Has Streaming Music Been Sneeking Up On You?
George Howard, the former president of Rykodisc and author of the 9GiantSteps blog, has posted his first entry over at Music Think Tank. In it, Howard argues that streaming music. Continue reading
A Time For Restraint: Does Our Obsession With NEW! Doom Bands Before They Get Started?
These lines in The Independent stuck a chord: "With the internet making it ever easier to discover new music, musos scrambling to stay ahead of the game and record labels. Continue reading
How To Launch a Music Startup: Willingness to Pay
This post is part of the How To Launch a Music Startup series by Brenden Mulligan, which focuses on building a company that creates online products for musicians. Mulligan founded. Continue reading
Whatcha Say: The Alternative Video Revolution
This is the second essay by Hypebot intern Mike Pineau (@mikejpineau). For years now, multi-million dollar music videos have been a staple of the budgets that major labels set aside. Continue reading
Want More Fans? Buy A Twitter “Promoted Account”
(UPDATED) Want more fans? At a tech conference today, Twitter will reportedly announce an approved and sanctioned way to collect. Just buy a newly created Promoted Account, and Twitter will. Continue reading
BitTorrent Asks Artists To Get In Bed With The Devil
BitTorrent has created a pilot program that encourages musicians to submit their creative works for the chance to be spotlighted on their site, which reaches over 80 million music enthusiasts. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Jonsi’s Live Twist, DMCA Turn Offs , Pirate Bay Trial Today, Masnick & More
Reader comments are a crucial to the value that Hypebot strives to deliver. We want to be told when we're off track; and most of you also work in music. Continue reading
Ping Copies iLike’s Sidebar; Partovi Hopes They Copy Their Mission Of Empowering Artists Too
Over the weekend Ping received a much needed update that included a sidebar. Early accounts noted how similar that the sidebar seemed to be to a feature that the social. Continue reading
Ask The Readers: What Are Musician’s Rights?
The other day, a commenter on the blog wrote this: “Digital content creators should have the right to control how their content is consumed. Whether they want to be financially. Continue reading