This week, commentators from inside the music industry weighed in on how to increase you chance of getting lucky in the music biz, why consumers shouldn’t be worried about Bandwear (even after the PlegeMusic debacle), whether or not AI created music should be protected by copyright, and more! Luck Surface…
Category archives: Music Tech
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music
This week, our tips and advice for those music industry do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to start a grassroots tour, the best way to win over a lame crowd, a new feature allowing users to add music to their Instagram stories, and much, much more! Berklee Online Adds Grassroots Touring…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Grassroots Touring • Nick Cave • Music + Student Success • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, contributors shared articles on a new grassroots touring course, Nick Cave’s primary obstacles to creative progress, the effect music can have on student success, and more. MusicThinkTank | Berklee Online Adds Grassroots Touring Course Will Marshall| Nick Cave’s 9 Primary Bedevilments Of Creativity Joe McLean| The…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this journey back through a busy seven days in the music business, we revisit why music’s superstars are suddenly getting streamed less, how Spotify is redesigning your music library, a look at how a recent fire in the Universal Music archives may have been much worse than previously thought,…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Topping the charts to become Hypebot’s most-read articles this week, we had pieces exploring the new Instagram feature allowing users to add lyrics to their stories, the exit of Spotify exec Shane Tobin from Sofar Sounds, how indie stores are suffering as a result of major label distribution, and more!…
Spotify Takes Aim At Radio with ‘Your Daily Drive’ [Mark Mulligan of MIDiA]
[UPDATED] MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan has been warning for more than a year that radio is streaming’s next frontier; and with this week’s release of the personalized music + news playlist "Your Daily Drive," Spotify took a giant step towards making his prediction a reality. _______________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of…
Using Technology To Books Shows
Connecting with your audience and cultivating a meaningful career as an artist is a dream of most performers, but in order to make this happen, you first need to get paid. Here we look at some key tech platforms that can help you book gigs and keep you career moving…
Can’t Find Your Missing Spotify Songs and Downloads After Yesterday’s Update?
Spotify updated its app for Premium users yesterday with a streamlined look, new music features like ‘Your Daily Drive’ and, of course, more emphasis on podcasts. As part of the streamlining, however, Spotify buried the users lists of "Songs" as well as the list of downloaded music that many use…
4 Crowdfunding Alternatives To PledgeMusic for Musicians
The demise of PledgeMusic left many musicians doubting the legitimacy of crowdfunding. But the music marketing experts that we’ve interviewed still strongly still believe in music crowdfunding even as they experiment with alternatives. Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR offers four alternatives to PledgeMusic and examines the pros and cons of…
LiveXLive Reports Revenue, Subscriber Growth, But Still Bleeding Cash
Live music streaming service LiveXLive announced financial results for the 4th quarter of 2019 and full results for their fiscal year. The company reported record revenue for their full fiscal year of $33.7 million, which was up by 368% year-over-year and $9.2 million in Q4 2019, up 29% year-over-year. The…