#MIDEM 2011 – Music Hack Day, More Deals & News
Updated. A Music Hack Day at the music industry convention most heavily influenced by the major labels? It happened because MIDEM brought the Hack Day team to Cannes; and an. Continue reading
Don’t Miss Hypebot’s #MIDEM Conference Updates!
The past few days Bruce has been in Cannes, France covering the MIDEM conference. His reports have been flooding in at all hours. Meanwhile, I've been holding down the Hypebot. Continue reading
Digital Exodus – Record Listening Clubs Arise In UK
This post is by Alison McCarthy. She's an intern at Hypebot. Last week the BBC and Telegraph reported on groups of music fans that have formed in London, Sheffield, Scotland and Wales, meeting. Continue reading
Back-Up Needed – A Third of Leading UK Home Insurers Don’t Cover Digital Music Loss
Updated. Consumer protection advocate Which? warned UK music fans this weekend that a third of leading home insurers' standard policies don't cover the loss of digital information (e.g. music) on. Continue reading
CIMS To Shut Down ThinkIndie Digital Music Store
The Coalition of Independent Music Store's (CIMS) digital download outlet ThinkIndie.com sent an email to users that the site would be shut down. The online store had been created to. Continue reading
Will Google Music Offer Full Song Previews?
The central appeal of Google Music is that it will allow fans to buy music within the company's search engine. Rather than fans seeing solely YouTube videos, Wikipedia entries, and. Continue reading
Universal Cuts 50, WMG & EMI Sale Rumors Grow. But At The Top, They’re Playing Musical Chairs
The major label roller coaster ride has intensified over the last few days with a series of staff cuts, executive changes and sale rumors that should radically shift the major. Continue reading
Why My Band Left MySpace & Facebook – For Good
Recently I spoke with Robin Davey who is a musician, director, and producer. His bands include The Hoax and most recently the eclectic pop duo The Bastard Fairies. Davey has directed. Continue reading
Pomplamoose Actually Has Terrible Internet [VIDEO]
Below is a short interview that YouTube did with Jack Conte and Natalie Dawn of Pomplamoose. In it, there are several great and insightful quotes. Right off the bat, Conte. Continue reading
The Music Bay – A Good Reason to Be Scared
The Pirate Bay crew has a surprise for the music industry. A few years back they registered a domain name, themusicbay.org, but haven't done anything with it. That could change. Continue reading
