In this bit of music tech DIY advice, Matthew Ebel outlines how to constuct a snake capable of running pedals, USB, video and more, as opposed to simply just audio, and how it can help an artist to massively reduce their setup time. ________________________ Guest post by indie musician Matthew…
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Amazon Music Unlimited Goes Live In UK, Germany, Austria
Amazon’s full on demand streaming music service Music Unlimited, has launched in UK, Germany and Austria; its first territories outside of the U.S. _______________________ Amazon Music Unlimited has launched in UK, Germany and Austria. Amazon Prime members in the UK pay £7.99 per month or £79 per year; while non-Prime…
MON. BRIEF: Prince vs. Tidal • Amazon Music Unltd To UK • Google Play Music + Machine Learning • More
Monday 11.14.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Busy weekend in music industry news, and I’ll bet you appreciate the distraction as much as I do. Updated continuously under our More News tab
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most popular and well read posts on Hypebot from the past two weeks included Seymour Stein’s embarrassing revelation about a deal with Madonna, Drake’s redefinition of what a hit album is, some of the best quotes from the music business, and more. Seymour Stein Reveals “Embarrassing” Deal…
Spotify Is Dumping Huge Amounts Of Junk Data On Your Hard Drive, Fix Promised
[UPDATE] Spotify users are falling prey to a major bug in its desktop application across multiple platforms that is leaving 10-700 gigabytes and more of junk data every hour on unsuspecting user’s hard drives. ________________________________ UPDATE: Version 1-.42.151 is available to most users as of 11/14/2016 For five months or…
Why Would A Big Arms Dealer Want A Piece Of Pandora?
Given that arms dealers and music tend not to mingle much as industries go, it is perhaps surprising that Lockheed-Martin owns two million dollars worth of shares of the popular streaming platform Pandora. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 It’s safe to say that if you’re involved…
Facebook: Finally Ready To Be A Media Company?
As it looks towards a future of lagging advertising revenue Facebook will, it seems, begin shifting gears and transitioning into something which looks and acts much more like a media company, with some tweaks along the way. ___________________________________ Guest post by Mark Mulligan from his Music Industry Blog Facebook beat…
3 Ways The Internet Hates Your Band
For artists trying to promote their music online, the internet can be a harsh and unforgiving place. Here we look at three ways in which the nature of the online music industry makes life harder for DIY artists doing their best to circulate their tracks. ______________________________ In this piece from…
Pandora Launches Harmonic Audio Network with TuneIn, AccuRadio
Pandora’s advertising sales staff are getting a lot more inventory thanks to a new partnership with online audio networks TuneIn and AccuRadio. ___________________________ Pandora has formed the Harmonic Audio Network with online audio streamers TuneIn and AccuRadio. Under the partnership, Pandora’s ad sales staff will also sell inventory for TuneIn…
THU. BRIEF: Streams Drive UMG Growth • Copyright Battle Looms • HologramUSA • Starset Soars • More
Thursday 11.10.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A Trump administration could undue net neutrality, stall copyright reform and discourage international collaboration and trade. Updated continuously under our More News tab