UK’s Sandi Thom Uses Net To Sign With RCA
A month ago we wrote about UK musician Sandi Thom broadcasting live performances for 21 straight nights from her tiny apartment. More than 100,000 people tuned in and now she’s. Continue reading
Google, MTV’s Urge, Amazon and Mobile Companies Line Up To Challenge iTunes
Watch out iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!, and Rhapsody. Here comes the competition! The tech and music worlds are increasingly convinced that Google is getting into the music download business This comes. Continue reading
5 Hypebot Questions For FanMail’s David DeVore
Good communication with your fans is a cornerstone of the post-net music industry. But in an era of spam and email overload is email marketing still effective? Web based application. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Suffering From Slow Adoption Of New Technologies
According to online technology magazine Red Herring, broadcast radio "…which initially steered clear of the Internet and viewed it as a dangerous competitor, has embraced digital technologies such as podcasting,. Continue reading
WMG Gets Kudos For Digital Strategy
Business 2.0 magazine has strong praise for Warner Music’s digital music strategy in its new issue. We’ve praised WMG previously for innovative campaigns like the recent Madonna release which used. Continue reading
eMusic Sponsors Ultimate Music Geek Awards
Is your record collection alphabetized by artist and sequenced by release date? Do you empty your wallet buying import-only releases? Can you sing the lyrics to your favorite songs without. Continue reading
Hypebot Music Industry Fast Facts & Figures
Physical CD sales were down 8% last year according to the RIAA. But when download sales were added in the decrease overall was a mere .6%. Paid downloading increased 163.3%. Continue reading
Allofmp3.com Offers 10 Cent Downloads Capturing 14% UK Market Share
Allofmp3.com is probably a record label’s worse nightmare: thousands of DRM free mp3’s of hit songs and albums available on a clean easy to use website for around 10 cents. Continue reading
How The Beatles Became Famous And Why We Should Care
On his blog marketing guru Seth Godin takes a look at how The Beatles became famous and calls them a classic marketing success. The Fab Four were no overnight sensations. Continue reading
Business Week On D.Y.I. Music Promotion
It’s aimed mostly at the part-time musician and home music enthusiast, but Business Week has published and neat little guide to the world of digital music including a little slide. Continue reading
