8 ways musicians can make more money in 2021
If you’re a musician trying to make ends meet, you shouldn’t have to rely on music sales and touring to account for your bottom line. Here, we look at eight. Continue reading
What indie artists need to know about data transformation
There is a fundamental disconnect between songwriting and the recordings that bring them to the world. That means that collecting all the money due to any creator can be a. Continue reading
If you’re going to defend a satirical song from a copyright lawsuit, don’t attempt a bunch of stupid alternative arguments first
In a recent legal misstep, Australian mining billionaire and former politician Clive Palmer squandered his opportunity at the satire defense for unauthorized use of a Twisted Sister hit by first. Continue reading
Best practices: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook
In an effort to help artists improve their online skills in the industry, the good people at Symphonic have created a series of ‘best practice’ sheets for successfully navigating YouTube,. Continue reading
Guide to spending first $500 to promote a new music release
Dropping a stack on music promotion can be unnerving, so music marketer extraordinaire Amber Horsburgh shares how to best spend a $500 promotional budget. Guest post from Amber Horsburgh Spending. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast #39: Streaming slowdown • music’s ‘Tarzan economics’ • much more
Episode #39 of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business” podcast with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart Episode is now online. Episode #39 Highlights On this episode,. Continue reading
New study reveals best BPM, most popular song for studying, work to
The value of music as a study aid has long been known, but a new report from the UK reveals some interesting details on what makes for the most popular. Continue reading
Defining your artist brand An easy step-by-step guide
For an artist, defining and then communicating your personal brand to an audience is key to the development of your career. Here, Dayna Young walks us through an easy step-by-step. Continue reading
Clubhouse (finally) adds an Android app: reserve your username now!
Clubhouse has added an Android app a year after the hugely successful drop-in audio app launched on iOS. With Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Discord, Mark Cuban, and Slack all openly. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot
Rising to the top on Hypebot this week, some of our more popular articles dug into how fame should be celebrated in the modern music industry, what Square’s ownership of. Continue reading
