Music Mastermind Closes $10.8 MiIlion In Funding Led By Intel Capital and Liberty Global
Music Mastermind has closed $10.8 million Series B funding round led by Intel Capital and Liberty Global $6.8 million. Angel investors added $4 million. Music Mastermind says it will launch. Continue reading
News Update: Shareholders Hope To Block WMG Sale, Harry Fox Offers Reduced %, ShowClix
Shareholders challenged Warner Music Group's $3.3 billion sale to Access Industries for $8.25 a share, a mere 4.4% premium over the pre-announcement share price, a sale they say will give. Continue reading
Our Music Industry Jobs & Internships Board Is Back
After a number of requests and a bit of retooling, the Hypebot Music Industry Jobs & Internships Board is back. You'll find the jobs and internships in the site's middle. Continue reading
An Amazing Graphic Guide To Apple’s World Of 500,000 Apps
Three companies – game-maker Chillingo, app search engine Chomp and app blog 148apps – created an amazing infographic that highlights interesting facts and figures about Apples' app explosion. There are. Continue reading
10 Year Old Book Is Still Inspiring A New Generation Of D.I.Y. Musicians
Published in 2001 – long before the internet disrupted the music industry as we knew it – the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life " provided a history lesson. Continue reading
5 Phone Apps For Reading About Music
This guest post comes from Eliot Van Buskirk, a longtime technology writer for Evolver.fm, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media. Continue reading
New Boyz: The World Facebook Game Fades Away
To support the May 16th release of Too Cool To Care, a New Boyz game was created for Facebook called New Boyz: The World. The album was previewed in-game a. Continue reading
Once Again, Square Revolutionizes The Merch Table
Yesterday, Mobile credit card processor Square announced it had shipped 500,000 of its free reader that turns an iPhone or Android smartphone into a mobile credit card processor. A fair. Continue reading
Producer, Rapper Swizz Beatz On Net’s Blessing & Curse plus The Power Of Free Music
Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz talked about the impact of the interned on music marketing and the power of giving away music free on Bloomberg Television’s. Beats. Continue reading
4 Steps To Transition From Playing Cover Songs To Your Own Music
Are you playing cover songs and trying to figure out how to transition to your own music? It’s hard to get people excited to listen to your music and gain. Continue reading