Guide to finding a booking agent as an independent musician
As an independent artist the idea of booking your own shows in addition to everything else can feel overwhelming – fortunately, there’s someone out there who can take care of. Continue reading
Midem Africa music conference is free online starting today
Midem offers a rare in-depth look inside the pan-African music industry starting today through Thursday, July 1st Free and affordable opportunities for global music industry networking are positive consequences of. Continue reading
A2IM panel explores unfair performance rights on sound recordings
This year at a virtual Indie Week conference, a panel led by Michael Huppe of SoundExchange addressed an ongoing issue regarding performance rights in the US, which prevents artists from. Continue reading
Amazon Music launches Vinyl of the Month Club
Amazon has quietly launched a monthly vinyl record subscription service. Vinyl sales were 29% in 2020 leading to production delays that can leave both new releases and classic titles out. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: Last week’s most-read Hypebot posts
Most popular on Hypebot this week, we dug into Blockchain tech’s potential to remix the music industry, how more artists are finding a wider audience (but not making more money),. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The week in D.I.Y. & Indie music
This week, our tips and tricks for the music business do-it-yourselfers out there covered rules for touring in a van, how frequently you should post on social media, how music. Continue reading
REWIND: The new music industry’s week in review
In this weekly review of music business news, we revisit the WIPOs consideration to offer streaming remuneration for performers, some major resignations from Live Nation’s board over anti-trust concerns, Facebook’s. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank weekly recap: Guns in music videos • Music through the pandemic • Improve the listening experience
On MusicThinkTank this week, our contributors shared articles on what you need to consider before showing guns in your music videos, how artists have been able to adapt and continue. Continue reading
340+ promising Tunecore artists have been upstreamed to Believe
TuneCore and parent company Believe are celebrating the success of their Signed By program with news that 340 artists have been upstreamed from the D.I.Y. distributor to the respected artist. Continue reading
Last week in music industry commentary
This week in our commentary section, we looked at IMPALA’s urging of the US to adopt a more European method paying radio performance royalties, explored where, with so many choices,. Continue reading