Arena: Can A Free Streaming Music Service With A Unique Business Model Succeed?
When I read the short version of Arena's proposition, to give artists and rightsholders an outlandish amount of money for streaming free music with no advertising, it seemed a bit. Continue reading
A Guide To Taking That Step From Just Making Music To Going Pro
UK DJ and Producer Jeremy Sylvester is now sharing music business and marketing tips for up and coming artists. He has a freely available guide to music pr which is. Continue reading
One Spark Brings Crowdfunding Festival To Berlin Plus Campaign Tips For Creators
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
Anonymous Hacks Warner Music Int’l Site
Infamous hacker cooperative Anonymous hacked the site of Warner Music Group in Argentine yesterday. The move came as part of a protest of Argentina's recent blocking of the Pirate Bay.. Continue reading
YouTube Delays Indie Label Block As Talks Continue
The public effort by independent music trade groups on both sides of the Atlantic seems to have had an impact. New reports have YouTube delaying any plans to takedown or. Continue reading
You Need These 6 Qualities To Be A Successful Musician
By Dylan Welsh from the Sonicbids Blog. The music industry has always been competitive and cutthroat at heart, and these days, income is becoming harder and harder to find. Making. Continue reading
SoundCloud Responds To Wave Of Criticism
Until recently, SoundCloud had an almost flawless reputation within the independent music community. But that changed in the last week after SoundCloud released an app "upgrade" that eliminated many of. Continue reading
StubHub Slashes Ticket Resellers’ Field Operations, 100 Employees Laid Off [REPORT]
StubHub's been making some interest moves of late from producing its own shows to launching a concert discovery app but competition from newer operations like Ticketmaster Plus may be reducing. Continue reading