Songs Of We Are On The Rise Says The EchoNest
By Eliot Van Buskirk from Spotify Insights. If art reflects society, we should pay attention when musicians sing about us, specific people, or themselves. Thousands of songs begin with the. Continue reading
Three Things About Streaming Music The Industry Needs To Figure Out
By Mark Mulligan from Music Industry Blog. I spent a couple of days last week in Barcelona for the annual Future Music Forum, which is developing into an important date. Continue reading
Fullscreen MCN Acquired by Otter Media, Cuts Monetization Deal With Loudr
Fullscreen is a leading multi-channel network on YouTube that has been making the move to be something more. That includes providing services to their clients. One recent addition was a. Continue reading
Brooklyn Hackers Experiment With Music Visualization
By Eliot Van Buskirk from Evolver.fm. Many objects that play recorded music have screens. Sometimes the screen plays a music video, but mostly it displays helpful — if static —. Continue reading
The “Me” Generation: Why Music Curation Isn’t The Answer
By Michael E. Spinelli, founder of Eventsnype. In a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook dubbed Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre “creative geniuses.” The justification CEO Tim Cook. Continue reading
Soundrop CEO Jørn Haanæs On New Music Marketing Platform Show.co
By Andrew Apanov of Dotted Music and We Spin, a marketing education platform for musicians. For a Hypebot readers discount on We Spin's program, please see the end of the. Continue reading
Bop.fm Tipping Point: Pandora, Xbox Music, Rhapsody and Napster Added
Bop.fm specializes in "service-agnostic playlists" allowing you to send a song link to a friend who can listen to it without having the same music service subscriptions that you have.. Continue reading
The Growing Power Of Internet Radio
From Dash Two. Did you know that more than half of Americans listen to Internet Radio? Of this population, 39% choose personalized radio, 27% prefer streaming live, and 18% is. Continue reading
Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, And The Social Music Revolution
If you read Hypebot, you know music technology writer and user experience researcher Kyle Bylin. Whether in his writings or on the Upward Spiral podcast, Kyle has always sought to. Continue reading
Tim Cook On Beats Music and Why Apple Paid $3.2 Billion: “I couldn’t sleep that night…”
Guesting on the Charlie Rose show, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared why he wanted Apple to buy Beats, even with it's $3.2 billion price tag. Some of Cook's enthusiasm for. Continue reading