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On Withholding Music from Spotify and the New Economics of Album Releases
Don't care what anybody says, artist has a right to withhold their music from streaming services in order to make a couple extra dollars from physical & downloads. It ain't greedy, it's business—if you can sell out Madison Square Garden in 10 minutes (Black Keys, pictured left), if you can sell out 3 nights at the ...
Kickstarter Raised $20 Million for Musicians in 2011
Kickstarter recently took a look back at 2011 and it was a big year for them and for a whole lot of people whose projects were successful. Over $99 million was pledged overall and over 11 thousand projects reached their funding goal to get their piece of that pie. Even if Kickstarter were the only crowdfunding ...
Music Tech Continues Lead Role at Midem 2012
Tech will continue its takeover of the music industry at this year's midem conference taking place January 28-31 in Cannes. Music tech startups, sponsors, hackers and bloggers will all be in attendance and capturing as much attention as possible. Music tech events will occur daily, from Visionary Monday to midemlab's startup competition to midem Hack Day, ...
Musician Website Quick Fix #4: Make It Easy to Listen to Your Music
Another quick improvement you can make to your website is to make it easy for people to listen to your music. First time visitors should be able to sample your music in one, easy, and obvious click. Sound like common sense? Well, I can honestly tell you that from 4 years of booking bands at a ...
Joshua Bell Records New Album in a Musical Instrument Museum
This week violinist Joshua Bell with pianist Jeremy Denk released French Impressions the first album recorded in the Music Instrument Museum's Music Theater. An intimate venue in Phoenix, the MIM Music Theater books a busy schedule of world class artists and was designed to be a space for recording as well as performing. French Impressions offers ...
Spin Magazine Replaces Most Album Reviews with 140 Character Tweets
Spin Magazine, the 26 year old music magazine once known for it's counter-culture reporting (today known to be more pop-culture centered), has announced that it will be moving a large portion its album reviews over to Twitter, with more than 1,500 album reviews this year alone arriving as 140-character tweets. The magazine has said, however, that it ...
OutListen's Crowdsourced Concert Videos: Creating a New Music Format
Attending a show is different now. Everybody's holding up a cellphone shooting video instead of watching and listening. This doesn't have to be a 100-percent bad thing, however. A startup called OutListen intends to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse by encouraging concertgoers to upload their smartphone footage to an online calendar. If enough ...
Paradigm Bets on Electronic Music with AM Only Booking Agency Partnership
Talent agency Paradigm has struck a deal to create a strategic partnership with one of the leading electronic music agencies, AM Only. The agreement will allow Paradigm to continue to bolster their already solid roster in regards to electronic artists who've become a very hot commodity in recent years. The deal will also provide AM Only ...
Show Your Opposition to SOPA Today With #blackoutsopa
You've probably read about the heated debate around the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). It's a very important debate for musicians, as it could have a major effect on distribution channels and discovery platforms that many musicians rely on every day. Eliot Van Buskirk did an amazing post right here on Hypebot called “Everything You Need ...
