As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers the value and future of free. Continue reading

HYPEBOT FEATURES: FREE WEEK CONTINUES: "Free" Thinker: INgroove's Robb McDaniels "Free" Thinker: Tuncore's Jeff Price Video: Chris Anderson On 4 Kinds Of Free Redeye To Distribute Indie Kill Rock Stars. Continue reading

No, I'm not going to start charging for Hypebot. I'm calling this The Last FREE Week On Hypebot because I want this to be the last time that we debate. Continue reading

Like it or not, free music is here. But how does a business survive when its primary product is available for free?  In a must read post on his Technium. Continue reading

free music only has value if it sparks action to contribute to belong to share to buy Next time, think before giving your music away. I originally posted this on. Continue reading

In conjunction with Chinese music site Top100.cn, Google has launched an online music service in China. Users can download and save free songs from Warner Music Group, Sony, Universal Music. Continue reading

    Under a deal announced this morning, links to 7Digital will be integrated into Spotify's popular ad supported streaming music service. The partnership is designed to help Spotify reach. Continue reading

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Introduction In his seminal release Purple Cow, marketer Seth Godin declared, “The Death of the TV-Industrial Complex.”  Explaining that, over the past fifty years ever-growing companies. Continue reading

Steve Lawson from Andrew Dubber on Vimeo. Andrew Dubber of New Music Strategies talks to bassist extraordinaire and blogger Steve Lawson about how Twitter can help an artist build community. Continue reading