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Why the Decline of MySpace is Great for Musicians
This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Before you could say “We're big on Myspace," it seems the foundations of this once burgeoning oasis of digital discovery have quickly crumbled. These days, it actually closer resembles an online Salton Sea. In retrospect and with hindsight we have to ask ...
"BitTorrent" Censored from Google
Early in December, Google vowed to distance itself from piracy. To do so, the company agreed that it would remove terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in their Autocomplete and Instant services. Google has since rolled this questionable feature. Now terms like BitTorrent, uTorrent, and RapidShare are filtered out. However, terms like BitComet and Vuze ...
BLN.KR - Update Your Band Profiles All at Once
If you're a regular reader of Hypebot, chances are, you're already updating your MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter all at once. However, everyone loves options and shiny new artist tools, so I'll hip you to a new site called Bln.ker. It enables you to share all of your new songs—with a single click—across multiple platforms, saving you ...
Musikki - Your New Music Search Engine
Just when you thought that you didn't need another search engine, a couple of folks have gone through the trouble of creating one. Musikki is a music search engine that aggregates all of the info on your favorite band and artists in one place. It's a little slow-going at first, but once you've typed in an ...
4 Ways Artists Can Make More from Publishing
Downtown Music, the creator of rcrdlbl.com, has released a new online solution that empowers songwriters to take control of their publishing. Songtrust automates the process of royalty collection and lets songwriters track how their songs are being used around the world. In light of this announcement, Hypebot caught up with co-founder Justin Kalifowitz and asked him ...
Play.FM Goes Mobile - Listen to DJ Sets Anywhere
Play.FM hosts thousands professionally produced DJ sets, giving users a dedicated place to listen to club music. The company has released apps for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7. With the apps, users can listen to top-ranked DJs from over 180 countries; access live mixes recorded in clubs, at festivals, and radio shows; and share mixes ...
10 Key to Do's for a Successful CD Release Party
Over at Music Think Tank, Chris Bracco has published a guide to using Viinyl to promote your latest single. This site has been catching lots of attention and many artists want to use it. Bracco shows how. Brian Franke has posted a to do list for a successful album release party. Franke doesn't tell you everything, ...
Case Study: The Branding of Viva Radio
This post is by Alison McCarthy. She's an intern at Hypebot. When describing Viva Radio as the official in-store and online music network for retail giant American Apparel, it's not difficult to conjure up an image of what the station might entail. By examining the company's advertisements, store design, personal employee style, and clothing it sells, ...
mySpoonful - Music Discovery for Busy Bodies
There's a zillion music blogs out there. Hype Machine aggregates the best of them. Even if you only follow a few, there's tons of info to sort through. There's another zillion sites that champion themselves as music discovery tools, but good luck finding a one that can suggest a song that feels spontaneous and alive. It ...
#Midem w/ Berklee's Dave Kusek on Future of Music
Dave Kusek, President of Berklee's online music school and co-author of The Future Of Music, gave MIDEM attendees a look at the music business from the perspective of the creative people working in it and how it works for them. “After all," says Kusek, “that is where music comes from." He also included case studies of ...
