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Weigh in - 5 Thinkers Share Thoughts on Topspin
Yesterday, Hypebot wrote a post about Topspin in an attempt to offer a balanced view on what people think of the direct-to-fan platform. Many readers and music industry thinkers took the time to weigh in too and share their thoughts on Topspin. The main theme expressed runs along the lines of just because you have a ...
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is - Steve Stoute Spent $40,000 to Bash Grammys in Nyt Ad Buy
As you read, music exec Steve Stoute took out a full-page ad in the New YorkTimes last Sunday. But what did it cost and why did he do it? According to an estimate made by Hollywood Reporter, it may have cost Stoute upwards of $40,000 to bash the Grammys. And his thoughts? Worth it. Stoute thinks ...
The Future of Free Music Culture
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. This weekend I attended The Students for Free Culture Conference (#sfcnyc), a gathering of student activists, intellectuals, artists, hackers, and generally interested people to discuss the latest issues in the free cultural world. This year the conference hosted a panel on Remix Culture, Music, and the ...
An Open Letter to Neil Portnow, NARAS and the Grammy Awards...
The following open letter to the Grammys was written by hip-hop entrepreneur, manager, and marketing expert Steve Stoute. It was published in a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, Sunday Styles section, page 9 (newstand price of $6 in Los Angeles, but that's another story). Stoute also subsequently published the letter in the Huffington Post ...
If Only More Cities Took Music Tourism Seriously...
Let's say you decide to create an absolutely amazing music festival. How can you get your city to pitch in? Well, it's very, very difficult, at least according to those in the trenches in Europe. “It's bloody hard," Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir, managing director of Iceland Music Export, told an audience in Norway at by:Larm this week. ...
B.S. Chart of the Weak: Propaganda by the Tech Industry Gets Dumber as They Get More Desperate
Boy, it pains me to have to agree with Bob Lefsetz, but his take on this “Chart of the Day" business is on the money. The chart is pure nonsense. And no, my use of the pun “Weak" in the banner is not one of my common misspellings. For those catching up, a chart on Silicon ...
How To: Take the Music Business Back from Apple
Apple has the music business cornered. Or does it? Chris Holmes has a radical idea that would help the music business free itself from Apple's stranglehold and reward the real influencers that distribute music. Apple might sell music, but it's the blogs and music pirates that distribute it. They're the ones that create the buzz that leads ...
The New Music Business is for Grown-Ups
This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Although the accessibility of YouTube has opened up avenues to exploit the seemingly prophetic abilities of Justin Bieber and his ilk, the truth is, the only people that are mesmerized by his skills are the young and naive. The rest of us, consciously or subconsciously, equate it to ...
Is This All We Are? An Industry of Fad Formats?
It's not like people are smashing their Guitar Hero controllers, screaming for the real thing. This isn't disco, there isn't the same backlash. But they also aren't camping out for the next release, the latest track-pack or plastic instrument. Because this neverbecame the iPad, limited-edition sneaker or Star Wars mega-release. It's just a game with lots ...
Other Matters: Language, Ya Know? (from the Archives)
We in the Rifftides Department Of Language Reform realize that it has been only a year since this item ran. But it failed to change peoples' lousy usage habits, so here it is again. This time, please pay attention.The Rifftides Department Of Language Reform (DOLR) has been neglecting its duties. Its members claim that their failure ...
