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News: Performance / Tour

Rubber Soulive Tour Starts This Weekend

October 1, 2010

RUBBER SOULIVE DEBUTS AT NO.1 ON ITUNES JAZZ CHART Soulive has announced U.S. tour dates for the remainder of 2010 in support of their ninth studio album, Rubber Soulive. The 27-show run kicks off this weekend with a New York City hometown blow out dubbed The Royal Family Ball at Terminal 5, featuring special guests John ...

News: Opinion

Anonymous Wishes the RIAA Would 'Go the F**k Away Altogether' and 'Remove the Barbaric Laws'

October 1, 2010

In an interview with Panda Labs, a member from Anonymous, the group behind the attacks that forced the RIAA and MPAA sites offine, clarified their position in the file-sharing debates. First and foremost, they're advocates for piracy. That we knew. However, they don't view file-sharing to be solely a means through which they gain obtain movies, ...

News: Economics

Unprofitable Vevo Has "10's of Millions" in Revenue

October 1, 2010

Vevo's revenue is in the “tens of millions," collected through sponsorships and advertising, but the site is still not profitable, CEO Rio Caraeff told an audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. “Vevo is an experiment on a grand scale," according to Careff, with more than 50% of revenue passed on to the labels and artists. “We've proven ...

News: Technology

The First Ipad Street Musician?

October 1, 2010

Well, this is a case of 'it was bound to happen.' Yet the idea of a street musician playing a sitar on an iPad is still very intriguing. According to Alex Shpil, the publisher of the video, she used the Seline HD app and was also recording the sound using binaural microphones. Does the fact that ...

News: Trends

A New Age of Extremes: Why the Social Media Hype Machine Kills What It Creates Too

October 1, 2010

Are file-sharers killing the careers of artists that the record and music industries create? Or, are we? We—broadly defined as the social media hype machine that we've played our part in fueling—both as professionals and fans. It's as if our society has ventured into a new age of extremes. The traditional music consumption system is running ...

News: Technology

Giga Tools Launches, a New Event Management Tool; 25 Free Accounts Offered to Hypebot Readers

October 1, 2010

GigaTools is a promotional tool for DJ's, musicians, record labels and booking agents to manage, promote and share their event schedules online. Artists can integrate their events schedule with any number of sites and social networks. Management and agents can maintain multiple schedules for their roster in one interface and ensure that all upcoming events are ...

News: Music Industry

Justin Timberlake Says He Would've File-Shared Too

October 1, 2010

At a time when the RIAA and other trade organizations are trying their damnedest to disrupt the culture of file-sharing and persuade teenagers and college students alike to feel guilty for downloading music off the web, one of the most famous pop stars of this generation has sided with the fans. In an interview segment that ...

News: Trends

The Fleeting Value of a Tweet: Statistics and Graphics

October 1, 2010

(UPDATED) While sharing with your Twitter followers is useful; the real hope of most tweeters is that their 140 characters go viral. But how often does that happen? And how long does a tweet “live"? Online marketing firm Sysomos examined 1.2 billion tweets posted in the last two months to find out. Their benchmark: when a ...

News: Music Industry

Reverbnation Partners with APM Music, Aims to Help Artists Find More Licensing Opportunities

October 1, 2010

Indie music marketing hub ReverbNation and APM Music have partnered to launch a “ReverbNation Music" library. The publishing company will assist in licensing this set of music into TV, movies, trailers, video games and other types of productions. Through statistical analysis, ReverbNation is qualifying artists for the program and sending out invitations accordingly. This licensing initiative ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott at the New Orleans Friday Night

October 1, 2010

New York trumpeter Ray Vega will be in Seattle this weekend so the East-West Trumpet Summit will take the stage at The New Orleans this Friday. Earlier this year Vega and Thomas Marriott's CD reached #1 on the JazzWeek National Airplay Chart and continues to have a strong presence across the country, currently holding the #14 ...