Indie Artists Getting Comfortable As No. 1 In The Music Industry

As the popularity of streaming services continues to increase, major labels have increasingly less access to defining and funneling music discovery. The tipping of the scales has resulted in more. Continue reading

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Finding The Holy Grail For The New Music Business

Guest post by music industry veteran David Sherbow who blogs at MyMusicLife.  The music business is like our Congress – full of factions who can’t work together and special interests trying. Continue reading

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Building Your Music Career While Keeping Your Day Job [Best of Hypebot 2014]

As the year draws to a close, we're sharing some of Hypebot's most read posts of 2014. This one is by Farah Joan Fard from the Sonicbids Blog. Does going to your. Continue reading

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Bandcamp Launches Indie Label Portal

Direct to fan digital sales platform Bandcamp has launched an accompanying portal designed to better serve independent record labels. The new Bandcamp For Labels adds unified accounting and stats across. Continue reading

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Mixcloud Celebrates 5 Years, 6 Million Uploads

Mixcloud, a London-based streaming service aiming to revolutionize internet radio celebrates 5 years by revealing a noteable milestone – over six million shows have been uploaded to the platform by. Continue reading

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W Hotels Want Patrons To Know “Who’s In Town”

W Hotels Worldwide is launching “Who’s In Town”, an exclusive event series featuring 18 months of electronic music by the industry’s emerging and established DJ talent. Inspired by a tradition. Continue reading

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Hip Hop Hall Of Fame And Museum Find Permanent Home

The Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum (HHHOF) announced that it has a permanent location for its Harlem Pop-Up Hip Hop Museum and its Youth Media Education Academy &. Continue reading

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One Direction Breaks More Spotify Records

Take that Taylor Swift! One Direction's new "Four" continues to break records on Spotify. "Four" had the biggest first-week in the U.S. for 2014, which also sets a record for. Continue reading

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Why The Spotify Uber Partnership Matters More Than You Think

[UPDATE 2] I admit to a bit of surprise when Uber's PR team reached out on Friday with a personal invite to "Please join Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Special Partner Guest. Continue reading

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Spotify Adds “Sort You Music” To Get You Playlists In Order

For many, playlists are the new radio.  But who has the time to endlessly sort all of the tracks you've added into a pleasing order or re-order them when you. Continue reading

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