4 Songwriters Shaping Hits In Popular Music
This post by Hypebot intern Mike Pineau (@mikejpineau). For every song you hear on the radio, there is likely at least one person in the background crafting the melody, lyrics. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Thomas Trial Restarts, Taylor Swift Moves +1M, LimeWire Fires Staff, iPad & More
"It is Groundhog Day": Third Jammie Thomas P2P trial begins. (Ars) After flurry of musicians' complaints, political ads lose soundtrack. (CP) iPad owns 95% of tablet market; Android to gnaw market share. (Ars) MP3tunes: iTunes will benefit if we win copyright. Continue reading
Does The RIAA Care About Artists Getting Paid?
In the midst of the discussion about Anonymous and the RIAA, one Hypebot reader had this candid statement to say about the RIAA: "The RIAA doesn't care about the artists. Continue reading
SXSW Accelerator To Showcase Music Startups
(Updated) SXSW Accelerator's new music technology showcase is in search of select music and music tech startups. I serve on the advisory board of this new event and can think. Continue reading
Survey: Is Merchandise Helping To Offset Lower Recorded Music Sales?
As sales of recorded music have fallen, the importance of merchandise sales has grown for most artists as well as many record labels. But with the world economy stalled and. Continue reading
Why The Opportunities On Kickstarter Are Real
This is part two of my interview segment with Yancey Strickler, who is the co-founder of Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for creativity. In this section, Strickler talks about his optimism. Continue reading
Offline, Anonymous File-Sharing Network Launches
Another p2p file-sharing network is starting in a public space near you. An artist based out of NYC has been embedding USB sticks into walls and curbs across the city.. Continue reading
MP3tunes Asks Judge To Reject EMI Lawsuit
MP3tunes has filed a motion for Summary Judgment (full filing below) in the EMI Recods lawsuit over MP3tunes' Sideload, a music search engine. EMI also complained that MP3tune's music locker. Continue reading
We Love Your Songs: A Community For Artists
We Love Your Songs, an internet community for unsigned musicians and music fans, has launched after a year of planning and dreaming. Their goal is to empower unsigned artists and. Continue reading
