Making YouTube Pay: YouTubers vs. Bands
As both the audience and income for YouTube stars like PewDiePie continue to grow, bands and artists are generating a minimal amount of revenue from the service. This article looks. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
For some of the most popular posts this week, we're looking at a new dedicated Spotify site which allows you to identify which artists you discovered before they hit it. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
For indie musicians looking to step up their game, Hypebot has a plethora of useful tips, from services you should register with to make more money, to SoundCloud mistakes you. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Spotify is being questioned over a failure to pay some royalties, plus we look at why major labels didn't actually blow it with Napster, and whether or not the concert industry has become a. Continue reading
4 Services Musicians Should Register With To Make More Money
While most big-name artists will have people to set them up with these services, DIY artists who don't take the time to register their music with organizations like SoundExchange and the Harry Fox. Continue reading
Pandora Settles With RIAA, Major Labels Over Pre-’72 Recordings For $90M, But How Much Will Artists Receive?
Pandora and The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have announced that they have signed a $90 million settlement over the internet streamer's use of sound recordings released before 1972.. Continue reading
D.A. Wallach Discusses Spotify, Bitcoin, And A More Moral Music Industry [INTERVIEW]
Here George Howard continues his conversation with recording artist/songwriter D.A. Wallach discussing his relationship with Spotify, the challenges of once again getting consumers to pay for music, and where Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Continue reading
OFFICIAL: Apple Music Has 6.5 Million Paid Subscribers
[UPDATED] If music industry pundits from Bob Lefsetz to yours truly had a betting pool, odds would have been strongly against Apple ever "officially" revealing official subscriber and user numbers. Continue reading
