THE PITCH: iMusician Digtal Distribution
This PITCH comes from Swiss based indie digital music distributor iMusician; and like all the startups featured on THE PITCH, they've been given 100 words to tell you all about. Continue reading
Adele “25” By The Numbers: 3.3 Million 1st Week Sales • 51/49% Physical/Digital • 67% Of Top 200 Sales
Music sales tracking firm BuzzAngle reports that Adele's "25" sold 3,327,992 total albums in its first week of release. Nielsen Music put the number slightly higher at 3.38 million. Sales were split. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
Hypebot has quite a bit of useful knowledge to drop on the DIY artist this week, from how to appeal to a publicist, to why a split sheet just isn't enough. Continue reading
Bandcamp Adds Catalog Discount Bundles Just In Time For Christmas
Direct to fan music sales site Bandcamp has added the ability for artists and labels to sell full catalog bundles at a discount. Any artist with 3 or more albums. Continue reading
What I Learned About The Record Industry By Carsharing With A Millenial
Today's generation of young adults has rarely, if ever, had to pay for music, having grown up during the reign of the illegal MP3, and now living in the golden age of freemium. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
This week in the world of music commentary, SONGS CEO Matt Pincus weighs in on why a two-class system would be harmful to the music industry as a whole, we. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of Hypebot's most popular posts this week included the dismissal of the "Shake It Off" lawsuit against T-Swift, Adele's rejection of Live Nation in favor of indie promoters, Spotify's announcement. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Alabama State University is in the hot seat after they're caught in a fake Lil Wayne concert scam, Jimmy Iovine alienates half of Apple's customer base, and the Eagles Of. Continue reading
