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Let's Prove That Artists Don't Need Major Labels to "Make It"
Help Build A Database Of Music 2.0 Success Stories During every interview, convention panel, startup negotiation or conversation with an industry peer, there is inevitably a moment when someone says something like, “All this talk about social networking, new media and digital marketing is exciting, but does it work? And if it does, where are all ...
Fleet Foxes Thank Piracy for Success, Pledge to Stay Indie
One of the breakout indie bands of 2008 was Sub Pop's Fleet Foxes, and the band openly credits online piracy for providing both inspiration and a promotional boost for its 200K+ selling debut album. As much music as musicians can hear, that will only make music richer as an art form," singer Robin Pecknold told the ...
10 Most Creative People in Music Business According to Fast Company
As part of an issue on creativity, business magazine Fast Company has named the “The 100 Most Creative People In Business" and it's “10 Most Creative People In The Music Business" are: DeAndre “Soulja Boy Tell'em" Way, 18 year old rapper/producer Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora Alexandra Patsavas, Owner, Chop Shop Music ...
Despite Troubles, Poll Shows Myspace Still Important to Social Music
Earlier this week May stats were released that Facebook has passed MySpace in users and pageviews both in the US and wordwide. Yesterday, MySpace announced a re-organization that will see 420 people or 30% of staffers loose their jobs. Despite these troubles, as of Wednesday morning almost 78% of Hypebot readers responding ...
Jelli Crowdsources Radio Programming
Broadcast radio sucks. It's programmed by computers controlled by old white men looking over their shoulders for advice from a handful of consultants and focus groups. What if we, the people, controlled what was played? It would have to better than it is now, right? Jelli.net aims to find out. Jelli is ...
Report Says Music Sales 83% Digital by 2013
US sales of recorded music will drop to $5.52 billion in 2013 according to the new eMarketer report Digital Entertainment Meets Social Media. This downward trajectory will extend a pattern that began in 2000, when physical sales started to decline after rising dramatically during the heyday of the CD. ...
Share Youtube Videos Automatically on Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader
From the YouTube blog: As we learned in kindergarten, sharing is good. We want you to be able to do more of it with your videos. With a simple one-time log-in on the upload page, you can now have your YouTube account automatically update your Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and Google Reader shared items when you ...
Facebook Passes Myspace in UA and Worldwide
New data from ComScore shows Facebook passing MySpace in total unique US visitors for the first time in May. Facebook had 70.28 million U.S. users in May beating MySpace's 70.26 million. According to ComScore, Facebook users almost doubled from last year while MySpace lost 5%. The story is much the same worldwide ...
Hypebot on the CD Baby Podcast: Booking, the Musical Middle Class and More
A couple of weeks ago I spent an enjoyable hour on the phone with Kevin Breuner, the Director Of Social Media for CD Baby. The result is now the latest in his informative ongoing series of CD Baby DIY Musician podcasts. We covered some of the ground that you find daily on ...
Major Layoffs Coming to Myspace. Could Hit 25%
Layoff described by one source as “massive" are coming to MySpace although there is no official word yet from the company. MySpace shed 5% of its staff a year ago and laid of as many as 45 more last month. But these cuts will go far deeper, according to TechCrunch and could hit several hundred. Management ...
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