Watch Replay Of Wednesday’s Google Music Announcement
(UPDATE 3) Yesterday Google Music left beta with a 320kps download store, curated content, a unique song sharing feature and a direct to fan sales option that every band should. Continue reading
Act Now & Win Tickets To Billboard’s FutureSound Conf. [Plus names of previous winners]
THE WINNERS: Dan Peachey of ChatWithTheBand andEdward Aten of Swift.fm. The Billboard FutureSound Conference starts tommorow, November 17 and runs for two days at the Terra in San Francisco. This. Continue reading
Songkick CEO Ian Hogarth On How Social Media Is Changing Live Touring [VIDEO]
The live music industry (promoters, club owners) has, in my experience, been slow to adapt to the new realities of marketing. Ineffective strip ads and radio campaigns are finally being. Continue reading
Musician Website Quick Fix #3: Focus A Single Call-To-Action
One easy thing you can do to improve your website is to focus your home page design on one main call-to-action. A call-to-action is designed to direct people's attention to. Continue reading
Slowbizz.com Builds Global Home Concert Network
Slowbizz.com is a newly launched social network for music lovers designed to facilitate house concerts for solo artists. They emphasize that they are focused on slowly building a solid infrastructure. Continue reading
The Importance Of Taking (The Right) Action In Your Music Career
In Linchpin, Seth Godin encourages people to quiet their lizard brains and make things happen. On Music Think Tank, Shaun Letang encourages musicians to take action to move their music. Continue reading
Nielson SoundScan, NARM Update Music Sales Stats, FREE For Hypebot Readers [Webinar]
Do improving music sales mark a turning point or just a bump in the road downward? Find out later this week as NARM host “A Numbers Update” webinar presented by. Continue reading
CD Baby Passes $200 Million Paid To Indie Musicians
CD Baby, one of the largest distributors of music by independent artists in the world, has now paid over $200 million directly to musicians, according to new stats provided by. Continue reading
Startup Adva Mobile Using Crowdfunding To Improve Free Mobile Sites For Musicians
Adva Mobile was featured on Hypebot in August for their free mobile websites for musicians. Now they're back with a crowdfunding campaign to help them bring the design aspects of. Continue reading
iTunes Match Rejects Big Music Collections Bought Elsewhere
Yesterday, we reported that iTunes Match finally launched alongside Apple’s iCloud service. We also reported that it allows the uploading of up to 25,000 songs purchased from iTunes and non-iTunes outlets.. Continue reading
