Zaptunes Gets Killed, Claims Site Wasn’t A Fraud
After three short months, Zaptunes, a site claiming to offer users unlimited music downloads, died. Their take on these events are quite amusing. Apparently, many of their users thought the. Continue reading
6 Reasons Not To Quit MySpace
Yesterday, my Hypebot collegue Kyle Bylin celebrated the first anniversary of Andrew Dubber's Quit MySpace Day, even offering instructions for quitting. Blogger Steve Lawson agreed: "…it’s become almost exclusively the domain of. Continue reading
Why Writing Well Will Help Your Music Career
One of the top qualities that recruiters look for in job candidates is good communication skills. This is no exception to the music industry. Mike Venti gives 7 reasons why. Continue reading
Always-On: How Technology Is Biased Against Time
In the past, when you called someone and the person was not home, a voicemail greeted you. It said that they must be away from the house and will call. Continue reading
4 Services That Help Bands Make Money Online
Mashable writer Brenna Ehrlich has done a great job at outlining four services that can help unsigned bands make money online. Each of them have been profiled on Hypebot in. Continue reading
The Next Iteration of Interactive Music Videos
Andy Grammer has an interactive music video out. Users engage with the content and make decisions in real-time. Once selected, the course of the story switches. The scene changes are. Continue reading
Video: More Digital Music & Marketing Services Than You Could Use In A Lifetime
The number of online options available to help create, distribute, market and sell music can be overwhelming. Navigating through the maze is a large part of why Hypebot was created.. Continue reading
Songbird: Combined Web Browser, Music Player
Songbird, founded in 2006, is a duel web-browser and music library organizer. I've just discovered Songbird, and overall it looks to be a very solid project. Since Songbird is open. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Jammie Thomas In Court, Annual Zune Pass, Doug Morris, Spotify & More
While I am rather optimistic about the future of music myself, I found these four stories to reflect other themes. Digital music sales are falling flat, BitTorrent is very popular,. Continue reading
Happy Quit Myspace Day! Delete Your Account Now.
Yesterday marked the first anniversary of ‘Quit MySpace Day’. One year ago, Andrew Dubber said that if MySpace didn’t clean up their act and make a site that cared about. Continue reading
