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How to 'Splitgigs' with Other Bands and Musicians

Source: HypeBot
September 28, 2010

SplitGigs is a social network whose aim is to help up-and-coming bands and musicians find gigs to play. Their core feature enables bands to connect with one another and exchange gig opportunities. If I contacted your band and we agreed to split a gig then you'd play at your show and you'd play at one of mine. It's a simple and effective idea that allows groups to expand their show repertoire and reach audiences that they may not have otherwise ...

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Your Cognitive Roadmap Starts Here: Creating Anchors for the Music Industry Community

Source: HypeBot
September 28, 2010

Every day hundreds of news items, blog posts, and links infiltrate my screen. The challenge used to be determining the difference between which bits and bytes need to be paid attention to and those that can be safely ignored. Then, I'd be charged with the task of choosing which of these stories merit getting an item or essay written about them and those that can be simply linked to in the more news section. Sometimes, inferring the variation between the ...

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Nimbit Launches Free Musician Wordpress Plug-In

Source: HypeBot
September 23, 2010

Music marketing platform Nimbit has just launched a free Wordpress plug-in dubbed Instant Band Site designed to make it easy for artists to create a website using one of the may free WP templates available and linked to their Nimbit account. Users need a Nimbit account and web hosting with WordPress. They offer a free plan, but artists wanting online sales and other features will need to sign up for NimbitIndie or NimbitPro for $12.95 per month and up. The ...

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Why MySpace Hates Musicians

Source: HypeBot
September 21, 2010

Industry pundit Andrew Dubber is like Christopher Hitchens and Sh*t my Dad Says rolled into one human being—brash intellectualism and erudite philosophy, filled with moments of 'I-can't-believe-he-just-said-that.' His contribution to Music Think Tank last week is no exception. In it, Dubber pulls the curtain down and starts throwing punches at MySpace and doesn't let up. And, deservingly so. He makes the point that, contrary to any belief... The social network has nothing to do with helping people connect to their ...

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10 Resources That Help Musicans Book Gigs Online

Source: HypeBot
September 21, 2010

This is by no means an authoritative list of online booking tools. In fact, it may be missing a few players in the field. Duncan Freeman, the founder of Band Metrics and Indie Music Tech, published this list over the weekend. It's a great overview of the many sites available though. I'm left to assume that there's a demand for these tools and that some artists are finding them useful. Otherwise, a new tool wouldn't be created every other day. ...

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Internet Attackers Force RIAA and MPAA Sites Offline

Source: HypeBot
September 20, 2010

Supporters of the net collective Anonymous, which organized an effective takedown 36 hours ago of sites controlled by the Motion Picture Association Of America, have now set there sites on the RIAA. “Operation Payback," dubbed by Torrentfreak as the “protest of the future" forced both RIAA.com and RIAA.org offline on Sunday. In a statement, the group originally targeted only Airplex software for the that company's public vow to force PirateBay offline: How fast you are in such a short ...

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Facebook fans say Tina Turner For Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Shaun M. Rasmussen
September 19, 2010

Facebook is at it again! This time in support of rock n' rolls most glamorous rocker, Tina Turner. Three fans in New York, Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces to start a campaign on the social networking site facebook to get the iconic rocker the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Since Shaun Rasmussen, Anja Offerman and Richard Hudson founded the page, more than 10,000 people have signed up in support of Ms. Turner. To handle the level of fans ...

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Study Says Twitter Followers Are Better Than Facebook Fans

Source: HypeBot
September 18, 2010

A new report says Twitter users who followed a brand were 2X more likely than Facebookers who “liked" them to say they might make purchase. Marketers may argue that the artist to fan relationship is deeper than with a deodorant and better served by Facebook than 144 characters. Then again, there are levels of fandom. In fact, most music marketers that I talk to sing the praises of Facebook. But the study showed that Facebook fans were actually the most ...

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