
$666M in payouts mark a devilish Bandcamp milestone, $18.2M a month
“Fans have now paid artists $666 million using Bandcamp,” tweeted the indie powerhouse along with a devil’s horns emoji. The last stats from Bandcamp showed $584 million in total payouts as of. Continue reading

Your Morning Coffee Podcast #26: music promo in 2021, a kickass live event & more
Episode #25 of the “Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business” podcast with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is live. Episode #26 Highlights On this new episode. Continue reading

Music industry rejected Morgan Wallen’s racist slurs, but Country Music fans did not
After a neighbor’s security camera captured rising country star Morgan Wallen hurling profanities and a racist slur, the music industry reacted swiftly. A reported 80% of country music radio stations. Continue reading

Top 20 most successful musicians of all time
While terms like “best” tend to be fairly subjective, the numbers (usually) don’t lie. For this Top 20 list, we’re looking at the all time most successful artists, based on. Continue reading

TikTok hashtag strategies for musicians
As with so many social media platforms, hashtags are a key part of gaining visibility and traction on TikTok. While the platform’s algorithm can be notoriously inscrutable, figuring which hashtags. Continue reading
Got questions? Bandsintown has answers during ‘Office Hours’ this Tuesday
Join the Bandsintown team this Tuesday, February 9th at 2 pm (ET) for the 5th 30-minute live only session. You’ll be able to ask the questions you have about all. Continue reading

Biz Of Indie: Merlin predicts big Indie year • $30M Sun sale • A2IM mentors & more
In this edition of Business Of Indie, indie licensor Merlin predicts a big year for indies despite the pandemic, Primary Wave paid $30 million for part of the Sun Records. Continue reading

How NZ’s Yumi Zouma reimagined their latest album using Spotify’s SoundBetter
In this piece, New Zealand dream pop quartet Yumi Zouma walk us through how they were able to craft their 2020 album Truth or Consequences (Alternate Versions) in the middle. Continue reading

TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read posts on Hypebot
A few of our articles climbing the charts on Hypebot this week covered Sony’s big time acquisitions, a look at how to run your own PR campaign, how Clubhouse is. Continue reading