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Free Direct-to-Fan Music Marketing Webinar
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HypeBot
Hypebot is proud to sponsor a free direct-to-fan music marketing webinar hosted by Brian Thompson and Michael Brandvold from The Music Biz Weekly podcast on April 16th. This 60 minute intro to Direct-to-Fan Music Marketing will be followed by a Q&A. This is the first in a series webinars hosted by Michael and Brian that Hypebot is helping to sponsor. Each webinar is free and is open to the first 200 people who register and sign-in to the live event. ...
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Drowned in Sound Founder Sean Adams: 'The Slow Death of MP3 Blogging'
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HypeBot
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. MP3 bloggers were the revolutionaries of music criticism, taking on established outlets like Rolling Stone and Spin by being faster, cooler, and more musical -- in that they could embed what they were talking about. Readers could hear it for themselves as they read the blog, rather than looking for it on Napster or waiting for a trip to the record store. If writing about music is like “dancing about architecture," as ...
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The Echo Nest's Music Discovery Empire
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HypeBot
The Echo Nest might be one of the few companies to have figured out how to cash in on the music business. Only it has little to do with selling music. Instead, it gives developers the tools to create the next brilliant music discovery app. Jim Lucchese, Echo Nest's chief executive, believes on-demand apps are the future of the music industry and wants his company to be the glue that connects app developers with listeners. Echo Nest's application programming interface, ...
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Mainstream Fanatic: Songza Takes Music Playlists to the Masses
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HypeBot
Every year, dozens of startups attempt the impossible: to make their product mainstream. In the music sector, this proves to be a particularly challenging task, because startups are often founded by fanatics who are unlike the casual listeners they're targeting with their product. The team at Songza, a music streaming service, faces this hurdle. The company presents itself as a destination for hand-crafted playlists and effortless music discovery, but the roll-out of its latest platform signals that its ambitions are ...
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Fanfueled Attracts Major Music Clients to Their Social Ticketing and Fan Engagement Platform
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HypeBot
FanFueled, the social ticketing and fan engagement platform, has developed quite a bit since we last covered them at Hypebot back in November. Between returning clients and new clients as well as the further development of their social engagement technology, FanFueled is taking a strong position in the crowded field of contenders for ticketing service supremacy. In fact, the current edition of their Engage Platform reveals that their strength in fan engagement technology is what truly distinguishes them from more ...
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Introducing Every Music App from the SXSW 2012 Trade Show
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HypeBot
The consensus from SXSW so far appears to be that no single app is dominating the festival, although Highlight and some other apps did see their share of hype. One observer bets that Groupme may have been the breakout hit of SXSW just like last year because the company has only lost one employee since being acquired by Skype; five more employees joined; it threw a well-attended party; and at least two groups of 30 used it at SXSW Interactive. ...
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Twitter Releases Official Guide for Musicians
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HypeBot
Twitter recently shared a series of tips and suggestions for musicians using Twitter along with examples from such artists as Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Gavin Rossdale, Tom Petty, St. Vincent, Bruno Mars, Foster The People, Silversun Pickups, Adele and Amanda Palmer. They're great ideas that are well worth a look. Just keep in mind that when they talk about how excited you are about your Grammy, translate that into something that resonates for your own life as a musician! Twitter ...
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Live Nation Labs to Fund Music Tech Startups
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HypeBot
Live Nation has established the LN Labs Fund focusing on equity funding of early stage start-ups building consumer products that enhance the live music experience before, during and after the performance. Creation of The LN Labs Fund follows the acquisitions of data platform BigChampagne and live music community site Setlist.fm. LN Labs Fund will be managed by Eric Garland, co-founder of Big Champagne and EVP and GM of Live Nation Labs; former WMG VP Ethan Kaplan, now LN Labs VP ...
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