Daily DIY: Your Live Mix
In this excerpt from his new book called “How To Make Your Band Sound Great,” producer and author Bobby Owsinski illustrates the reason why most live mixes are bad, and. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Brief: Swedish Sales Jump, Google Pays Pennies, A2IM, Tunecore & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Billboard Hires 2 Top Music Industry Bloggers Sweden Sees 100% Increase In Legal Downloads After Tough Laws Enacted Kyle Bylin – Pandora: Putting the “ME” Back into Mass-Media. Continue reading
REWIND: Music’s Week In Review
iTunes finally added variable pricing raising hit tracks to $1.29 and lowering some to 69 cents. Rhapsody and Napster followed, but Amazon and WalMart kept prices lower except on Sony. Continue reading
Grateful Dead Marry Concert Photos With Blurb On Demand Publishing
A New Option For All Artists The Grateful Dead and long time Dead photographer Jay Blakesberg have teamed with on demand publisher Blurb to create concert books for each of. Continue reading
Column: You Can Always Go Back To School
New Hypebot columnist Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home writes about indie music and labels. Here he shares his experiences releasing a new album entirely for free. 1st REPORT: 24 HRS. Continue reading
Amie Street Bought Songza 6 Months Ago
Aime Street acquired Songza way back in October, but was keeping the deal under wraps until ready to announce a new offering according to TechCrunch. The acquisition reportedly was for. Continue reading
Google & Universal Announce VEVO Channel
Universal Music and Google have announced that the label group and YouTube will launch VEVO, a music and video site featuring UMG content later this year. UMG and Universal Publishing. Continue reading
Fridays Music Brief: Songza Sold, Facebook vs. Pirate Bay, Twitter, CD Baby & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Grateful Dead Marry Concert Photos With Blurb On Demand Publishing New Column: You Can Always Go Back To School Amie Street Bought Songza 6 Months Ago Video: Trent. Continue reading
Media Gets Download Price Increase Story Wrong
Amazon, Wal-Mart Follow Apple, Raise Prices On Some Top-Selling Tracks– Washington PostAmazon Follows iTunes To $1.29– cNet Amazon, Wal-Mart Follow iTunes, Ups MP3 Prices– PC Magazine Why'd You Do it. Continue reading
