A Tale of Woe: Streaming Music vs. Buying Music
Guest post by Holly Whitman "People are not respecting the music, and [are] devaluing it and devaluing what it really means. People really feel like music is free, but will pay. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot: FBI Investigations • Facebook Tactics • Music Keys On Spotify • More
The FBI's absurd investigation into the lyrics from "Louie, Louie," Facebook tactics that actually work and the most popular keys for all music on Spotify top this week's list of the. Continue reading
Does Spotify’s New Lyrics Feature Violate U.S. Copyright Law?
[UPDATE 2] The centerpiece of today's Spotify web upgrade is a Lyrics button that delivers lyrics from MusixMatch scrolling across the screen karaoke style. (see video below) But the new. Continue reading
How Music Consumer Research Has Changed
By Kyle Bylin, author of Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution. Studying people’s music buying habits used to be simple. You handed a person a. Continue reading
Google Adds Lyrics To Song Search, Points Results To Google Play
[UPDATED] Google has added song lyrics to the top of search results when users search for “song name” plus “lyrics.” Large portions of the song's lyrics are displayed along with a. Continue reading
Deezer Names New CEO, Adds Lyrics To Streaming Music Via LyricFind
UPDATE: Along with adding lyrics today, Deezer announced the appointment of a new Global CEO, Dr. Hans-Holger Albrecht. He joins from Millicom where he was President and CEO of the telecom and. Continue reading
BandPage, LyricFind Partner To Add Tour Dates and D2F Stores To 5 Billion Lyric Searches Yearly
BandPage and LyricFind have partnered to add artist tour dates and direct to fan stores to one of the net's most consistently popular searches – song lyrics. LyricFind delivers 5. Continue reading
4 Alcohol Brands Dominate Song Lyrics
(UPDATED) A new study by researchers at Boston University School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health look at the lyrics in songs on Billboard's year end. Continue reading
Music Publishers Association Pauses Takedown Action Against Rap Genius
Just days after the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) named popular lyrics annotation site Rap Genius to the top of a list of 50 unlicensed sites targeted for take down, the trade. Continue reading
