Spotify Joins The Livestream Party
Spotify becomes the latest music service to acknowledge the importance of livestreams with the addition of listings within its existing Concerts tab. Live stream listings come via existing partnerships with. Continue reading
ASCAP Goes Online With Christian, Country, London Music Awards 2020
ASCAP has announced that it will bring the 2020 editions of the ASCAP Christian, Country, and London Music Awards online this year due to coronavirus. The three awards show will. Continue reading
Vinyl Overtakes CD Sales For First Time In 30 Years
The once mighty CD may have reigned supreme in the early 00s, but has since been on a steady downward trajectory. Meanwhile, quality conscious consumers have brought the once antiquated. Continue reading
Billboard Launches Two New Global Charts
Billboard and MRC Data have launched to new charts ranking the top songs globally. The weekly charts, the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., are based on both worldwide streams and. Continue reading
Will Facebook’s New Music Terms of Service, Algorithm Upset Artists and Hurt Copyright Law?
Music attorney Andrew Rossow, Esq. and indie rapper Rami Matan Even-Esh aka Kosha Dillz investigate Facebook’s new music terms of service that arrive alongside the platform’s new “free” ticketed livestreams.. Continue reading
YouTube Takes On TikTok, Triller with ‘YouTube Shorts’
YouTube is taking aim at TikTok with a new short 15 second video platform dubbed ‘Shorts’. YouTube Shorts is launching in “early beta” with a handful of new creation tools. Continue reading
Sync Licensing: How Does It Work?
As part of Disc Makers’ ongoing series on rights and royalties, Tony van Veen here unpacks sync licenses, how they work, and how indie artists can get a piece of. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Top 1% Of Artists, Vinyl Surges, Spotify Blames Labels & More [Episode 5]
In a new weekly episode of Your Morning Coffee: Weekly Music News for the New Music Business with Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart is out. Episode #5 Highlights In this week’s. Continue reading
What Exactly Is A Record Label?
The role of the record label has evolved dramatically over the past couple of decades, and while it isn’t fair to say that the record label is dead, its function. Continue reading
Marketing Your Music This Halloween: 5 Tips
Halloween is just around the corner, bringing with it a whole host of opportunities for artists looking to give their music a spooky marketing boost. Guest post by James Shotwell. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
On Hypebot this week, some of our top tier articles Harvey Leeds concerns over the touring industry, music marketing strategies that just don’t hold up in 2020, what happened to. Continue reading
