REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

The Musician's Unconventional Guide To Getting A Record Label Deal From YouTube Comments to The Death Of Keywords: Google+ Now Required For Music Marketing My Cloud Player Turns SoundCloud Into. Continue reading

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Spotify is “Last desperate fart of a dying corpse” says Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Atoms For Peace has always been vocal about his dislike of Spotify. Earlier this year he pulled his solo album and the AFP debut from. Continue reading

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Filter Squad Beefs Up Discovr App’s Social Music Feed

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Filter Squad revamped its popular Discovr app (free, iOS) with a beefy upgrade that’s worth a try, if you’re looking for a new way to,. Continue reading

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Rdio Launches Free Mobile Streaming in US, Canada, Australia powered by The Echo Nest

[UPDATE 2]  Rdio has launched a free music streaming in the U.S., Canada and Australia today. Called Stations, the free streams will be based on the user's favorite genres, artists,. Continue reading

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Why Musicians Make Little While Music Services and Distributors Make Billions [JEFF PRICE]

By Jeff Price, the founder of TuneCore and now founder/CEO of Audiam. In today's new music industry of peer-to-peer file sharing, download stores, and on-demand streams, it's hard enough for. Continue reading

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Portable Music and The State Of Music Apps in 2013 (Berlin Music Week Slideshow)

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm.  A few weeks ago, I gave a half-hour presentation on the state of music apps at Berlin Music Week, before interviewing some prominent app. Continue reading

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Spotify App Soundrop Grabs $3.4 Million In Additional Funding

With funding totalling $6.4 million Soundrop wins the prize as best financed Spotify app. Today, the music discovery app and group listening platform, announced it has secured additional $3.4 million from Northzone. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds Follow Buttons, But Will Artists and Labels Use Them?

Spotify has added Follow buttons in the hopes that artists, labels, blogs and brands will embed them on sites. The buttons make it easy for web visitors to follow artists,. Continue reading

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Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Disconnect Your Music Service From Facebook NOW Disappearing Tracks: Music Is Not Safe On Apple's iCloud Spotify, Pandora Form Streaming Audio Task Force  Music Crowdfunding Myths

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Why Musicians Are Being Warned About Upgrading To Apple's iOS 7 Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn Form Streaming Audio Task Force, Release Online Listener Survey YouTube Music Video Biz: Offline Viewing,. Continue reading

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