Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Secure Blog Coverage • Rehearse In A Storage Unit • Write An Effective Bio • More

Over the past few days on MusicThinkTank, we looked at how to secure blog coverage, ways in which you can use a storage unit to rehearse, how you can write an effective bio, and more. Janelle Rogers | 7 Common Themes To Secure Music Blog Coverage Dixie Somers | Rock…

7 Common Themes To Secure Music Blog Coverage

Building a press list for your band can often seem like an overwhelmingly difficult task, made all the more thankless by not knowing if it will result in actual useful press. Here we look at seven guidelines to set your band up for good blog coverage. ____________________________ In this newest…

Is Time To Make Music Profitable Again?

With the perceived devaluation of music, many in the industry are racking their brains as to how the music business can be "saved," or at least made to be profitable enough to be sustainable for the foreseeable future. _____________________________ In this latest post to MusicThinkTank, Nissim Elias responds to a…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Start A Band In NYC • Old Fashioned Values In Today’s Music Industry • Support Your Favorite Bands • More

Most recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how to start a band in NYC, questioned whether there’s room for old fashioned values in today’s music industry, easy ways to support your favorite artists, and more. John Morabito | How To Start A Band In NYC Purple Cow | Is There Room…

Have An Opinion? A Great Idea? MusicThinktank Wants You!

As many regular Hypebot readers know, we also publishes MusicThinkTank, the site dubbed "Where The Music Industry Goes To Think." Entirely crowdsourced, the MusicThinkTank community is both lively and supportive, and wants you to contribute your ideas. _____________________________ It’s easy to share your ideas, opinions and new music industry projects…

Music’s Impact On Productivity

While music’s ability to positively augment the viewers experience when watching television and films is well known, its impact on day to day activities like work, learning, and exercise is also significant. __________________________ In this latest article from MusicThinkTank, Erin Taylor discusses the impact of music on an individual’s level…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Mistakes The Beatles Made • Increase Your Chances Of Getting Press • New Artist Model Approach • More

Most recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how choice of music can effect productivity, what to do before your first DJing gig, how to get more fans on YouTube, and more. Karl Heimer | Tips For Advanced Drumming Erin Taylor | How Your Choice Of Music Affects Productivity Dixie Somer |…

7 Things I Wish I’d Been Told About Releasing Music

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty but sometimes other people are helpful enough as to make mistakes for you. Here a once-awful music producer shares seven things he wishes he’d known about releasing music when he began his career years ago. _____________________________ In this piece from MusicThinkTank, Alex Cowles shares with readers…

Getting More Fans On YouTube: A Musician’s Guide

A key piece of music promotion for a quite a while, video has long given fans a way to connect more deeply with music, so it stands to reason that YouTube would rise to become one of the most useful platforms from which artists can connect with fans. Here we…

Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Return Of The Song Plugger • Judicial Approval • Music Production Costs • More

Recently on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the return of the song plugger, the importance of getting judicial approval for contracts with minors, how production costs are impacting songwriters, and more. Thomas Scherer | The Return Of The Song Plugger Wallace Collins | Judicial Approval Of Contracts With Minors Mylène Besançon…