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Indie Maximum Exposure 100 Now in Web Form

November 5, 2009

Hypebot recently published the Indie Maximum Exposure 100 by music marketing guru Ariel Hyatt of Ariel Publicity and her friends as a pdf. It was a collaborative effort, bringing together a team of industry experts who, like Ariel, are in the trenches with independent artists every day. Her dream team included Derek Sivers (Sivers.org), Jed Carlson ...

Mobbase D.I.Y. iPhone Apps

November 5, 2009

(UPDATED) Fostering the artist to fan connection is the current mantra and iPhone apps the preffered cutting edge delivery device. But to date only iLike has offered indie artists an affordable way to join the mobile party. Now the team behind MixMatchMusic are adding to the d.i.y. iPhone app toolbox with MobBase, a service that enables ...

Google Wave Explained Pulp Fiction Style

November 5, 2009

Currently in beta, Google Wave could change artists to fan communications...again. Hypebot even named it to our recent 5 New Tech Trends That You Can't Afford To Ignore. But understanding what Google Wave is (part conversation and shared document with text, photos, videos, maps and more) and how it ...

Facebook 6% of All U.S. Net Traffic, Twitter Stumbles

November 1, 2009

Live Nation Opens Web Platform to Artists and Fans

November 1, 2009

Concert promoters Live Nation have made changes to their web site that places more of the site's content int the hands fans and artists. LiveNation.com is a top 50 ecommerce site and a top 5 online music network. Some of the new features include: The ability for artists and fans to upload their own concerts ...

Gail Zappa on the Future of Music: "You'l Never Work on This Planet Again".

November 1, 2009

“...a dispute concerning professional practices was resolved when one Bill Graham said to one Frank Zappa, 'You'll never work this town again'.Cut to our current climate under corporocratic rule where it is now possible for a 'promoter' (no longer an independent/veteran of city hall wars) to tell an artist (anywhere in the world) 'You'll ...

Realnetworks Reports Profit but Subscribers Down

November 1, 2009

RealNetworks has reported a $1.5 million Third Quarter profit or less than 1 cent per share. It marks the first time that Real has turned a profit in more than a year. Music revenue declined 7% to $38.8 million, technology products fell 8% to $47.4 million and games dropped 14% to $29.5 million. Subscribers to Real's ...

Your Front Row Seat to Today's Google Music Announcement with Lala and iLike

October 29, 2009

Listen To Google's Discover Music Announcement Online This afternoon's announcement of Google's new enhanced music search service that includes play and purchase functionality courtesy of lala and iLike has been an open secret for more than a week. (see details) But that doesn't mean that today's press conference won't include a few surprises. In case you ...

Understanding Facebook Artist Pages vs. Profiles

October 29, 2009

CEO Patrick Faucher and his team at artist services provider Nimbit have been creating the tools and infrastructure for indie and d.i.y. artists to build and monetize their fanbases for more than 5 years. Most recently, their Nimbit MyStore direct to fan Facebook sales widget surpassed 2800 artist users including the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and London ...

Facebook and Myspace in Talks to Connect

October 28, 2009

If You Can't Beat Them, Connect With Them Executives of both companies have confirmed that Facebook and MySpace are in talks to share some content via its Connect platform, which allows people to log into third party sites using a Facebook ID. The talks come at a time when some measurements show Facebook with twice the ...