Soundcloud Aims Straight At Spotify, Apple Music With “Artist Stations”

Soundcloud is looking and feeling more like a mainstream streaming music service every day. Earlier this year, they launched the ability to start a Station – a radio-like stream of similar. Continue reading

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Canada Launches The National Music Centre

Canada's National Music Centre debuted on July 1st, AKA Canada Day, and organizers hope it will help to propel Calgary's vibrant music scene to international recognition.  

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Katy Perry Is First To Surpass 90 Million Twitter Followers

Katy Perry and Twitter just hit a new milestone – 90 million Twitter followers. She is the most followed person in the world, and the first to ever reach 90 million. Continue reading

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Majority Of Facebook Video Played Without Sound

Bad news for artists who have been promoting their music videos through Facebook. It seems that around 85% of video views on the popular social network take place sans sound,. Continue reading

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Quick Guide To Live Streaming For Musicians

Live streaming has taken to the world of social media by storm of late, making it an important tool for artists with any kind of a online presence. Here we look. Continue reading

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Music-Based Social Networks Are Doomed: Here’s Why [Cortney Harding]

In this piece, Cortney Harding looks at the struggles faced by music-based social networks like Crowdmix and Myspace, and why problems with scalability so often doom these networks to failure.

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Soundcloud, Amazon, Tidal: Streaming’s Other Competitors

Although services like Apple Music and Spotify tend to get most of the attention, they're hardly the only companies in the streaming game. Here we look at what Soundcloud, Amazon,. Continue reading

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6 Ways To Boost Your YouTube Channel

UPDATED: While its become controversial within the industry, there's no denying that YouTube remains one of the most important social media platforms for music. Here we go beyond the basics,. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music

Helpful tips and good advice are in abundance this week, as we offer indie artists ideas on how to step up their image game, promote a music video when the. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

When it comes to popularity, these posts have got it in the bag. Some of our most read articles from the past seven days included SFX's termination of its Chapter. Continue reading

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