Live Nation, AEG Both Planning Major Prince Tribute Concerts
Live Nation and AEG are planing Prince tribute concerts. Will they actually honor Prince or instead exploit him? We'll have to wait for the answer; but we do know that,. Continue reading
Power Of Promotion: How To Get Your Band’s Name Out There
Although talent and hard work are certainly an important part of music industry success, advertising and promotion are an unfortunate necessity as well. Here we look at some essential tips. Continue reading
Wiz Khalifa Sues Former Label, Manager
Hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa has filed a lawsuit against his former manager Benjy Grinberg and his first record label, Rostrum Records. Khalifa is seeking the termination of the 360. Continue reading
Court Declares Remastered Old Songs Get Brand New Copyright
In a recent piece of bad copyright news, the courts have ruled that pre-1972 music should, in fact, receive a new copyright once it has been remastered, meaning copyright extensions. Continue reading
AM BRIEFING: Instagram Launches New Algorithm • #Midem Coverage • SFX Sells Flavoris To Vivendi • More
Monday 6.6.16 Music Business News From Around The Web The big news is from Midem, but what most of us care about is Instagram fucking with our feed. Will tech ever. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most frequently read, chart-topping articles from the past seven days included the demise of Spotify and Musixmatch's partnership, the filing of a lawsuit against Skrillex/Bieber over a. Continue reading
Liv Buli’s Weekend Readling List: Warner Invests in Playlisting, Gov Ball v. Panorama, and the Future of VR and Music
Liv Buli is the Data Journalist at Pandora owned analytics provider Next Big Sound. With one eye on data and the other on the cultural zeitgeist, she sees what matters. Continue reading
Google’s Project Magenta Used Machine Learning To Write A Song [LISTEN]
Can a machine really write a good song? Sound scary? Perhaps, a more interesting question is, how might a musician collaborate with a machine to write a song or make. Continue reading
Defining A Successful PledgeMusic Campaign
In this piece we take a close look at how to define a successful PledgeMusic campaign, and the different ways in which the service can be used to finance multiple aspects. Continue reading
