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# Why Every Musician Should Build An App
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/why-you-should-build-an-app/
- Published: 2011-08-25T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-08-25T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: Content needs to be relevant and draw people in. One major thing that people keep debating about is how to monetize content. One company has capitalized on their content by. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/08/why-you-should-build-an-app.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Think Tank, App, Apple, Bloomberg, content, IPad, IPod, iTunes, mobile, monetize, music, Musician Wages, Natalie Cheng, terminal, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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Content needs to be relevant and draw people in. One major thing that people keep debating about is how to monetize content. One company has capitalized on their content by selling something that holds the content: Bloomberg. The company’s business is selling terminals that show traders information about the market. In the music industry, it’s the same way. Apple gets more revenue from selling iPods and products that play music than the music itself. On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/why-you-should-build-an-app.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Musicians Wages** posts about how musicians can follow this business model by creating apps.

“Embedding your music in another product – a mobile app, for example – is going to be the way to **sell music** in the **future**.” ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/why-you-should-build-an-app.html?ref=hypebot.com))