[UPDATED] In late 2014, as part of a move to include digital consumption in its chart calculations, Billboard began counting 1,500 streams or 10 paid downloads of a song as the equivalent of one album sold. Recently, a growing number of top artists have released mega-albums that use this calculation…
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5 Signs You Have The Mental Toughness For A Successful Career In Music
While technical physical ability is certainly an important part of being a successful musician, mental fortitude is also a key component of achieving as an artist, as it allows one to focus, have confidence in one’s abilities, and bounce back quickly from setbacks and challenges. ________________________________ Guest Post by Anthony…
Dot Blockchain Music Project To Launch Within Next Week – “Growing up in public with your pants down.”
[UPDATED] Less than 7 weeks ago, a small and underfunded but dedicated team started work an app that will apply blockchain technology to the music industry, and establish a globally distributed database of music rights via an open source architecture. Today, founder Benji Roger announced that a first public alpha…
Dropbox For Music Biz Webinar Tuesday: FREE For Hypebot Readers
Dropbox is already in use throughout the music industry. On Tuesday, the fine folks at Music Biz are sponsoring a webinar to share how Dropbox is streamlining workflows, powering secure collaboration, and even saving performances. ____________________________________________ In this session, presenter Marshall Kurtz, Dropbox’s Solutions Architect, will demonstrate how users and…
Using Radio, Music Blogs To Promote Your Tour
For touring musicians, the best time to begin promotion is before they hit the road, but there’re still plenty of ways to attract media attention even if you’ve already begun. Here we look at several different ways of getting the music industry press interested in your show. ___________________________ Guest Post…
Today Is Last Day To Buy Tickets To CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conferences For $99
Heads up that today is the last day to buy tickets to CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference before the price rises to $129. Filled with networking opportunities, conference speakers and panelists include Patreon’s Jack Conte, Bob Boilen of NPR, author and flame thrower Martin Atkins, Pledge Music’s Benji Rogers, a…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Taking away the gold in Hypebot’s popularity contest this week, our most read articles covered iHeartRadio’s money problems, Azelia Banks’ promise to forever ditch social media, Kosha Dillz billboard success, and much, much more. iHeartRadio Needs $6 Billion To Pay Back Loans Azealia Banks Promises To Quit Social Media Forever…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music
For our do-it-yourself, independent readers this week, we’re offering advice on how targeting can help you grow your fanbase, instances when it’s better to turn a gig down, six things you really don’t need to be successful as a musician, and much more. TARGETING: Your Daily Key To Growing Your…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Grow Your Instagram Following • Get Reckless • Make Yourself Irreplaceable • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we explored how to grow your instagram following, how to make yourself an irreplaceable musician, four must haves for any concert, and more Lauren Gill | 6 Tips For Musicians: Rapidly Grow Your Instagram Following Brash | BRASH! Magazine Blog – Time To Get Pretty Reckless…
TARGETING: Your Daily Key To Growing Your Fanbase, Contacts
Growing a fanbase on social media is a difficult task, and requires a carefully plotted out strategy in order to be successful. Here we look at how targeting other musicians and fans who are likely to enjoy your music can help with marketing and growing your contacts. __________________________ Guest Post…