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Amazon Readies Full Service Music Streaming Service To Take On Spotify, Apple Music [REPORT]

Source: HypeBot
February 2, 2016

Despite Amazon's aggressive push into video and ongoing efforts to serve as the hub of anything consumers want, their moves in music have been guarded. Amazon's music streaming service, available free with a Prime subscription, though building momentum, offers a fraction of most competitors' 30 million tracks. That appears about to change. Amazon’s Vice President of Digital Music, Steve Boom, is reportedly meeting with music executives to obtain the rights to launch a subscription music service that goes well beyond ...

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Guide To Releasing Music As An Independent Artist [INFOGRAPHIC]

Source: HypeBot
January 28, 2016

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The True Cost Of Recording And Releasing A Single [Dave Kusek]

Source: HypeBot
January 28, 2016

Many artists who sit down to write a single often do so without thinking through the expenses they will encounter before the song can actually be released. By going over the actual costs in advance, artists can help keep them low and avoid complications later on. Guest Post by Dave Kusek on the Sonicbids Blog Often, when musicians start writing a single, they’re not thinking of all the steps and costs it will take to actually release it. But all those ...

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Are Sixty Second Songs The Future Of Pop?

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2016

While somewhere in the ballpark of three minutes has for years been the standard length for pop music hit singles, artists like EMM and Kenna are bucking this trend by releasing sixty-second “micro songs." By Cortney Harding, author of How We Listen Now: Essays and Conversations About Music and Technology At first glance, EMM’s sixty second Flipagram video for “Killing All The Boyz” doesn’t seem that revolutionary. There is a girl-power statement, there is hair flipping, there is booty shaking. But ...

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A Musician's Concise Guide To Using Instagram

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2016

Constantly having to manage so many social media accounts can be frustrating for artists, particularly given how little they often seem to have to do with actual music. Still, Instagram has risen through the ranks as one of the best ways to engage and interact with fans. Here we look at quick, six-step method for making the platform your friend. Guest Post by Sophie Chernin on Soundfly's Flypaper I know what you’re thinking. Another social media account to stay on top of? Will I ...

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A Brief History Of The Record Business: 1965 To 2015

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2016

Here we go on a whirlwind journey through the history of music consumption from 1965 to the present day, looking at how it has evolved from the communal listening of LPs to today's personalized streaming playlists. Guest Post by William Buckley Jr. of FarePlay Growing up in the sixties and seventies music was everywhere, it was all we talked about. It was the invitation; want to come over and listen to the new Creedence Record? Meet me at the record store? ...

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7 Things That Annoy All Talent Buyers

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2016

Talent buyers are busy people, and typically have too much on their plate at any given time to deal with a band or artist who makes any of the following seven mistakes when attempting to contact them. Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog In case you haven't considered this before: talent buyers are busy people, you guys. Filling a venue's calendar requires a ton of work: sifting through a perpetually growing inbox of inquiries, reaching out to bands ...

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Is There A Streaming Music Ceiling?

Source: HypeBot
January 22, 2016

There's been quite a bit of excited talk lately about how much paid subscriber growth both Apple Music and Spotify have seen, but the reality is that these numbers only represent a small percentage of the music buying public, something which highlights greater underlying issues with paid streaming. Guest post by Cortney Harding Based on recent numbers, it seems streaming services are on the march to domination. Apple Music recently announced that it had 10 million paid subscribers worldwide; Spotify reported 20 million ...

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