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Video: More Digital Music and Marketing Services Than You Could Use in a Lifetime
The number of online options available to help create, distribute, market and sell music can be overwhelming. Navigating through the maze is a large part of why Hypebot was created. Hypebot is a filter, and the answer is not to use everything, but rather those that fit each artist. Time, comfort with technology and cost should ...
Songbird: Combined Web Browser, Music Player
Songbird, founded in 2006, is a duel web-browser and music library organizer. I've just discovered Songbird, and overall it looks to be a very solid project. Since Songbird is open to developers like Firefox, there are tons of add-ons that allow you to optimize your browser for playback, music management, and social discovery. If you find ...
On the Road with DJ Shadow - An Exclusive Look at How One Artist Stays Connected to His Fans
Michael Fiebach is the Project, Marketing and Merchandise Manager for DJ Shadow. Over the next month as Michael and DJ Shadow cross North America on tour, Hypebot readers will get a look inside how they market and stay connected to fans via exclusive blog posts and videos. This marks day 1 of my 1-month voyage across ...
Crowdsourced Art Fuels the Johnny Cash Project
The Johnny Cash Project is an online collective art project that utilizes crowdsourced art to produce a video for Johnny Cash's “Ain't No Grave," his final studio recording. The goal of the project is to create a moving, ever evolving homage to their beloved musical icon. Thus far, they have done an amazing job and as ...
The Great Migration Away from LimeWire Begins
LimeWire has been ordered to shut down. The RIAA will now seek damages upwards of $1 billion. They estimate that LimeWire costs the record labels $500 million in lost music sales every month. From Download.com alone, LimeWire has been downloaded around 206,881,874 times. This news leaves the more than 50 million monthly users of the client ...
Young Guru Says Major Labels Are "Slave Masters" and Artists Don't Need Them Anymore
Hip-hop producer Young Guru, the man behind Jay-Z and Kanye West, has some choice words about the record industry. In this speech, he talks about the corporatization of music and why artists no longer need major labels. He hopes to warn artists of the modern trappings of 360 deals. To him, this is the perfect time ...
Myspace Reboots with New Look and Focus
Late yesterday, a long struggling Myspace launched its anticipated makeover and a new focus as entertainment hub. Taking a page from the Malcom Gladwell playbook, Myspace is now encouraging curators—fans who have “the reputation and knowledge around particular entertainment topics and emerging cultural trends"—offering tools to expand their reach within the social network. Music head Cortney ...
Google Introduces Music Search in India
Millions of users in India search for their favorite Bollywood music in Google. To make the process easier, Google introduced a music search tool. Users can find the latest Hindi songs, restrict their search to the 1980s, listen to songs by particular artists and stream all of the songs associated with a designated movie. With a ...
Why the Whole Music World Should Not Go Digital
Vinyl records have resurged; it is no secret. The bigger question that looms is why have they? Tye L. at The Music Cycle thinks it is because of two factors. First, records produce a sound that is unique to them. They are richer or more natural sounding than their digital counterparts. In addition, they give fans ...
Last.FM Suspends Three Subscriber Radio Stations
Due to the complex and intensive process of licensing music, Last.fm is discontinuing several of their subscriber-only stations. As of November 17, 2010 users will no longer be able to stream lists of their loved tracks, ones they have chosen for a playlist, or those they have tagged. Users will still have access to a list ...
