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Next Week: Empowering The Artist

Over the next two weeks on Hypebot I’ll be exploring at least five of the top web sites that are helping indie and d.i.y. musicians gather fans, communicate with them. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/18/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (8)
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Widget Enables Radiohead Style Distro

At first glance NoiseTrade is a simple widget that enables Radiohead style pay what you want music distribution. But as two dozen indie acts including Sixpence None The Richer and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (12)
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GigMaven Opens Gig Marketplace

GigMaven enables artists to find and book gigs online. So far 500 acts have joined as have credible venues in Boston, Columbus, and New York. Artists create profiles or import. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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5 Lies Indie Musicians Tell Themselves

lies (noun) – untruthful statements made to with the intention to deceive. "The internet leveled the playing field for indie music." – Big checkbooks and the marketing campaigns they buy. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/14/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (16)
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Worth Watching: myAWOL

First ReverbNation, then TopSpin and now… "myAWOL (my Artists Without Labels) is simultaneously a music-centric multimedia content company, a vehicle for discovering, promoting and capitalizing on musical talent, and a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/11/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (6)
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Last.fm Throws D.I.Y. Acts Royalty Bone

BUT THERE’S NOT MUCH MEAT ON IT… Last.fm today launched it’s Artist Royalty Program which gives unsigned artists the opportunity to accrue royalties directly from Last.fm. The site claims this. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/09/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
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ReverbNation Passes 200K Acts

ReverbNation, a marketing and promotion for music added its 200,000th artist last week, up 100,000 in the last six months. In addition, 6000 labels and managers have created profiles to . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/09/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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SoundCloud: Free Track Transfer

200 EXCLUSIVE INVITES FOR HYPEBOT READERS Sometimes I need to send tracks to 10 or even a 1000 people on a media lost or fan club.  Up until a Hypebot. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Copyright Office Adds Online Registration

The U.S. government can seldom be called an early adopter and the Copyright Office kept that tradition alive with their slow paper based copyright process. That all finally changes today. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/01/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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What Is Yahoo’s Ian Rogers Up To Now?

TOPSPIN LAUNCHES When Ian Rogers stepped down from Yahoo Music a few months ago TechCrunch declared that Yahoo! had "lost their music soul".  Lofty praise. But if passion for music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/24/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
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