Win 1 of 5 FREE Passes To Billboard’s FutureSound Conference Nov 17-18
The Billboard FutureSound Conference will be held November 17-18 at the Terra in San Francisco. This inaugural gathering will focus on bringing music industry, tech and finance leaders together to to. Continue reading
inBloom Mobile App Makes It Easier For Touring Bands To Stay Green
inBloom is a location-based and eco-conscious mobile app that was originally designed to make it easy for musicians to find affordable and healthy food, green hotels, and bio-diesel filling stations. Continue reading
REPORT: What The Second Decade Of Digital Music Will Look Like [SLIDES]
Global marketing and communications giant J. Walter Thompson works to keep major brands like Bayer, Ford, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Shell and Unilever ahead of the curve. In a new. Continue reading
6 Tips For Marketing Music Apps From Digital LA
Last week Digital LA held an App Marketing Panel in Culver City, CA that included representatives from music app companies Mobile Roadie and Muzine. Writeups of the panel focused on. Continue reading
YouTube Adds Topspin, Songkick Powered Band Merch, Ticket & Download Stores
(UPDATE 2) Over the weekend, YouTube added Merch Store, a new feature that can be added to YouTube partner channels to offer direct to fan sale of merchandise, digital downloads,. Continue reading
Is Heart2Heart’s ‘Facebook Official’ The Intro To Lance Bass’ Boy Band Reality TV Show?
The new boy band Heart2Heart is puzzling music pundits with its “kinda like a parody but maybe it’s not” music video “Facebook Official.” Given that any kind of boy band. Continue reading
TechDirt Opens New Media Biz-Models Message Board; Offers $10k for Best Case Examples
Last week, media blog TechDirt launched a new message board designed to pool the ideas and experiences of musicians, filmmakers, and writers experimenting with new ways to monetize and support their work.. Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg & Sean Parker Take Spotify Riff To The Streets
We don't normally share celebrity gossip, but this one hits too close to the core of what Hypebot is all about not share it. Apparently, a shouting match between two. Continue reading
MTT: Marian Call Leveraged Twitter to Tour 50 States & Returned w/ Money in Her Pocket
Ariel Hyatt developed the 1,000 True Fans theory and continues to find inspiration from artists that have followed her theory. On Music Think Tank, Ariel interviews Marian Call, an artist. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: iTunes + Starbucks, Apple Stats, EMI Bids Short, Rhapsody’s Plans, HMV – 7Digital & More
(UPDATED) Starbucks is teaming up with Apple to launch a digital initiative called 'Pick of the Week', which will offer Starbucks customers a free selected iTunes music track or book. Continue reading
