Tribal Leadership Interview Part 2: Building A Tribe
Part 2 of Kyle Bylin's interview with John King. the author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization. (read part 1 here) Tomorrow author John King. Continue reading
Tuesdays’ Music Briefing: RIAA Tactics, Nokia Sales, Borders, ASCAP & Much More
Sorry for the lateness of today's Music Briefing roundup. It's just one of those days. Stay tuned to Hypebot for any music news coming from Macworld today. I'm monitoring it. Continue reading
Could 2009 Be Music’s Year Of The Garage?
John C Abell at Epicenter resurrected the Rules Of The Garage a kind of 12 commandments of tech written by Bill Hewlett and David Packard that grounded the founding of. Continue reading
Tribal Leadership: Interview With Author John King
Part 1 of a 2 part post by our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Bylin The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” was used on Hypebot. Continue reading
10 Music Industry Stories From The Holiday Break
WHILE YOU WERE OUT: There was a surprising amount of action in the music industry over the two week holiday break. Here is a quick compendium of top stories that. Continue reading
3 Reasons Sirius XM Will Fail
I hope I’m wrong. I love creative broadcasting, but with its stock sitting around 12 cents a share… "…Sirius XM does have a serious flaw in its capital structure. Its. Continue reading
Daily D.I.Y. – Be A Student Of The Music Business
This new daily Hypebot feature will be 90% practical and less than 10% philosophical. Enough people have already told you as artists, indie label staffers and new music industry professionals. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Briefing: Online Dips, Facebook Rises, NoiseTrade’s 1M, Spotify & More
I hope that you all had a restful holiday break. Now its onward to what may be a challenging and will certainly be an interesting 2009. I’m headed to MidemNet. Continue reading
Music’s Week In Review: Trends, Investments, Sales Figures, Zunes & Much More
It may have been a holiday week, but that didn’t keep music industry news from happening. Just ask Microsoft… Three Trends Driving The Music Industry In 2009 $800 Million Was. Continue reading
$800 Million Invested In Music Tech In 2008
On his Indie Music Tech blog, Duncan Freeman lists more than $260 million in investments by angels and and venture capitalists in music tech companies during 2008. After including deals. Continue reading
2008 CD & Ringtone Sales Fall, Digital Growth Slows
For the 52-week period ending December 28th, according to retail data collected by Nielsen SoundScan: Physical album sales were down 20% Overall album sales dropped 14% after digital was added. Continue reading