15 Mistakes Your Function Band Should Avoid

As the function band market has grown increasingly competitive and saturated, it has become more and more important for your group to stay on top of its game and treat every private event as seriously as you would an original project. ________________________________ In this newest post to MusicThinkTank, Adam Mezzatesta…

AM BRIEF: AEG Anti-LGBT Accusations • Prince Streaming Deal • TeamRock Saved • Pandora Plundered • More

Monday 1.9.17 Music Business News From Around The Web While the dozens of great people I know at AEG are on the right side of this issue, their billionaire owner who donated to hateful charities should not be easily forgiven. Updated continuously under our More News tab

This Week In Music Commentary

This week music commentators voiced their thoughts on BeatStars, a new sampling startup, why the radio industry is a cartel, how PR and crowdfunding work, and more. Meet BeatStars, The Bootstrapped Sampling Startup Irving Azoff Calls Radio Industry A Cartel [Analysis] Merlin Works To Make Independents Equal With Majors On…

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…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Small Goals Big Success • Legal Basics • PR Success • More

From the annals of MusicThinkTank this week, we explored legal basics for creatives, whether you might be sabotaging your PR success, why you should have small goals for 2017, and more. Wallace Collins | Legal Basics For Artists, Authors, Creators, And Musicians Paul Corsi | Are You Sabotaging Your PR…

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Before moving on to what will doubtless be another full week of music industry happenings, we’re taking a moment to revisit important stories from the past seven days including SoundCloud’s cash woes, audio streaming precipitous growth, the far-too-numerous musician deaths of 2017, and many more. Major Labels, Streaming Music Services…

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…

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…

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…