Services Make. Continue reading
New DIY Services: Rabbl For Concert Crowdfunding, Loudr For Cover Song Licensing and Distribution
Two emerging services for DIY and indie artists get some attention this week. Concert crowdfunding service Rabbl launched 6 months ago but they're hitting the news via a NY Times. Continue reading
OneMusic Simplifies Public Performance Licensing For New Zealand Businesses
The complexities of music licensing cause a great deal of confusion and likely lost revenue through lack of compliance. In the UK a Copyright Hub is being developed to address. Continue reading
Berklee Online Adds First Bachelors Degrees In Music Production and Music Business
Berklee Online has long offered online courses in music, business and production. They even recently partnered with Southern New Hampshire University to offer an online music biz MBA. Now they're. Continue reading