Complete List Of Exclusive Releases for Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2013
This year's Record Store Day Black Friday celebration November 29 will bring more than a sleigh full of unique exclusives releases, mostly vinyl, mostly rock, to indie record stores around. Continue reading
Rhapsody Partners with Best Buy For Free Premier Membership
Unlike Spotify, Rdio and most streaming music providers who attract paying customers with extensive and almost unlimited free services, Rhapsody offers only a 30 day free trial. Today, Rhapsody expanded. Continue reading
Digital vs. Vinyl: Where It Makes A Difference
Do you prefer to pick up an album or download an MP3? The argument for both is becoming a heated one. With strong opinions on both sides of the aisle,. Continue reading
How to Record and Release Cover Songs: An Interview with HFA
This post originally appeared on the Bandzoogle Blog. HFA provides rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry. With over 46,000 music publishing clients, HFA issues the largest. Continue reading
Why Musicians Make Little While Music Services and Distributors Make Billions [JEFF PRICE]
By Jeff Price, the founder of TuneCore and now founder/CEO of Audiam. In today's new music industry of peer-to-peer file sharing, download stores, and on-demand streams, it's hard enough for. Continue reading
WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream
Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at. Continue reading
Vinyl News: Beware Fake Rarities, Arctic Monkey Unboxing, Maximizing Direct-To-Fan
As vinyl collecting heats up, con artists are being attracted to the scene in growing numbers including bootleg manufacturing. Yet most vinyl news is quite positive with Topspin noting that. Continue reading
The Case Of The Disappearing Tracks: Your Music Is Not Safe On Apple’s iCloud
(UPDATED) Apple's iCloud appears to be a safe and useful place to store music. After all, few portable devices have the memory to store all the old CD's you've ripped,. Continue reading
Grooveshark Is Adding 200K Users A Month, CEO Says Future Depends On Live Music Fans
After 2 years filled with lawsuits and banishment from Google and Apple's app stores, Grooveshark may be turning things around. CEO Sam Tarantino likens the experience to "getting punched in. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: Your Music At Public Libraries via Hoopla
The folks at NARM have announced a series of informative music industry webinars, and are generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. Next up is hoopla – Learn How Consumers Can. Continue reading
