Utab: Affordable Music Video Creation Tools That Engage Active Fans

For entrepreneauring DIY artists, video is an essential component of constructing and maintaining a fanbase. Due largely in part to their low cost, lyric videos in particular have become a popular way for artists to disseminate their music to the masses, something which Utab helps artists take a step further….

Stagehand: Connecting Local Venues and Musicians [Hypebot Readers Get A FREE Premium Account]

In this piece we look at a new service known as Stagehand which offers a way for venues and artists to connect and have better financial and logistical organization. ________________________ We’ve all seen it before; That lucrative service that promises certain fame and plentiful opportunities for those who push the…

SXSW Accelerator Deadline Is This Friday

The deadline is looming for the 9th annual SXSW Accelerator Live Pitch competition. An incredible 71% of SXSW Accelerator alumni have gone on to secure a collective $3.1 Billion in funding. I’ve been proud to be a part of the SXSW Accelerator Advisory Board for several years now and here…

Apple Aquires Tech, Talent Of Bankrupt Music Streamer Omnifone

Ominfone was in the business of building streaming music services for the likes of Blackberry, Samsung’s Milk and Pono. It was one of the first companies to launch an unlimited streaming service and among the first to fail. Now, Apple has acquired its tech and hired key staffers. _____________________________ Apple…

ReverbNation Acquires Audiokite Fan Feedback Platform

Artist services platform ReverbNation is thriving standing while others have disappeared, in part because it consistently innovates, and central to their mission has always been bringing artists closer to their fans. So today’s acquisition of fan feedback platform AudioKite continues both traditions. ____________________________________ ReverbNation has acquired AudioKite for an undisclosed…

A Major Shift For Music Streamer 8tracks In U.S.

Here 8tracks’ David Porter takes a moment to explain 8track’s shift in a new direction towards their 8tracks+ subscription model and the broader impact this alteration will have the 8tracks community as a whole. Along the way he provides some lessons for all music tech startups. __________________________ Guest post by…

Music Fibre Launches A Directory Of Music Industry Resources

Here Music Fibre creator Matt Benn explains his new resource, designed in such a way as to enable artists and others in the music industry to be able to find the right tools for themselves and their companies in as easy and straightforward a manner as possible. _____________________________________ Guest post…