Tunecore Founders Link Startup Audiam To DistroKid To Offer Cheaper Music Distribution
Tunecore founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells have added deeply discounted digital music distribution to their recently launched YouTube monetization startup Audiam via Philip Kaplan's DistroKid. Price and Wells were forced. Continue reading
Leap Motion Controller 3D Music Apps: From Useless To Outstanding
By Dexter Blumenthal of Evolver.fm. Like some of you, we’re more than a little obsessed with the Leap Motion Controller this week, an $80 module released on Monday that lets. Continue reading
Why Telling Artists To Stop Selling Music & Just Make Money Through Live Shows Is Ridiculous
Giving away all your music for free and trying to make your living via other revenue streams can be a valid approach. Except that I don't know of any musicians. Continue reading
Loudr’s Cover Song Licensing and Sales Platform Opens To New Signups For VidCon Relaunch
VidCon kicks off today in Anaheim, California and while many people will be there, YouTube stars and the companies that work with them will be front and center. One company. Continue reading
Jay-Z’s Dropped Hyphen Takes To Craigslist In Search Of New Job
The rapper/entrepeneur formerly known as Jay-Z officially dropped the hyphen in his name last week. There's no word on what motivated the move, but we have now learned that the. Continue reading
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
The Reasons Paid Music Downloads Are Going Downhill
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Paid downloads, the songs people pay for individually the way they do with CDs, have officially stopped their ascent. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, digital. Continue reading
Grooveshark Added To Google Search Blacklist
Controversial music streaming service Grooveshark has been added to Google Search's autocomplete blacklist. This dubious distinction has previously been reserved for high profile copyright offenders like The Pirate Bay. As you. Continue reading
Do Musicians Need To Interact With Their Fans?
As part of our 9th Anniversary, we asked our regular contributors to share their favorite Hypebot posts. This one comes from Dave Cool of Bandzoogle. At Bandzoogle, we often talk. Continue reading
Making Money With YouTube Merch Annotations
By The Orchard's Mike Baldo from The Daily Rind. Life on YouTube for musicians is tough. There’s a lot of competition out there: other musicians, YouTube superstars, cat videos. And. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Tries To Monetize With Turntable Gold, “Under New Management” [Updated]
This week Turntable.fm launched their first real effort at monetization with Turntable Gold subscriptions. Monthly subscriptions provide Turntable.fm users with custom avatars, stickers and the ability to post animated GIFs.. Continue reading
