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What Do You Use to Shoot and Edit Videos?
We've only experimented with video a bit on Hypebot (like this interview with Pandora founder Tim Westergren), but it's near the top of our priority list for early next year. We've also gotten some questions from readers about creating cheap videos that we have no idea how to answer. So we're asking you, our readers, what ...
"We've Got a Social Chart Now Too," Says Billboard.
Billboard has introduced the Social 50, which “ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites." Put differently, the staff heard about this thing called Ultimate Chart and thought it was about time to get social too. It will be interesting to see how the two charts compare. However, Big Champagne's Ultimate Chart ...
Take the Best of Radio, Leave the Flaws Behind
Recently, I spoke with Jonathan Sasse, who is SVP Marketing at Slacker Radio. In this interview, Sasse talks about the challenges of combing the best of radio with an online service, how they've worked to enable artists to connect with fans through their platform, and their efforts to provide fans with a compelling experience. Soon, Slacker ...
Indie Artists and Labels Grab 50% of Grammy Nominations
Independent music labels and artists received 273 of the 542 or just over 50% of the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, according to indie trade group A2IM. Independent releases are nominated in 88 of the 108 Grammy categories including top categories Album of the Year (The Suburbs on Merge) and Best New Artist (Mumford ...
Discover Music on Artist Curated Radio Stations
Slacker Radio and Far East Movement have paired up to create a station that features songs from the group, as well as, those that have influenced their sound and style throughout the years. Every couple of songs, a member of Far East Movement picks up the mic and introduces their favorite song. They explain how it ...
Indie Music Stores Report Strong Black Friday Sales
Black Friday provided a ray of hope for indie music retailers. “Most did well, with many reporting lines of people waiting to get in," said Michael Bunnell, Director of Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS). “We don't see that often anymore." Store Sales Stats: A few stores struggled with bad weather, but most saw increases of ...
How to Use Data, Testing and Buy Buttons to Improve Online Music Sales
This guest post comes from Peter Tanham of Amp Music Marketing. We run a large number of websites for a wide range of musicians at Amp Music Marketing from gospel choirs to synth-rock bands, global stars to breakthrough artists. This broad approach often gives us a unique insight into trends in the wider music industry that ...
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Deliver Major Blow to Music Tech and New Music Industry
The digital music industry may be dealt a major blow on December 21st when the FCC is scheduled to unveil proposed net neutrality regulations. Designed ostensibly to keep ISP's from unfairly limiting certain kinds of Internet usage, early indications are that the new rules could also hurt at several sectors critical to the growth of many ...
A Music Service Better Than Piracy? It's Possible.
This is part two of my interview segment with Jonathan Sasse, who is SVP Marketing at Slacker Radio. In this interview, Sasse contends that pay-to-play isn't within Slacker's best interest and that there's an art to creating a great radio station. As well, he believes that radio in the best, all around source for music of ...
On the Road with DJ Shadow Part 5 - Marketing Successes on Tour and How They Achieved Them
Michael Fiebach is the Project, Marketing & Merchandise Manager for DJ Shadow. As they've toured North America, Hypebot readers have gotten an exclusive look inside how they market and stay connected to fans. (Read , & Part 4) Touring with DJ Shadow throughout North America has been an amazing experience. Now that I have had 5 ...
