Hip-Hop Lyft Combines Music and Micro-Entrepreneurship For A Unique Riding Adventure

Lyft is one of a group of companies attempting to build businesses around community-based ridesharing for donations aka pro-am cabbies. This controversial innovation has been embraced by riders who have. Continue reading

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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

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

Tips On Getting Your Music Licensed From Music Supervisor & Songwriter Sarah Sharp 10 Myths of Music Crowdfunding Instagram Music Videos With Merch On The Side A PledgeMusic Campaign That. Continue reading

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Instagram Music Videos With Merch On The Side

Before Instagram added video, musicians and videomakers were already creating music videos from Instagram photos or using Instagram as part of the process. Now, of course, folks are making music. Continue reading

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Facehawk vs. Faces: Music Videos Hack Facebook and Exploit Instagram Video

Two new music video projects, one an actual music video, the other more of a hybrid web-art project, take advantage of the ubiquity of social media to create unique videos.. Continue reading

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Music Marketing With Mixbit: Anonymous Video Remixing Anyone?

MixBit, a video creation and sharing app from the creators of YouTube, offers both a bit more and a bit less than popular competitors such as Vine and Instagram. Individual. Continue reading

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Ryan Leslie Goes Direct To Fans: Building Community, Bypassing iTunes

Musician and producer Ryan Leslie took a break from studio work to fill me in on his direct to fan approach that features personal communication and a private fan network.. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Mixbit – Vine On Steroids, Apple Devs Audio Hyperlinks, Daisy Adds Program VP, 8th Stage, Agogo & More

THURSDAY 8.8.2013  Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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Nwplaying Founder On Gamifying A Music App

By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Each day brings another raft of apps for telling people what music you’re listening to, as start-ups fall over each other to become the Twitter. Continue reading

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Chirpify Finalizes $6 Million Series A Round, Teases Upcoming Live Event and TV Offerings

Chirpify handles in-stream payments on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for everyone from indie musicians to big brands to the ever present Snoop Lion. Today they announced an additional $4 million. Continue reading

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MavenSay Launches Rithm Music Messaging App

Rithm, a new music messaging app, is now officially available for iOS. It joins the growing world of messaging apps with a focus on sending music with related text messages,. Continue reading

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