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Matt Mason's Summer Reading List

July 20, 2010

Matt Mason is the author of The Pirate's Dilemma.  Also, a great book to add to your summer reading list. Here at Hypebot, we are going to start rolling out our summer reading lists, written by some of the leading thinkers in the industry. If you happen to be in that crowd and want to join ...

Fortune's Fool: Goodman on the Record Industry

July 20, 2010

As is the case when a new tome is released that chronicles the plight of the record industry in the digital age, interviews abound, and author Fred Goodman's latest book, Fortune's Fool, is no different.  That said, it has been interesting to see a new perspective emerge where the likes of Steve Knopper and Greg Kot ...

Getting Your First Gig...

July 20, 2010

This guest post is by David Chaitt of SoundCtrl.   ...is a matter of thinking from a talent buyer's perspective and making promises you can keep. The first thing you have to think about is which venue to contact.  Reach out to a venue that makes sense (aka if you're an indie band, don't reach out to ...

The Culture of the "Old-School" Record Industry

July 20, 2010

Why do fans download music? Well, the story goes that file-sharers believe record industry executives--i.e. “The Man"--are just a bunch of coke snorting, extremely rich, shady people, who wear Armani suits and pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to get Christina Aguilera's newest single on the radio. Fans downloading music off the web; it is ...

Richard Florida on Designing Musical Experiences

July 20, 2010

In a recent column in the Atlantic, Richard Florida talks about a subject that aligns perfectly with an interview I am running tomorrow, featuring Rich Huxley from Hope and Social, also the author of the essay Music Is Not Our Currency.  In it, Huxley argues that if we can all now make, distribute and sell music, ...

More Than 10 Billion Videos Were Streamed in June

July 20, 2010

How to be a Successful Musical Entrepreneur

July 20, 2010

Industry pundit and analyst Andrew Dubber has famously said that, “If you want to make the music that moves you, that will hopefully create meaning for people, and that will perhaps earn you a sustainable living, then you have chosen risk, and you will have to be as smart with the entrepreneurship as you are with ...

30 Tips for the Typical Musician

July 17, 2010

There are two new posts up over at Music Think Tank.  One is from Jon Ostrow titled Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad; it is on the role of transparency in careers of artists.  The other, by Mike Venti of the Wayward Musician blog; he gives 30 tips for the typical musician. ...

Finally, Myspace Rolls out Redesigned Profiles

July 17, 2010

MySpace has long been criticized for poor design and as part of a turnaround effort, the struggling social networker has finally done something about it.  The new profiles are not available throughout the site, but Sean Percival, MySpace's VP of Online Marketing, tweeted about his own “clean new" profile early on Friday. “We're testing a new ...

Music Think Tank Radio: Upload Your Song Now

July 17, 2010

Our sister blog, Music Think Tank, has this great feature called Radio, where artists can upload their music and expose their songs to other artists, to managers, and to industry insiders. Since it's introduction, Radio has remained to be one of the most popular places on the site, garnering 5,200 views already this month.  We ask ...