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Spotify Has Users "By the Balls." Users Disagree.
Sean Parker spoke about Spotify at The Daily Beast's conference. Rather candidly, Parker explained that the war on piracy has been a failure and that the answer to it is Spotify. He says that once users become addicted to their music libraries they will want to bring these songs with them on the go and this ...
On the Road 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 ...
Cassette Walkman Departs on iPod Anniversary
Sony decided to phase out the cassette Walkman. Like you, I had not realized that they still made them. To most, it represented the first personal music experience they had. The whole concept of music being the soundtrack to your life spawned out of the cassette Walkman. Sound exploded within environments that had previously been silent ...
Destined to Fail: Why Music Start-Ups Are Screwed
Early this week, Dalton Cadwell, the founder imeem, gave a speech on music start-ups. The cautionary tale he delivered made the thought of beginning a music start-up sound like a very, very bad idea. At first, it simply sounded like Cadwell was being over the top and over dramatizing the situation. Having watched the talk he ...
Henry Jenkins: 'Recording Industry Acted Like Jackasses and Don't Deserve Any Sympathy.'
Everyone has an opinion about the plight of the record industry. Some are worth listening to, others not so much. Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture, is a renowned media scholar and cultural critic. Copy Grounds, a new media discussion form, had the chance to talk to Jenkins and he had some choice words about the ...
Accelerator at SXSW 2011 Names Music Advisory Board, Accepting Startup Applications
This year SXSW is extending its hugely popular technology Accelerator events to the Music conference. Presented by Microsoft BizSpark, bleeding edge music technology start-ups will demo their new and often yet to be released offerings in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges. I'm proud to have been named to the Advisory Board ...
How to Post a Perfect Press Kit on Your Website
Even with social media like Facebook and Twitter, artists still need the basics—the Press Kit. A press kit is a package of promotional items that can be shared with journalists and new media makers. On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt has posted tips on what to include in your press kit so that editors can find ...
Making Music Cheaper Than Coffee Won't Devalue It
People say that if music costs less than a cup of coffee or a bottle of water it will devalue the 'art' of music. Ian S. Port, the SF Weekly music editor, doesn't think so. He contends that fans don't judge the artistic value of music by what it costs. If true, they would look down ...
Eliot Van Buskirk Starts Blog About Music Apps
Since leaving his post at Wired, Eliot Van Buskirk has started a new blog. It is called Evolver.fm and as a part of his involvement with The Echo Nest, he will be writing daily about the developments in the world of music apps. From his perspective, apps are the future of music. Following the MP3, he ...
Top Five Ways Apple is Killing off the CD
Slowly but surely Apple is killing off the CD. The hands of its greatest enemy and ally, depending on who you ask, are murdering the lifeblood of the record industry. It may not happen today, tomorrow, or a year from now. However, if Apple has anything to say about it, this will happen. The CD will ...
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