This Week In Music Commentary
Commentators inside the music biz this week weighed in on why physical promotion and release formats are still relevant, what the future of crowdfunding looks like post-PledgeMusic, the hypocrisy of. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
Offering a plethora of useful tips and advice, we this week provide counsel for independent artists on how to market your latest release on a $0 budget, maintaining your mental. Continue reading
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Learning Music • Acoustic Guitar • Save Money On Tour • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, community contributors weighed in on the best way to learn music as an adult, a history of the acoustic guitar through the ages, how independent touring. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this rummage back through a stack of music industry news stories from the past week, we revisit a rapper who spent $4 million on a company card to boost. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most popular articles from the pages of Hypebot this week included an interview with Merck Mercuriadis on disrupting the music business, the reasoning behind Apple sending iTunes. Continue reading
Indie Stores Are Being ‘Strangled’ By Major Label Distribution: ‘Things are a complete mess.’
Independent music stores are demanding action from all three major labels over repeated missing and incorrect shipments handled by their primary fulfillment partner Direct Shot Distributing. "We need help right. Continue reading
Guide To Promoting Your Spotify Playlists
Spotify playlists have rapidly risen to become the Holy Grail of music coverage, and as the streaming platform becomes increasingly social, knowing how boost your particular Spotify playlist is becoming. Continue reading
10 Best Cities For Full-Time Songwriters Worldwide
Brett Newski travels the world as an independent musician and teaches others how to do the same. Here Brett shares the best cities for full-time songwriters to live and work. Continue reading
Stay Calm! Apple Did NOT Just Kill Music Downloads
For the many, the announcement that Apple is "killing" iTunes also meant that Apple was also killing its music download store. In fact, iTunes on the Mac is just being. Continue reading
Measuring Music’s Timelessness: A Tricky Business
Whether expressed or not, a latent goal of most musicians is to create music that endures, and hopefully has life beyond its creator. But just how does one measure music's. Continue reading
