Month: May 2013

DIY Music Tech News: SoundCloud x Songkick, Piki, Topspin x Dropbox, Google+ Hangouts

Iteration is today's music tech news theme as multiple startups continue to take solid steps forward most of which involve DIY music tools. SoundCloud offers another space to post Songkick. Continue reading

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Google Launches Free YouTube Creator Academy Courses To Maximize Your Channel

YouTube has launched Creator Academy offering free online courses to help serious users – which should probably include every musician trying to grow their audience – create better videos and. Continue reading

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The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams, And Why Many Artists Succeed at Only One of Them

Calling all DIY artists: Kyle Bylin brings us an essay by Jay Frank that gives us some brilliant insight into the modern music industry. Exploring the significant roles of YouTube, Live. Continue reading

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Tips For Collecting Music When You’re Drowned In Sound

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Our pal Sean Adams of the music reviews and community site Drowned In Sound picked up on our frustration about how hard it is. Continue reading

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CueSongs Partners With AudioSocket

Peter Gabriel co-founded CueSongs, a one-stop music licensing hub for online and digital media, today announced a partnership with Audiosocket. Audiosocket’s music catalog will now include CueSongs’ roster of established. Continue reading

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Urturn Announces $13.4 Million Funding Round, Launches Mobile App

Urturn provides creative templates or “Expressions” for social media that shift the typical post and like exchange to an encouragement to take “your turn” and express yourself by combining audio. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Eminem Sues Facebook, Sony Explores Spinoff, RIAA Cuts, Interlude +$16M, OK Go & More

WEDNESDAY 5.22.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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1 Month After Launch, Twitter #Music App Is Officially A Flop

Just a month after launch, Twitter's entry into the music space appears to have fallen flat.  As if today, the app languishes as the 113th most popular free iOS music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/21/2013 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Could Flickr Become The Next Big Social Network For Musicians?

Yesterday's news that Yahoo is buying Tumblr is certainly big for musicians given the widespread usage of Tumblr for music blogs often as an adjunct to an official website. But. Continue reading

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Please Find Lost Music And Return It Via The Web

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The Legendary 'Disco Indian Stories' tape is not online and nobody seems to know where it is. It’s easy to get the impression these. Continue reading

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