Rather than playing the blame game and pointing fingers, Dave Philp looks at what musicians can learn from Mariah Carey’s disastrous New Year’s Eve performance, and how they can prepare themselves in order to avoid a similar issue. _____________________________ Guest post by Professor David Philp of William Paterson University and…
Category archives: D.I.Y.
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
In this week’s slew of useful advice for the independent, do-it-yourself musician, we deliver handy tips on how to become a better musician, why small goals can best for maximum success, why it makes sense to book two tours at a time, as well as many more. 3 Practice Tricks…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Ringing in the new year with some top-notch articles from the music industry, some of out most well read pieces this week included a look at Google’s rumored purchase of SoundCloud, Pandora’s potential ditching of Sirius XM, Apple Music’s beating out of other streaming services in terms of app usage,…
Measuring Online Audience Engagement [INFOGRAPHIC]
Although ‘engagement’ is often thought of simply as the number of views or shares on a piece of media, there’s much more involved when it comes to how audience engagement is measured, particularly by those inside the industry. _______________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 When we think…
A Label, A Magazine And Band On The Value Of Email Marketing
Email marketing is often touted as one of the most effective ways of targeting consumers in the digital age, but how effective is it really? Here representatives of label, music magazine, and band weigh in on the value of email marketing in the music industry ______________________________ Guest post by Robert…
BeatStars: Introducing The Startup Making It Easy For Beat Makers To Collaborate And Cash In With Artists
In the digital age, the way in which beats are made, bought, and sold in the music business has changed in recent years. One company capitalizing on this is the startup BeatStars, a digital marketplace founded by Abe Batshon. ________________________ Guest post by Ogden Payne on Forbes Bryson Tiller admitted…
3 Practice Tricks to Become a Better Musician
Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hour Rule holds that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice" are needed to become world-class in any field. But how exactly those hours are spent matters – a lot. Here are three great tricks and hacks to make the most of any practice time. by Daniel Roberts and…
Small Goals For Maximum Success In 2017
For those wondering why 2016 didn’t bring them the fame and fortune they were seeking in their music career, part of this issue could be the size of their goals. While dreaming big is important, setting attainable goals is important when it comes to actually advancing your career. ______________________________ In…
4 Things I Would’ve Done Differently In My Successful Music Crowdfunding Campaign
Here Chris Robley describes four things that he would’ve done differently in the wake a crowdfunding campaign campaign which, although successful, could have been improved upon for an even better experience. _____________________ Guest post by Chris Robley of CD Baby’s DIY Musician Early in 2016 I released my first new…
Ghostship Fire: Mourn The Dead, Fight Like Hell For The Living
In this recent article, Marc Ribot explores how the tragedy at Oakland’s GhostShip lofts is indicative of a broader issue concerning the marginalization of working artists. ____________________________ Guest post by Marc Ribot on The Trichordist Marc Ribot is an American Musician a member of NYC artists rights group MusiciansACTION http://musiciansaction.org/….