Tips For Touring Europe As A Musician

Touring can be a difficult experience no matter where you are, but these difficulties are often magnified when said tour takes place in a foreign country. Here are a few. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Sony throws artists under the bus, Apple Music is put to the test, Rich Bengloff calls it a day, and is the music industry sealing its own fate? All of. Continue reading

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Startup BuzzAngle Music Takes On Billboard With 3 Dynamic Daily Music Charts

BuzzAngle Music is aiming straight for Nielsen/Billboard with music charts that use a proprietary architecture that stores data at a more granular level, as well as on a more timely. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

SESAC buys up The Harry Fox Administration, a rapper secretly records a complete album in an NYC Apple Store, Bandcamp continues to improve its offerings to independent musicians, and we. Continue reading

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#JEALOUS: This 17 Year Old Owns His Own Vinyl Record Label

17 year old high school junior Jarrett Koral founded Jett Plastic Recordings as a vinyl only label. This year  for Record Store Day, he released  a seven-inch by actor Macaulay Culkin’s. Continue reading

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Ex-Google, Facebook Programmers Launch Weav App To Change How Music Is Created And Consumed

Musicians, Fans And App Developers Needed To Test New Software Delivering music fits your location, activity and mood has been the goal of apps like Songza and playlists on every major. Continue reading

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Top Indie Exec Says Major Label “Beasts” Have “Completely F**ked Everyone Up The Arse”

At first,  the major labels made deals with digital music services in desperation – to provide an alternative to piracy.  More recently, they've become motivated by short term greed in. Continue reading

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I Think Jay Z Destroyed My SoundCloud Account

A tale of artistic freedom, copyright infringement, hypocrisy, and the music business: "Over the past several years, I’ve uploaded 50 tracks to my SoundCloud account  -18 of which are hip-hop remixes. Continue reading

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MusicThinkTank Recap: 3-Step To Guide Marketing Music and More

A 3 step guide to music marketing, best touring vehicles, career decision making and YouTube advice were all featured on MusicThinkTank last week.

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Steve Titmus Exits Shazam For Resident Advisor

After 8 years, Steve Titmus,  Senior Music Manager and Head of the EU Music Department is exiting Shazam. He will be joining EDM hub Resident Advisor as Head Of Product. In a. Continue reading

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