Results for "HypeBot"

News: Technology

Mog Music Network Gets a Makeover

April 19, 2009

Music destination MOG is now capitalizing on the strength of its massive d.i.y blogger network alongside relationships with several professionally produced content providers to offer what it hopes will become the go to place for music news. MOG has long provided a platform for fans to blog about the music they love. ...

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News: Music Industry

Top 7 Music Licensing Sites

April 19, 2009

Here in no particular order is a list of seven companies that help artists place their music in film, television, commercials, games, etc. Rumblefish - Licensing for television, film, advertisements, websites, videos, games, podcasts, and sonic branding - e.g. your music inside your local Gap. Gamecues - Licensing for the gaming industry. YouLicense ...

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News: Technology

Myspace and CD Baby Deliver DIY Upgrades

April 19, 2009

Two small but significant upgrades should make every indie musician smile. MySpace has quietly upped the limit on songs that artists can upload from 6 to 10. More artists tools are promised soon, but no word yet on compensating unaffiliated artists for song streams. CD Baby distributed artists will be able to choose to sell at ...

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News: Recording

End of the Album as the Organizing Principle

April 14, 2009

All this week Hypebot will be exploring the future of the album format . This guest post by Gang Of Four founding member Dave Allen first appeared on his Pamplemoose blog It doesn't seem that long ago since Radiohead did what was once unimaginable - release an album without being signed to a major record ...

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News: Technology

Pandora: Putting the "Me" Back into Mass-Media

April 14, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate EditorIntroduction - At the rate of twenty-two million regular listeners and a billion hours streamed last year, Pandora is leading individuals astray from the masses and giving them a new direction. Since their debut on the iPhone, approximately three million people have activated the application and in addition to that, about ...

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News: Technology

Doubletwist Gets $5m to Help You Share Music and Media with Your Friends

April 9, 2009

Startup doubleTiwst has received $5 million in second round financing from former CAA and Disney chief Michael Ovitz and former Warner Music Head of Digital Strategy Alex Zubillaga among others according to tech journal VentureBeat. After loading the application, users can drag and drop their music and other media files to any device or to a ...

News: Recording

In Defense of the Album

April 9, 2009

Guest post by Scott Perry of New Music Tipsheet. If you haven't already, sign up for his great free weekly new release newsletter. We have a branding problem. Somewhere in the past five years, artist release cycles have sped up from a CD / album cycle to an MP3 “leak" given to a blog ...

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News: Technology

iTunes Hits $1.29 but EMI, Amazon and Walmart Buck Pricing Trend

April 9, 2009

Yesterday iTunes dropped all remaining DRM and launched variable pricing. As predicted, the major labels and some major distributed indies upped prices on hit product to $1.29. EMI Holds At 99 Cents EMI appears to be the one major label not jumping on the price increase bandwagon. A Wednesday morning ...

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News: Technology

$1.29 Pricing Infects iTunes. Others to Follow.

April 8, 2009

Variable pricing including hundreds of hits tracks at $1.29 debuted this morning on iTunes. And while it's track prices remained at $.99 or less early this morning, Amazon and other services are expected to mimic the rise shortly. Record labels, for the most part, determine download pricing. But sources tell Hypebot that no clear strategy has ...

News: Technology

Two Artists Find Success by Asking for It

April 8, 2009

GUEST POST BY IAN ROGERS: On a recent road trip, Topspin's Ian Rogers came across two distinctly different artists who are finding success by combining a lot of hands-on grassroots marketing with a dash new technologies. I met a band called Halestorm through the magix of the Interwebz. They were in LA making their record with ...