How Music Engages The Brain

Music’s impact on listeners moods and emotions has long been established, but beyond simply affecting our feelings, music also has the ability to transport the listener to a different time, place, and mindset. Here we dig into some of the science behind music induced nostalgia and how it impacts the…

How To Stay Healthy On Road: Tips For Touring Artists

While touring can, for many artists, be a dream come true, it also likely means countless hours on the road trapped in tiny van. Conditions like these can make make maintaining a healthy lifestyle difficult but not, should you take the right precautions, impossible. ______________________________ In this recent piece from…

10 Ultimate Industry Quotes From Notable Musicians

After working as a successful musician for a time, you’re bound to accrue some valuable insights into how the machine that is the music business operates. Here we look at some profound one-liners from several renowned musicians on how to navigate a treacherous industry. ___________________________ In this latest post to…

Creating A Music Industry That’s Safer For Women

The music industry, like so many others, is distressingly male dominated meaning that, in addition to making it harder for female artists and producers to break out, systemic issues of objectification, discrimination, and sexual assault are pervasive throughout all aspects of the business. Here we look at some ways to…

This Week In Music Commentary

In music commentary this week, industry voices weighed in on why emerging artists are critical to building an authentic connection between a band and a brand, why it is that Spotify hasn’t rolled out an official pre-save tool for all artists, what its like to live a day in the…

Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

Our wise counsel to the music industry’ scrappy and determined do-it-yourselfers this week dug into mastering your merch sale, how you can capitalize on music festivals even if you’re not the one on stage, how to collect all the revenue you possibly can from your recorded music, and more! Mastering…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Working In Surround Sound • Buying An Electric Guitar • Avoid Burnout • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, contributors shared pieces on how working in surround sound impacts your music production abilities, what buyers should keep in mind when purchasing an electric guitar, how to prevent burnout when working in the music industry, and more. Stephen Bartlett | How Working In Surround Sound Affected…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this cycle back through major music industry happenings from the past week, we revisit Apple Music’s new subscriber milestone, check out just how extensive the damage inflicted by the Universal fire was for artists, Avid’s plan to shift Pro Tools prices, and much more! Apple Music Now Has 60…

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week on Hypebot, some of our top articles looked at Spotify’s big reveal of how its ‘Fans Also Like’ feature works, why a playlist placement does not a marketing plan make, some of best modern day practices for employing hashtags on instagram, and more! Spotify Reveals How The ‘Fans…

How Working In Surround Sound Affected My Stereo Mixes

In this compelling piece, one engineer explains how his time mixing music in surround sound at the Netherlands legendary Wisseloord Studios helped fundamentally inform and alter the process by which he sculpts his stereo mixes. _______________________________ In this latest piece on MusicThinkTank, producer Stephen Bartlett recounts the profound impact which…