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Band Accepts NFL Pay to Play Plan, Offers $2 Million for Superbowl Halftime
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HypeBot
As we reported earlier this week, the NFL is asking artists to pay for the privilege of playing their widely watched Superbowl halftime show. Industry response has been tepid, accept from one band. UK rockers You Me At Six are offering $2 million to perform. Here's their open letter to the NFL: Dear NFL: We’re sorry to hear that you’re in such dire financial straits. While Coldplay and Rihanna mull your offer, we’re here to help with a multi-tiered proposal. ...
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Ticketing Startup Ticketfly Acquires Willcall
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HypeBot
Ticketing startup Ticketfly today announced the acquisition of events app WillCall. Ticketfly has shown impressive growth for their ticketing service which features a lot of music events but isn't limited to music. WillCall was focused on a mobile app for music events with a difficult-to-scale combination of discovery, ticketing, merch and drink sales. Neither the official announcement of the acquisition nor the blog post from Ticketfly CEO Andrew Dreskin say anything about the price. WillCall is said to have raised ...
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Jazz St. Louis Announces $10 Million Capital Campaign for New Jazz Center
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All About Jazz
St. Louis, MO: From Scott Joplin’s playing of Ragtime in 1895 to Miles Davis playing Be-Bop in 1944 and to the dozens of other jazz greats who hail from the Gateway City, St. Louis has played an important and pivotal role in the history of jazz. Today, Jazz St. Louis—one of the best known and longest running not-for-profit jazz organizations in the country—announced its $10 million capital campaign supporting a new state-of-the-art live performance and jazz education center, jazz lounge ...
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How to Promote Your Band with Your Own Postage Stamps
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HypeBot
While it's easy for famous dead people to get on stamps, what about the living? Especially those with unique marketing needs that require them to find ways to connect directly in a meaningful manner with their fans. That's why I think putting your band's pics on postage stamps and sending, at the least, a unique postcard or, at the most, a special package to select fans would be an awesome marketing move. Stop right there. Postage stamps? That means snail ...
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Free Updated Music Metadata Style Guide 2.0 from Music Biz
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HypeBot
Music metadata is a boring topic, but a very important one. Today The Music Business Association (Music Biz) published version 2.0 of its Music Metadata Style Guide, which provides common naming conventions and data entry standards for music companies to use when listing, ingesting, and managing digital music. By following these standards, artists, labels and digital services can ensure that customers can easily find, stream, share and buy the tracks or albums they are looking for. Compiled by Music Biz’s ...
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Music Industry Mulls Single Global Release Day
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HypeBot
Music industry trade groups the RIAA and IFPI are pushing for the adoption of a single global release day for music, according to reports surfacing this week. Currently new music is released on Tuesday, the UK on Monday, and Australia and Germany debut releases on Friday. No word yet if WIN, AIM, A2IM and other independent music trade groups are part of the discussions. Currently, when a new album is released on Australia on Friday, illegal downloads spike caused by motivated ...
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20 Of the Worst Band Names Ever
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Naming a new band can be tricky. After all, it needs to convey so much in just a few words, and you're stuck with it forever. Twitter account @pisspoorbands curates an ever growing list of horrible band names both real and imagined. Here. in no particular order, are 20 of the worst: Craig and His List Menstrual Pancake Wooden Juicebox The Punted Child Justin Thyme Like a Brown Nail The Coolest Spandex The Semi-Solids Beware of Hotdog Cumbersome Horse Pill Leaving Large ...
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