After a year filled with lawsuits and bad press over disputes resulting from the lack of a global music database, Berklee College Of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship has an announced an initiative to fix the problem. The efforts is so ambitious that it could be dismissed as just another…
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Nikki Sixx, Sixx:A.M Ratchet Up YouTube Battle, Calls Out Google CEO [Full Text Of Sixx’s Letter To Larry Page]
Motley Crue and Sixx:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx has been very vocal with his demand that YouTube pay musicians better. Now he’s taken the battle directly to Larry Page, the CEO of YouTube owner Google. In an open letter, Sixx says, "No action has been taken, meetings have been postponed, emails…
We’re Live Tweeting Today’s Apple #WWDC Announcments At 1PM ET + Thanks For Helping Us Surpass 52,000 Twitter Followers
First, thank-you for helping us amass more than 52K Twitter followers (52,626 to be exact). We’re live tweeting all the announcements live during today’s Apple WWDC conference starting at 10AM PT/1PM ET. Join us @hypebot. We’ll also post the music announcements right after the keynote. In the meantime, here’s what…
Email Marketing: Do’s And Dont’s For Musicians
If you want your music to be more than just a hobby, and are trying to find a way to share your work with fans and potential fans, email marketing can be one of the best ways to reach this broader audience, provided you pay attention to these dos and…
"Nashville" Heads To CMT, Hulu For Season 5 Thanks to $11 Million In Government Incentives
"Nashville" found a new Season 5 home after ABC dropped it. CMT and Hulu picked it up with the help of $11 million in economic incentives. $8.5 million comes via the State of Tennessee Film Office, $1 million from the City of Nashville, $1 million from the Nashville Convention &…
5 Artist Tips For DIY Recording And Production
In addition to all the touring and promotional skills an independent artist must have in order to succeed in their chosen line of work, being able to record and produce listenable music from a home studio is one of the most critical skills for DIY musician to possess. ___________________________ Guest…
Preview Of Today’s Apple Music Announcements
The marquee announcements at today’s Apple’s World Developers Conference (WWDC) will be about Siri and iOS 10. But thanks to some well informed leaks, we know a lot about today’s important music related developments, as well. _________________________________________________ Just a year after launch, Apple Music is getting a major design overhaul….
MON. BRIEFING: Microsoft Buys LinkedIn For $26.2B • Apple #WWDC Today • Berklee Launches Major Royalties Initiative • More
MONDAY 6.13.16 Music Business News From Around The Web We’ll get our first look at Apple Music’s makeover, but will it be enough? We’re live tweeting today’s announcements starting at 1PM ET via @hypebot. Updated continuously under our More News
This Week In Music Commentary
There’s certainly been plenty to say in the music industry, as we hear about everything wrong with the Spotify/NMPA settlement, listen to Troy Carter explain why he joined Spotify, and learn why we need to kill the "Manel." When You Come To A Musical Risk, Take It Everything Wrong With…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In some of the more widely read articles on Hypebot this week, we looked at the court’s ruling that remastered songs deserve a new copyright, Axl Rose’s attempt to use a copyright claim to remove an unflattering photo of himself from the internet, and Wiz Khalifa’s lawsuit of his former…