Music Xray: Matching Your Songs To Opportunities
A&R platform Music Xray, used to receive song submissions from artists, acts, and rights holders, launched a new song to opportunity matching service called "S2O" that automatically pairs songs to. Continue reading
Greg Rollett’s Summer Reading List
Greg Rollett (@g_ro) is from the music marketing company, Gen-Y Rock Stars. Here at Hypebot, we are rolling out our summer reading lists, written by some of the leading thinkers. Continue reading
Ditto Music Responds To TuneCore CEO Jeff Price
(UPDATED) Yesterday, Hypebot broke an interview with TuneCore CEO Jeff Price. In it, he said it was disingenuous for companies, like Ditto Music and others, to claim 24-hour live times. Continue reading
This Week’s iTunes Top 10 Albums & Singles
For the week ending July 26, 2010. Top 10 Singles 1. "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem2. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz3. "I Like It," Enrique Iglesias4. "California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg),". Continue reading
Help Wanted @ Apple: iTunes Label Manager
According to Apple's web site, this position is responsible for supporting the iTunes business by providing reporting and analysis, trouble-shooting and resolving business issues, managing label involvement in iTunes projects,. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Payola, HMV, Ultimate Chart Imposter, The Other Live Music Biz & More
App Turns Google Into Music Locker Before Google Has The Chance. (Epicenter) Univision has agreed to pay $1 million in a settlement with the FCC over payola allegations. The case. Continue reading
SoundOut Releases Semantic Music Search Technology For Catalog Owners
SoundOut, Slicethepie’s analytics and market insight service, has announced the launch of SoundOut Search, a music semantic search technology for catalog owners. The service enables users to search a music. Continue reading
iSound: Discovering Up-And-Coming Artists Now
As I write this, I'm listening to music on the improved iSound site; it's an online, personalized radio station, with a heavier lean towards indie music and up-and-coming artists. The. Continue reading
Suddenly, I Don’t Think I Want To Own Music Anymore
This guest post is by Brenden Mulligan, founder of ArtistData. ArtistData was acquired earlier this year by Sonicbids, where Brenden is now the VP Strategic Development. Follow him on Twitter @bmull.. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Google Music Coser, Thumbplay Adds Offline, WMG Loss Projected, Blackberry, BitTorrent Study & More
Google has reportedly opened talks with the Harry Fox Agency as part of an accelerated effort to open a its own music service. (NY Post) Rumors have Google Music launching. Continue reading