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Clear Channel Buys Thumbplay at Bargain Price
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HypeBot
Early Monday, news broke that subscription music service Thumbplay is getting sold. After less than one year in the sector, its burning money and in need of a lifesaver. Hypebot has since learned that Clear Channel Radio is buying Thumbplay at a bargain price. And no, it is not entering the subscription sector. Instead, the company is looking to leverage Thumbplay's technology and staff to build out its existing Web radio service, which places them in competition with Pandora. Clear ...
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Soulive: Bowlive 2 Run Starts Tonight
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JamBase
MARCH 1-5, 8-12, FEATURING MACEO, LETTUCE, PHAROAHE MONCH, BERNIE WORRELL, QUESTLOVE, COREY GLOVER, IVAN NEVILLE, & MORE Starting tonight, Soulive is heading back to Brooklyn Bowl for Bowlive 2. The residency is set for March 1-5 and 8-12, with special guests every night. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 9pm, and admission is $15 (21+). Check out the list of guests below. March 1 Maceo Parker Lettuce March 2 Lettuce Pharoahe ...
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Sonicbids Replaces Most Gig Fees with Tokens
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HypeBot
EXCLUSIVE: Responding to member requests, today Sonicbids unveiled a new system that replaces submission fees for most gig opportunities with tokens offered free as part to their membership plans. Last Fall, a Musician's Friend sponsorship made some Sonicbids listings free. But starting today, 60% of all opportunities become part of the tokens program with that number expected to grow to 90% within a few months. More Details & Video: “Our goal is to remove every barrier preventing an artist ...
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The Connected Car and the Future of Music
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HypeBot
The connected car will shift the music landscape. Experts argue that in little as four years' time, we will see “near saturation" in the U.S. market. This development has real implications for the future of music. Once cars become a Wi-Fi enabled, voice-controlled credit card on wheels, it shifts the paradigm. The Connected Car The first implication is that drivers will be able to install Pandora and MOG apps into the dash of their cars. This we know. The second ...
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Apple, Google to Save the Music Industry from Decline by Offering Users 'Song Insurance'
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HypeBot
Apple and Google have confirmed plans that will revolutionize digital music and thwart rampant music piracy. After months of speculation, the two tech-giants have revealed their plans to offer users digital music lockers. Due to the widespread use of the Windows Operating System and its tendency to crash all the time, Apple and Google determined that users are in desperate need of “song insurance." Spokespeople from both companies told Hypebot in a statement that they think piracy stems from Microsoft ...
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3 Ways to Preserve Music for Next Gen Musicians
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HypeBot
This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. We're beginning to make positive strides in understanding how music will be consumed in the digital age, but we've spent relatively little time pondering how the music itself will evolve. How will it be different? Will it change for better or for worse? To learn more, I sought the counsel of a musician who's not only been around music long enough to witness it evolve, but who's been a part of ...
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Bandcamp's VC: Investing in Music is "A Little Like Vietnam..."
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Digital Music News
You can put money into a music startup, but can you get it out? Well, a lot more investors are getting in—in a major way—though this is a difficult space to read right now. On one hand, extreme funding is happening around Rdio, Spotify, X5, and Pandora, and lots fresh cash is coming in. On the other hand, major segments of the investment community have sworn off the sector, based on the quagmire we know too well. “No one gets ...
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Digital Music Forum East Recap: The Race Against the Slow and Steady
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We All Make Music
At yesterday's Digital Music Forum East (again, #DMFE), speed (or the lack thereof) was the unofficial theme that ran through most of the day's panel discussions. Over the past decade or so, cratering industry revenues compelled companies to become more nimble, more flexible, and more adaptable. And for the most part, they did: staffs were cut down to size; major labels diversified their income streams and expanded their services; publishers began marketing and pushing their catalogs more aggressively; bands and ...
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