This week commentators in the music industry look at what what Billboard’s Power 100 list got right and wrong, streaming’s significant problem with math, why Ariana Grande’s fans are the fans every artist needs, and more. Billboard’s Power 100 List: The Right & Wrong The Elusive Obelus: Streaming’s Issue With…
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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
We’ve got tips, tricks, and helpful advice this week on how to make the most out of your next music premier, how to make Instagram stories work for you as a marketing tool in 2019, what really matters when it comes to being a successful musician, and more! How To…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Email Lists • Release Your Own Music • Starving Artist • More
Contributors on MusicThinkTank this week shared pieces on how to build and use and email list, the best way to roll out your music, the problematic cliche of the starving artist, and more! Laura Schneider | Email Lists for Musicians – Where The Heck To Start! Shimul Kabir | Top…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we furiously backpedal through a crowded seven days in the music biz, we revisit RPM’s bankruptcy and debts, Cardi B’s deletion of her Instagram account, how identity theft is becoming a new trend in music piracy, and more. Bankrupt RPM Distribution Owes $6.7 Million To Labels Music Industry Veterans…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week on Hypebot, some of our most popular articles explored PledgeMusic’s shutdown and alarming silence, SoundCloud’s outstripping of Spotify in the content department, how artists can use affordable Spotify ads to promote their music, and more! PledgeMusic Shutdown Continues PledgeMusic Silent One Week After All Campaigns Suspended SoundCloud Now…
Email Lists For Musicians: Where To Get Started
An oldie but a goodie, email marketing is one of the best ways to turn fans who like your music into fans who buy your music, but building a robust, profitable email list can feel like a daunting task, from getting subscribers to choosing a platform, to actually producing good…
Guide To Releasing Your Own Music
Once you’ve gone to the trouble of recording and producing music, you’re likely going to want to release it to the public – this can be a daunting process however, so here we look at a presentation that covers all the details of how to release to music. ________________________________ In…
Dirty Money And The Legend Of The Starving Artist
The cliché of the starving artist has existed for centuries in all creative sectors, and the music industry is no exception. Unfortunately, this makes musicians all that more likely to expect a hand-to-mouth way of life, particularly when an impoverished lifestyle is encouraged on the basis of making ‘art for…
This Week In Music Commentary
This week in music commentary, we heard concerns about just how much Spotify’s podcast play will work out, rumors that the streaming giant will ‘declare war’ on songwriters following a royalty rate increase, a dire warning that your role (yes, yours) in the music industry could be replaced, and more….
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
We had a whole plethora of invaluable tips for the scrappy music industry do-it-yourselfer this week, with advice on how to crowdfund outside of the troubled PledgeMusic, how to craft a superior Spotify playlist, how to create the biggest splash possible with your next music video, and more! DIY Crowdfunding…