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Hey Chris Anderson, the Web Isn't Dead

Source: HypeBot
August 24, 2010

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson made the claim last week that the web is dead. Since then, a number of leading experts have weighed in against his thesis and had some rather damning things to say. Most notably, Rob Beschizza at Boing Boing immediately found the graph that ran with the story to be suspect, because it didn't take into account the increase in web traffic over the 10 years in question. Once Beschizza recasted the data to reflect actual traffic ...

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Video: Twitter Exec Matt Graves Shares Advice for Musicians and How Kanye West Used Twitter to Connect with Justin Bieber and Raekwon

Source: HypeBot
August 24, 2010

How to use Twitter effectively is still a mystery to many. In this short video shot by Danny Dee at last week's Bandwidth Conference, Twitter communications executive Matt Graves shares a few tips for musicians and then the story of how Kayne West used Twitter to connect with Justin Beiber and collaborate with Raekwon. Video: How How Kanye West Used TwitterTo Connect With Justin Bieber And Collaborate With Raekwon

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Five Rules for How to Make Media Go Viral

Source: HypeBot
August 24, 2010

As music marketing manager, you have probably headdesked yourself more times than you've celebrated the event of your media going viral. More likely yet, you have probably never had anything go truly viral—ever. Here to help, Jonah Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, has outlined his five rules for making things go viral. The rules are: Create media for the Bored At Work Network: Ironically, this seems what I'm doing right now; the music tech community at Hypebot is unintentionally powered by ...

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SoundCloud Creates Creative Commons Page

Source: HypeBot
August 21, 2010

Ever wish you that had a pool of tens of thousands Creative Commons samples, loops and music tracks that you could find, remix, and re-use? Throw in an advanced search tool and tagging system and that made it super easy to get ahold of the exact free-to-use samples and audio that you were looking for. That's the thinking behind SoundCloud's deepening integration with CC and their now CC dedicated page. Along with these new happenings, their player also got a ...

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Mellencamp Likens the Internet to Atomic Bomb

Source: HypeBot
August 20, 2010

John Mellencamp. What a well-known, thoughtful artist, who always has such insightful things to say about the music business. His erudite commentary on the evolution of our culture is intelligent and will be a hot topic for further discussion: “The Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb. It's destroyed the music business. It's going to destroy the movie business... After a few generations, [Rock 'n' roll] gone... at the end of the day, they're gonna say: ...

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Industry Bloggers Bite Paul McGuinness Back

Source: HypeBot
August 20, 2010

As reported earlier this week, U2 manager Paul McGuinness had some humorous and colorful things to say about industry bloggers and the state of music in general. A number of those “bloggers" decided to respond and critique his new GQ essay. Naturally, none of these perspectives are from any sort of the “anonymous gremlins“ that McGuinness feared are shaping the conversation around the future of the music industries, but some of the leading thinkers, academics, and professionals in the field. ...

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Euforquestra: Live Download w/Members of Sci

Source: JamBase
August 20, 2010

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Behind the Blogs: Know the Music Biz

Source: We All Make Music
August 19, 2010

Welcome to version 2.0 of our series Behind the Blogs, in which we interview the bloggers and thinkers who are following the music business changes that affect us all. David Rose, the founder of Know the Music Biz, is big on community. A life-long music lover, Rose understands the importance of putting many heads together to solve big problems, and his site, which has been online since June 2007, is a reflection of that. Experts and amateurs from across the ...

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