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6 Major Trends That Will Change Radio Forever
Radio hasn't changed much in the last ten years. In fact, radio hasn't changed much in the last twenty years. The single most impactful change in radio happened with the passing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It deregulated media ownership, allowing a company to own more stations than previously. Most famously, Clear Channel went on ...
D.I.Y. Bootcamp: ReverbNation's Michael Dorenberg [video]
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V has produced a video series that provides a tour of the tools that make a D.I.Y. career it work. Hypebot will feature one a day for the next few weeks; and today Michael Dorenberg of ReverbNation shares a look at that site's popular multi-faceted artist marketing and monetization toolkit and the philosophies that ...
Interview with My Major Company CEO PR Albertini on Fan-Funding and Record Labels
Recently I spoke with Paul-Rene Albertini, the CEO a new internet-based, fan-funded record label called My Major Company. In this interview, Albertini and I talk about various aspects of fan-funding and how it's posed to shift the current music landscape. Kyle Bylin: Well, thank you for chatting with me today. What led you to start MMC? ...
Music Exec Watches Personal Music Budget Decline
Ethan Kaplan, former SVP of Emerging Technology at Warner Music Group, has published an insightful essay on his blog about the death of the music business and his shrinking personal budget for music. In it, he makes the point that the humans will die before the business of music does, as for as long as people ...
Rhapsody to Offer 60-Day Free Trial - Will It Work?
Through March, Rhapsody is offering a 60-day free trialof its on-demand music service. This huge promotion comes by way of MTV Networks. Until last April, MTV was a part owner of Rhapsody. They, however, went independent and as part of the spin-out, MTV agreed to provide Rhapsody with $33 million in free advertising. MTV will be ...
Why the Connected Car May Kill Local Radio
In the past, I have made the case that the connected car may kill traditional radio, because the addition of apps like Pandora and MOG will give it heavy competition. These apps may not kill radio, but it would be the first time since the rise of the personal music collection and satellite radio that radio will have ...
D.I.Y. Bootcamp: TuneCore's Jeff Price [video]
(UPDATED) EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a series that provides a video tour of the new music industry and tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature one a day for the next few weeks; and today TuneCore founder and CEO Jeff Price explains his groundbreaking flat fee digital distributor and belief that artists should retain control ...
Proof: The War on Piracy is a Complete Failure
Back in October, Napster co-creator and investor Sean Parker argued that in order to accept Spotify as a business model, you first must accept that “the war on piracy is failure." According to a new Danish study, which echoes his sentiments, 7 out 10 participants questioned—i.e. 70%—felt, to a greater or lesser degree, that piracy is ...
Striking the Chord - Why Lyricists Matter
Lyricists possess the ability to distill complex situations and emotions into sixteen syllable couplets. Most importantly, they possess the capacity to strike a chord in us, the listener. Why is that? Lyricists cut themselves deep down, often just for the sake of seeing themselves bleed. For some, writing is medication. Releasing that inner tension gives them ...
Us Releases Official List of "Notorious" IP Infringers
On Monday, the United States Trade Representative released its official “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets," a list of internet sites which encourage or enable music and other copyright infringement. Clones of AllOfMP3 and Baidu top the list which also Included several sites who say their working aggressively to stop piracy. The Notorious Infringers List: Pay-per-download: ...
