The Elsewhere Musician: Making Connections In A Fragmented World
Excerpted from Kyle Bylin's new collection of essays Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution. I was ten when I recorded “The Rockafeller Skank” by Fatboy Slim. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Music Industry Jobs Board: MTV and Family Artists
New on the Hypebot Jobs Board are two at MTV – an application engineer (Java developer) and a project manager both within the MTV Artists program. LA-based music management firm Family Artists is also looking. Continue reading
MTV Artists Debuts First Mobile App, Tell Us What You Think
Today MTV Artists launches a new app to leverage all that info and content they've been gathering on their site. If it takes off that will certainly be enticement for. Continue reading
The Echo Nest’s Dynamic Music Data Adds Getty Images Premium Musician Photos
The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data solution aggregates music news and content with Echo Nest music data to create a real-time feed. Customers include MTV, Nuance, the BBC and Yahoo. Continue reading
How Musicians Are Using Vine To Promote New Music
Make me love your music in six seconds or less. That's what bands and musical artists are doing with Vine, the micro-video app from Twitter that lets users record six. Continue reading
Top 5 Music Industry Things to Forget and To Keep
Jessica Blankenship is a writer and media manager at Muzooka (@muzooka). Not-at-all newsflash: The music industry is a completely different animal than it once was. While it's true that the. Continue reading
Gumroad, Topspin and Square Introduce New Music Ecommerce Options
We're at a stage where many strong products for musicians are well-established and are now expanding their services. Gumroad recently added preorders to their digital sales offering. Topspin's ArtistLink now. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Musicians Earning Revenue Via Fiverr's Newly Upgraded Gig Platform Pixies Return With 'Bagboy' Via BitTorrent, Topspin and YouTube DIY Music Sales: Artists.MTV Adds Downloads Carousel, Min.io Launches, GeoRiot Adds Amazon. Continue reading
DIY Music Sales: Artists.MTV Adds Downloads Carousel, Min.io Launches, GeoRiot Adds Amazon
New ways to make one's music and related digital content available for sales continue to emerge that benefit both DIY and indie artists. Artists.MTV recently added Downloads Carousels in partnership. Continue reading
