TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week, Hypebot's most popular articles looked at an alarming dip in Spotify's subscribers, how to the most out of the streaming services new pitch platform, the difference between performance. Continue reading
How Tech Is Changing Live Music
While much of the music industry's future remains in doubt, particularly where tech is involved, how advancements in technology will affect venues is a little more predictable. Here we look. Continue reading
Sell Out Shows With These 5 Key Social Media Tips
Social media can be a powerful tool for driving event ticket sales, when utilized correctly in the right hands. Here we look at five key tips for handling social that. Continue reading
Why Every Indie Needs A Ninja Road Manager
The role of tour manager requires an entirely different but equally important skillset from most other industry roles. Here we hear from David Burton, an incredibly seasoned veteran of the. Continue reading
Milli Vanilli And 5 Infomous Lip Sync Disasters
A tradition of the modern music industry, lip syncing has been a mainstay for many "live" performances for years, however the format is such that when it fails, the show. Continue reading
7 Easy Steps For Landing A Job At A Record Label
A record label is a business, and like any business it needs quality employees. For those interested in working in the music industry from behind the scene, we look at. Continue reading
Spotify Denies High Churn Rate
Following our recent report that Spotify was exeperiencing higher churn rates – paid users not renewing their subscriptions - as high as 16% in the US, Spotify has strongly denied the. Continue reading
Spotify Q2: 180M Users, Net Loss More Than Doubles
Spotify has just reported financial results for Q2 2018, ending June with 180 million monthly active users, including 83 million paid subscribers. That's up 30.4% and 40.7% respectively over the same quarter. Continue reading