MySpace & CD Baby Deliver DIY Upgrades

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. Continue reading

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“Turn Album Off:” Navigating Fractured Collections

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor In addition to David Allen’s well argued essay, “The End of the Album as the Organizing Principle,” I intend to examine how the iPod, the single. Continue reading

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Lefsetz On The Album

"Pure greed, not artistry." "Don’t you realize that’s what the album was about, money?  That’s how you got paid, by delivering an album…  Selling 33’s was much more profitable than. Continue reading

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Poll Results: Does The Album Have A Future?

Om Monday as part of our week long exploration into the future of the album format,  we asked Hypebot readers if they believed that the album was dead.  Thus far. Continue reading

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Top 7 Music Licensing Sites

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,. Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Music Brief: Goom Gets $16M, WMG MySpace, AEG, Obama, Savoy & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Goom Grabs $16M For Innovative Online Radio MySpace & CD Baby Deliver DIY Upgrades Top 7 Music Licensing Sites Future Of The Album Week Continues: Kyle Bylin –. Continue reading

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Video: Amanda Palmer To Her Record Label Roadrunner “Please Drop Me”

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Free Music Archive Launches With 5K Tracks

Indie Radio, Sites & Music Organizations JoinTo Harness The Power Of Free Music The Free Music Archive has launched with 5000 tracks available for free use under Creative Commons and. Continue reading

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Musicslu Offers A New Twist On Band To Fan Financing Model

Musicslu offers an interesting new twist on fan to band financing.  As this video that we found via TechDirt shows, bands post an amount that they need and no money. Continue reading

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MySpace Adds Playlist Sharing To 44 Sites

Playlists and albums created on MySpace Music can now be shared on 44 of the top social networking sites. MySpace has made the porting extremely simple. Users just go to. Continue reading

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