Google +1 – A Powerful New Music Marking Tool
Google Search has become the standard for how we find everything including music and tickets. It's why music marketers care about Wikepedia and MySpace – they rank high in search. Continue reading
Tomahawk: Next Generation Music Player?
This post is by Robbert van Ooijen; it originally appeared at Have You Heard It. Last week a new music player got its first public release: the Tomahawk Player. In an. Continue reading
Best Of The Archives: Kyle Bylin At Next Big Nashville 2009 [VIDEO]
Back in 2009, I caught my first break as Editor of Hypebot. The kind folks at Next Big Nashville invited me to give a keynote at their conference. It was. Continue reading
AM News Brief: EMI Loses ‘Down Under’ Appeal, mSpot Reacts, Digital Music Ad Rules, A2IM & More
We publish a roundup of music business news each weekday morning, and when warranted add an update late in the afternoon. For breaking news also follow @hypebot on Twitter. EMI loses 'Down Under' . Continue reading
Piracy At Billboard? Magazine Publishes Ex-Warner Exec’s Blog Post Without Asking
It's probably a honest mistake, but I had to chuckle when Techdirt's Mike Masnick noticed a tweet from former Warner Brothers Records digital executive Ethan Kaplan that Billboard had republished. Continue reading
The Post Consumption Fan Meets Amazon Locker
The race to the cloud heated up yesterday as Amazon jumped the gun on Google and Apple and got a running start. Expect responses from the latter companies soon. This. Continue reading
$7000 Per Copy Report Says U.S. Digital Sales Will Pass CDs In 2012
You could pay $6999 for Strategy Analytics' Digital Media Strategies report, “Global Recorded Music Market Forecast” or I can just tell you that it says that that digital sales will. Continue reading
The Ecosystem Approach: Introducing Non-Linear Music Marketing for the Digital Age
This post is by Bas Grasmayer (@Spartz), communication advisor for official.fm and new music business thesis student. Over the course of the last two years, I've been intensively researching and. Continue reading
Pundits React To Amazon’s Cloud Locker & Player
(UPDATED) The pundits couldn't get enough of yesterday's announcement by Amazon of it's Cloud Locker and Cloud Player for music. Several described it as too simple (I think simple is. Continue reading
Who Says College Pep Band Is Boring? These Students Rock To Rage Against The Machine
George Mason University has the best college band class ever. Hands down. In preparing for pep band, this teacher is showing his students how to rock out to the music. Continue reading
