Results for "HypeBot"

Smartmusic: Next-Gen Interactive Music Software

August 8, 2010

MakeMusic, Inc. is releasing the latest update of their interactive music software SmartMusic 2011. The software provides educators and students with access to thousands of band, orchestra, concert solos and vocal pieces, allowing students to practice with background accompaniment and get immediate feedback on their performances. As well, in SmartMusic, teachers can individualize instruction and track ...

RedAntenna Shares Listening Data with Gigswiz

August 8, 2010

Direct-to-fan marketing service RedAntenna is now collaborating with GigsWiz, a developer of analytics tools for the live music industry, to share data related to key decision making metrics. That way, together, they will be able to develop a better overview of local demand for music industry professionals. RedAntenna will gather and share listening data with GigsWiz. ...

Top 7 Reasons Why Artists Resist Social Media

August 8, 2010

Ariel Hyatt at Ariel Publicity posted these insights yesterday: 1. I don't want to be pushy and over-hypey.2. Social Media won't put any money in my pocket. 3. Social Media and Marketing takes too much time. 4. “Social" Media isn't “real" media. 5. Social media is just for young people.

The Paradox of Music: Why More is Less

August 8, 2010

May 12th. That's the day that I published my first thoughts on how choice theory and the ideas of Psychologist Barry Schwartz could be applied to the current state of digital music. Nearly four months later, I'm proud to say that I followed my curiosity to it's end and was able to write three essays on ...

Rdio Exits Beta, Pierces U.S. Market Before Spotify

August 4, 2010

Rdio, a social music service, has ended its beta, invitation-only period and is now available to anyone. In their current offering, unlimited web streaming costs $4.99 a month and additional Android, iPhone and BlackBerry access is $9.99 a month. This is, as you might imagine, an upsetting development for the crew at Spotify who have been ...

SXSW 2011: "We're Open for Business"

August 4, 2010

South By Southwest, the Music and Media Conference and Festival, is now open for business at sxsw.com. This year, SXSW will take place March 16 - 20, 2011 in Austin, TX. Throughout the downtown Austin area, there will likely be well over 1,900 acts showcased. Click here to learn more and to register to attend. Also, ...

Music Ally: Digital Music Stats for July 2010

August 4, 2010

Interview: David Dufresne, New CEO at Bandzoogle

August 4, 2010

It was announced yesterday that David Dufresne is now the CEO at Bandzoogle, so I took a moment to catch up with David and ask him a few questions. How did you come to be the new CEO at Bandzoogle? David Dufresne: I met Chris Vinson (Bandzoogle's founder and visionary) a few months ago while I ...

2012 (Or the Year We Finally Took Music Back)

August 4, 2010

This guest post is by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve); he is an artist manager, producer, curator, and the founder of Family Records.   Man, I remember what the music industry was like in 2010. It was still recovering from 1-2 punch of the Great Fraud of the 1990's and the Digital Disaster of the 2000's, but some light ...

"Music Anywhere," a New Music Locker Service

August 3, 2010

The Carphone Warehouse has partnered with Catch Media to launch 'Music Anywhere.' The service aims to provide users access to their entire music library, wherever they are in the world; it 'fingerprints' their library and then allows them to seamlessly stream those tracks to their computer, laptop, smartphone. Their App works on... iPhones, BlackBerries and Android ...