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Clapton: 2011 World Tour

December 10, 2010

TOUR STARTS FEBRUARY 14 IN SINGAPORE; CLAPTON OUT NOW Eric Clapton will kick off a world tour starting February 14 in support of his latest solo album, Clapton, released on September 28. Clapton will be accompanied by Steve Gadd, Willie Weeks, Chris Stainton and backing vocalists Michelle John and Sharon White. The North American leg starts ...

Joe Lovano: Bird Songs

December 10, 2010

ALBUM LAUNCH AT NEW YORK'S VILLAGE VANGUARD JAN. 11-16 On January 11, 2011, Joe Lovano Us Five will release Bird Songs, an exploration of the Charlie Parker songbook and the Grammy-winning saxophonist's 22nd album for EMI's Blue Note Records (the release of which will mark his 20th year on the label). Lovano will launch the album ...

See Steve Martin's Royalty Checks: Total $.13

December 10, 2010

Youtube Drops Its 15 Minute Limit

December 10, 2010

Grab those old full length concert videos and start uploading.  Back in July, YouTube raised the upload limit to 15 minutes for all users. Starting today, they're allowing most users with a history of complying with the YouTube Community Guidelines and their copyright rules to upload videos that are longer. Users can click the “Upload" button ...

Indie Has Arrived: 273 Grammy Nominations for Indies! Congratulations... Paul McCartney?

December 10, 2010

This post is by Dave Cool, creator of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." Read his Hypebot Interview. So there was a lot of buzz recently about the Grammy Nominations, notably that 273 “indies" were nominated for awards this year. For someone who spent 2 years documenting what ...

What's the Best Music Business Model? You Might Be Playing It Every Day

December 10, 2010

On Music Think Tank, Albin Serviant advises that the music industry learn from the video game industry. He states that the video game industry has continually adapted to new technology and business models.  “We've finally gotten past the 'save the CD' era," he writes, “but the music industry is still lagging when it comes to proactively developing new business models." The ...

Turn Youtube into Pandora with Viddyjam

December 10, 2010

If you've ever desired a Pandora like experience on YouTube, ViddyJam delivers. It's not perfect, but does exactly what it aspires to. Plug an artist in the site, it pulls from data from Last.fm and charts out a path of similar music videos. Given the surplus of videos on YouTube, the quality isn't always there, but ...

Twitter Gets More Music Friendly, Embeds Rdio

December 10, 2010

Twitter is slowly but surely becoming a much more music friendly service.  First came iTunes song previews and the ability to share music with friends by linking a Twitter account to iTunes' Ping. Then came the ability to click on a Tweet with a link and view embedded media from partners like YouTube and USTREAM. Now ...

U.S. May Never See a Festival Market Like U.K. Has

December 10, 2010

This is part two of my interview with Andrew Dreskin, who is CEO of Ticketfly, an independent ticketing and social marketing platform. In this segment, Dreskin explains why the U.S. may not see a festival market like the one in Europe and how the economic recession has affected ticket sales. Hypebot: Will the U.S. live music ...

New Music Seminar Confirms Speakers for LA Event

December 10, 2010

New Music Seminar has released their initial list of confirmed speakers, session topics, and focus for their upcoming conference, set to take place at the NMS Revolution Hall, February 14-16 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. Looking over the five “movements" as they call them, it gives insight into the conversations and challenges that ...