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News: Contest

Win a Chance to Meet Eric Clapton

February 4, 2011

GRAND PRIZE INCLUDES VIP ACCESS TO PRIVATE REHEARSAL, BACKSTAGE MEET-AND-GREET, TICKETS TO ROYAL ALBERT HALL SHOW, AND FREE FLIGHT/HOTEL PACKAGE Ernie Ball Inc., the world's premier string, accessory and instrument manufacturer and creators of the iconic Slinky guitar string, has announced Ernie Ball Presents Experience Clapton and the Ernie Ball Eric Clapton Golden Pick, giving Ernie ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Charlie Hunter: Tour Dates

February 4, 2011

FEBRUARY RESIDENCY AT ROSE LIVE MUSIC IN BROOKLYN, NY Charlie Hunter has lined up some tour dates in support of his second solo outing, Public Domain. The dates include a month-long February residency at Rose Live Music in Brooklyn, NY. Check out the itinerary below and click here to download “Limehouse Blues" off the new album. ...

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News: Recording

Pearl Jam: Vs. and Vitalogy Deluxe Reissues out 3/29

February 4, 2011

PEARL JAM'S CLASSIC ALBUMS VS. AND VITALOGY TO BE RELEASED IN NEWLY- RESTORED AND EXPANDED EDITIONS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29 Epic Records and Legacy Recordings celebrate Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary with the release of newly restored and expanded editions of Vs. and Vitalogy, the second and third albums from Pearl Jam which broke all initial SoundScan ...

News: Technology

Even Software is Now More Popular Than Pirated Music Online - And Porn is Downloaded the Most

February 4, 2011

I still remember the glory days. Somehow, Audiogalaxy became installed on our home computer. My brother must have done it. In one night, I could download twelve to fourteen songs—almost an entire album! We had 28k dial-up Internet. The kind that when you connected, it tied up the phone line and made horrible sounds. I lived on ...

News: Rights

Tuncecore Poll Shows 44% of Musicians Don't Copyright Their Music

February 4, 2011

A new Tunecore Soundcheck poll shows that a surprising 44% of musicians do not protect their work by copyrighting it. Reasons varied from “I don't know how. to “cost ($35 and up) to “It's too expensive" and “I don't see the need." Poll results and resources on how and where to copyright your creative output: SoundCheck ...

News: Music Industry

YouTube Says Free Music Now Pays as Well as Paid Music Plus What That Means for Music Streaming

February 4, 2011

Citing growing traffic, a 200-300% jump in advertising revenue over the last year and an imporved Content ID system that allows music rightsholders to profit from infringing content (like videos of cats singing Lady Gaga), YouTube says that free content on its site is often returning as much revenue as paid music. “Our larger music partners ...

News: Music Industry

Where Local Music Ecology Goes when It Dies

February 4, 2011

The record industry is dying. That's what we're told. The corporate behemoths have for too long gouged music fans and screwed over artists. Thus, the digital revolution is equal parts murder and suicide. Major labels shot themselves in the face and everyone else dug their grave. Yet behind the scenes of this tragedy, something much worse looms. ...

News: Economics

How To: Invest Tax Return into Your Music Career

February 4, 2011

This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Those who watched the State of the Union may have caught wind of the President's plan to help small businesses with certain tax breaks. To clarify, it allows businesses to write off the full amount of qualifying equipment or software for the years 2010 and 2011. Normally ...

News: Opinion

Defining Success: What It Means to "Make It"

February 4, 2011

This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. Throughout my young music career, I've encountered far too many people obsessed with this idea of “making it big"—of becoming some sort of popular music star; with the word “big" associated with attaining a high degree of fame. For these people, how much closer they are ...

News: Interview

Why Hyperlocal Music Blogs Matter [interview]

February 4, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Jordan Stepp, Editor in Chief of Athens Music Junkie. Stepp started writing about the music scene in Athens, GA in 2008. Since she has interviewed and reviewed bands and artists from all ends of the spectrum, from local greats R.E.M. and Widespread Panic to little indie startup groups like Misfortune 500 to ...