NARM’s Hypebot Sessions Next Week In LA
It's not too late to join us at next week's NARM and digitalmusic.org's Music Biz 2012 gathering in LA. As part of this multi-day conference we've put together the Hypebot. Continue reading
Announcing The Hypebot Sessions @ Music Biz 2012
We're excited to announce the first ever Hypebot Sessions on May 9th in Los Angeles during NARM and digitalmusic.org's Music Biz 2012 gathering. Kyle Bylin and Hisham Dahud will host. Continue reading
Meet Young Hines: Inside A Career Launch
As we shared yesterday, today we begin an ongoing series that offers an insider's view of the campaign to 'break' Young Hines and his Brendon Benson produced debut "Give Me. Continue reading
Musician Website Quick Fix #5: Add A Mailing List Sign-Up
Another element you should have on your website is a sign-up form for your mailing list. Email sounds pretty old-school, but the reality is that a mailing list is still. Continue reading
Young Hines: An Insider’s View Of Readymade Records First Release
It's old news that the label system is broken and that traditional pathways to success have changed for almost all musicians. What's replacing it, however, is still very much a. Continue reading
Three Quarter Offers Musicians New Model: ‘We Run The Business, You Run The Art’
Three Quarter is a new music startup with a hybrid business model. They describe it as "part record label, part venture capital firm, part management firm, part marketing/pr firm." A. Continue reading
The Week In Music Industry Commentary
jOIN tHE dEBATE : Kyle Bylin – Mainstream Fanatic: Songza Takes Music Playlists To The Masses Emily White – Why Commission Based Teams Are Awesome For Musicians & Why You. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Global Sales Stats, Ex-CEO Buys Beyond Oblivion, Orchard IODA Layoffs, Sony & More
Sorry that the News Brief is a bit later in the day than usual. Had one too many balls to juggle this morning. Be sure to check out Wednesday's blog. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Payments Jump, MySpace + Andrew W.K., Twitter Buys Posterous, Viacom & More
Spotify launched in Germany today and announced its now paid out more than $260 million to labels and publishers (Hypebot). Next stop in the streaming wars? Asia and the Pacific. Continue reading
The Raconteurs’ Brendan Benson Takes ‘Readymade’ Approach To Career
(UPDATED) Musician, songwriter/producer and co-founder of The Raconteurs, Brendan Benson is launching his own Readymade record label and publishing company, with help from Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment. This spring,. Continue reading