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36 Exclusive Hypebot Interviews from 2010
In case you missed them, here's a list of our best interviews from 2010. I'm very thankful that all of these people were kind enough to take their time and answer my numerous questions. If you're at all curious about the issues that the record and music industries will be grappling with in the new year, ...
Microfunding is the Future of Labels
On Music Think Tank, Michael Epstein starts a debate in the comments with his post on microfunding. He breaks down the various business models that Kickstarter follows, but thinks that the service is the wrong model for bands. In his post, he suggests a different approach for the future and would like some feedback on his ...
Homeless Street Musician Goes Viral on YouTube, Gets a Record Deal, and Turns His Life Around
Remember that YouTube video that when viral awhile back of a homeless person singing Radiohead's “Creep" on the Opie & Anthony Show? That video went on to garner 1.7 million views. Many fans, after seeing it, remarked that this guy, known as Daniel “Homeless" Mustard, should get a record deal. A Hypebot reader wrote in to ...
Standing Next to the Grooveshark Sales Funnel
Look. You can scratch, claw, scream, and bitch about Grooveshark and services like it all you want, but fans don't care. I'm not saying its morally correct, but the average fan doesn't care if artists are getting paid for streams. Fans don't care if the labels make money off Grooveshark. Most of all, fans don't care ...
Best of 2010: The Most Interesting and Innovative Music Start-Ups
This post was written by Chris Bracco, and originally appeared on his blog, Tight Mix. You can follow Chris on Twitter or subscribe to his . The end of the year is approaching rapidly, and a lot has happened in the music industry over the past twelve months! There have been many incredible albums released this ...
YouTube Launches YouTube Trends
YouTube has launched YouTube Trends as “a destination for daily insight into the zeitgeist of the world's largest video site." With 35 hours of new videos a minute being uploaded to the site YouTube is trying to find new ways to identify and showcase its most viral and newsworthy content. Watch a video overview:
Interview: Indie Band Survival Guide Authors PT. 2
This is part two of my interview with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, who are authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician. As well, they're lead members of the Chicago band Beatnik Turtle. In part two of this interview, Chertkow and Feehan talk about the challenge that artists have ...
Why Are Some Records Outperforming Singles?
This post is by Katie Reilly of Intern Like A Rockstar. Follow her on Twittter. By now everyone knows the day that we will never forget is actually just the day The Beatles became available on iTunes. Big deal, right? The story may not be as newsworthy as Apple indicated in its teaser message. However, perhaps it ...
Youtube Star Charlie McDonnell Explains Why File Sharing is Helping His New Music Release
Charlie McDonnell has released a D.I.Y. album and uses his promo video (with 809,00 views) to share his thoughts on file sharing. Mike Masnick of Techdirt pointed us to this and it mirrors his own thoughts on the subject: a) “file sharing isn't stealing, because no one's missing something," as in the comparison the video uses, ...
Video: Pandora Accepts 30% of Music Submissions
By now, we all pretty much know the general story of Pandora. Comparisions to rival web radio services aside, Tim Westergren is just interesting to listen to. He's like a music industry mascot with more fans than most artists. Fast Company interviewed him for their “Innovation Agents" series. I thought I'd share it here. Take a ...
