• Spotify Takes Aim At Radio with 'Your Daily Drive' [Mark Mulligan of MIDiA]
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    [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...
  • TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from 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...
  • Can't Find Your Missing Spotify Songs and Downloads After Yesterday's Update?
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    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...
  • FRI. BRIEF: Streamers Battle For Africa • Bentley To Exit KCRW • Facebook Watch • LÜM • More
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    FRIDAY 6.14.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab
  • Creative Secrets For Stepping Up Your Instagram Game
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    If you're looking to get a little more out of your Instagram stories, there are a number of creative features available that can help you boost your Instagram presence and capture the attention of fans. Here we look some great hacks for...
  • Introducing Instagram Story Lyrics
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    Once a platform focused exclusively on images, Instagram is embracing their expansion into the musical real with a recent update allowing users to easily add lyrics to their stories. _______________________ Guest post by Randi Zimmerman...
  • Using Technology To Books Shows
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    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...
  • Wife Upload's Husband's Snoring To Spotify, Apple Music. 30,000 Streams Later...
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    Fed up of her husband’s snoring, a wife who uses the name Duck Mischief turned his night time noise into an 80s movie style dramatic theme song and released it on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming services. 30,000 stream...
  • 4 Crowdfunding Alternatives To PledgeMusic for Musicians
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    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....
  • LiveXLive Reports Revenue, Subscriber Growth, But Still Bleeding Cash
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    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%...
  • Pandora Launches 'Studio Resonate' Consultancy
    Friday, June 14, 2019 from hypebot
    Pandora is launching a new in-house consultancy called Studio Resonate. The consultancy will provide advertisers with audio creative development, sonic branding and strategy services, web and mobile experiences, visual design, rich media...
  • Thank-You To Hypebot's Sponsors
    Thursday, June 13, 2019 from hypebot
    Thank-you is an underutilized phrase in the music industry, but it's front and center here at Hypebot. So please join me in thanking and supporting the wonderful organizations that Hypebot and Music Think Tank possible. Concert discovery...
  • Berklee Online Adds Grassroots Touring Course
    Thursday, June 13, 2019 from hypebot
    With income related to live performances accounting for 60-80% of most musicians incomes, it has never been more important to build and sustain a touring career. Grassroots Touring, a new course authored by music industry veteran Bruce...
  • Music Superstars Are Getting Streamed Less
    Thursday, June 13, 2019 from hypebot
    Even as streaming continues to grow in popularity, it seems those top tear artists who were bringing home a disproportionate amount of revenue have seen their play counts slip - something which can only be good news for struggling...
  • BUSINESS OF INDIE: AIMP Summit Wraps • Commission + Big Noise • Resonance (Finally) Streams • More
    Thursday, June 13, 2019 from hypebot
    In this edition of Business Of Indie, AIMP wraps its latest NYC indie music publishing summit, Commission Records and Big Noise partner, seminal jazz label Resonance brings its music to the music streamers and more. Like Hypebot's More...
  • The heat is on: how to make the feelgood hit of the summer
    Friday, June 7, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    The warmer months have replaced Christmas as pop’s key battleground. But what strange alchemy brings about a Shotgun or Despacito, and who are this year’s contenders? As the days get longer, a strange phenomenon occurs. Everything you do...
  • 'Everyone has a story, no matter who they are': Wakefield fights austerity with art
    Monday, June 3, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Cultural engagement is low in the West Yorkshire city – but a new scheme from music festival Long Division is energising teenagers into careers in the creative industries In 2011, Dean Freeman was living in Wakefield and writing for...
  • Coachella’s First Annual Rock Festival to Shake the California Valley Floor in 2020
    Friday, May 31, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    COACHELLA, Calif. /MuseWire/ -- Saimac International announced today that the Coachella music scene is growing! Executive Producer Lola Acosta's longtime vision for THE DESERT ROCK FEST is happening. The post Coachella’s First Annual...
  • Tickets: can you trust the new wave of resale sites?
    Saturday, May 25, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Beat the touts by using big agencies’ fan-to-fan services, or bag a deal at their ‘ethical’ rivals If you’re keen to go to a sold-out or popular gig, festival or event, there are lots of ticket resale websites out there – but who can you...
  • Reading and Leeds, Latitude, Download and Wireless festivals to go plastic-free
    Friday, May 24, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Global promoter Live Nation pledges to eliminate single-use plastics from festivals and venues by 2021 The British music festivals Reading and Leeds, Wireless and Download will go plastic-free after global concert promoter Live Nation...
  • Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard Ashcroft
    Thursday, May 23, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    An acrimonious copyright dispute meant Ashcroft was forced to give up royalties to Bitter Sweet Symphony, but a ‘kind and magnanimous gesture from Mick and Keith’ passes rights to him Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones...
  • Whitney Houston hologram tour, album and Broadway show planned
    Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    New deal with estate clears path for raft of new projects featuring the late soul and R&B singer The late Whitney Houston is set to tour as a hologram, according to the company behind the postponed Amy Winehouse hologram tour . In a...
  • Blue Note boss Don Was: 'Jazz can't become synonymous with pop again'
    Monday, May 20, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    He’s the shamanic funk star who produced everyone from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. Now, he is steering jazz’s most iconic label into the future – by embracing its ‘secret scene’ ‘Journeyman” is a term often used to describe Don Was....
  • Live music venue the Borderline to close over rising West End rents
    Monday, May 13, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Host of early performances by Oasis and Amy Winehouse will close its doors at end of August The historic live music venue the Borderline, host to Rage Against the Machine, Oasis and Amy Winehouse early in their careers as well as REM and...
  • Vinyl revival: is there an environmental cost to record sales?
    Saturday, May 11, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Many records – selling at their highest rate for decades – are PVC, which is to be banned in the EU For an event dedicated to the vinyl revival, the setting couldn’t be more appropriate. In the mid-70s David Bowie sat in the same wood...
  • Survey into disabled musicians finds serious failings at UK venues
    Thursday, May 9, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Over two-thirds of disabled musicians surveyed said they hid their disability for fear of damaging their careers, and had to compromise their health to perform live A survey of nearly 100 deaf and disabled musicians across the UK has...
  • Music industry takes aim at Fortnite over song royalties
    Sunday, April 28, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Songwriters and composers look to use new copyright laws to cash in on the boom in online gaming The global phenomenon Fortnite recently attracted millions of fans to a virtual gig by the real-world DJ Marshmello and now songwriters and...
  • Music and Art Come to Life May 5! Asia America Symphony Association and Ryman Arts Present ‘Music On Canvas’ in L.A.
    Sunday, April 28, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    TORRANCE, Calif. /MUSEWIRE/ -- The ASIA AMERICA YOUTH SYMPHONY (AAYS) will premiere its first ever, "Music On Canvas." DAVID BENOIT, Music Director and Conductor, will lead the prestigious AAYS in a performance of Gershwin's classic "An...
  • FAST TIMES: The ’80s rule the Sunset Strip once again every Monday Night as the legendary Whisky a Go Go launches ‘Sunset 80s’
    Saturday, April 27, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    LOS ANGELES, Calif. /MUSEWIRE/ -- FAST TIMES and RUBIX KUBE LA, two of the nation's biggest '80s tribute bands, are pleased to announce a co-headlining residency at the legendary Whisky a Go Go. This event kicks off on April 29, 2019 and...
  • Lewis Capaldi arena tour pledges help for fans with anxiety
    Thursday, April 18, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Mental health charity Mind welcomes chart-topping star’s scheme to provide support workers, gig buddies and an ‘escape room’ The musician Lewis Capaldi has announced that he is to provide provisions for fans at risk of anxiety and panic...
  • No, Spotify has not made music bland | Dan Hancox
    Sunday, April 14, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    The lists of what music we’re streaming show many karaoke classics – but also plenty of fresh, witty pop The age of “digital disruption” means bumpy rides for us all. The announcement at the very end of last year that HMV was going into...
  • Band together: why musicians must strike a collective chord to survive | Mat Dryhurst
    Tuesday, April 9, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Red Bull Music Academy is closing, alternative culture outlets are retrenching – and big tech prefers pop. Experimental musicians need to stick together Just weeks after musicians and fans protested the BBC’s decision to marginalise...
  • Trevor Key: photography’s best-kept secret
    Sunday, April 7, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    From the Sex Pistols to Tubular Bells, this photographer-cum-designer collaborated on some of music’s greatest cover art Few can match Trevor Key ’s visual contribution to pop culture across three decades. And yet in the relentless...
  • Commercial radio should play at least 25% Australian music, inquiry told
    Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Parliamentary report calls for boost to Australian music quotas during peak times as well as simpler rules around local content Commercial radio stations should play a minimum of 25% Australian music during peak times, a new government...
  • Global music revenues grow at fastest rate in more than two decades
    Tuesday, April 2, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Sales of CDs continue to fall as fans turn to Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music Global music revenues grew at the fastest rate in more than two decades last year, as the streaming revolution more than made up for the plummeting...
  • Copyright directive will protect creatives | Letter
    Monday, April 1, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Carole Tongue says our story about MEPs approving sweeping changes to copyright law should have focused more on creative workers I was most surprised that your newspaper carried a story about copyright ( Controversial copyright laws...
  • Dear Robert Smith – spare a thought for us poor interviewers | Penny Anderson
    Monday, April 1, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    The interview process is seldom sparkling, but we do what we can with occasionally fatigued, arrogant or tedious musicians My how we laughed at Robert Smith’s reaction when the Cure were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame....
  • 'Another nail in the coffin': UK music venues face 125% jump in royalty fees
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from Music industry | The Guardian
    Hospitality industry claims increase from 4p to 9p per person per hour will ‘wring the last life out of’ clubs, bars, cafes and hotels Phonographic Performance, a British music industry body that collects royalty payments for musicians,...
  • New Dubreq Stylophone GEN R-8 with touch keyboard is an evolved portable pro analog synth
    Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    NEWS: The new for 2019 Stylophone GEN R-8 is a dual VCO British made boutique synthesizer with a fully analog signal path and a touch keyboard that you can play with your finger. The GEN R-8 also works as a MIDI controller keyboard (with...
  • New Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine effects pedal recreates musicality of tape delay systems
    Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    NEWS: New Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine effects pedal features magnetic drum, tape, and (reel-to-reel) studio echo as a stereo multi-head delay that also offers a looper and vintage reverb. Situated at the center of Volante’s...
  • New G-Sonique TECHNOL HN1 is a plug-in multi-instrument created for techno, minimal and industrial music producers
    Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    NEWS: The new for 2019 G-Sonique TECHNOL HN1 plug-in multi-instrument was created for TECHNO / MINIMAL / INDUSTRIAL music producers, but can be used in other music styles (Electro, Progressive, Industrial, Illegal Tekno, Minimal....
  • Argosy Console Acquires Nashville-based Sound Construction and Supply
    Friday, January 11, 2019 from Music Industry Newswire
    NEWS: ARGOSY announced this week (Jan. 10) its acquisition of all assets of Sound Construction and Supply, Inc., a Nashville based manufacturer of furniture for recording studios. This acquisition will help to enhance and expand Argosy’s...
  • Policy Priorities for 2019
    Tuesday, January 8, 2019 from FutureBlog
    296-1214825968haFC.jpg Wide Happy New Year! FMC ’s preparing to launch a new, mobile-optimized website with a focus on making it easy for musicians and fans to take action. While we’re working to get that up and running, here’s a...
  • UVI releases PX V8, its newest Prototype Series instrument, inspired by analog Voyetra 8 Synthesizer
    Thursday, December 6, 2018 from Music Industry Newswire
    SYNTH NEWS: UVI has announced the latest in their Prototype Series, PX V8. Examining a rare 8-voice analog polyphonic synth, the Voyetra 8, PX V8 presents a rich and charactered analog instrument thanks to its unique voice cards, real...
  • Haken Audio ContinuuMini MPE Electronic Music Instrument Fully Funded First Day on Kickstarter
    Saturday, November 24, 2018 from Music Industry Newswire
    SYNTH NEWS: The all-new Haken Audio ContinuuMini electronic music instrument, first previewed at the 2018 ContinuuCon event, launched this week on Kickstarter, and was fully funded its first day. The ContinuuMini has been designed to be...
  • Patch Base 3 and Yamaha TG33 Synth Editor Launched by Coffeeshopped
    Saturday, November 24, 2018 from Music Industry Newswire
    SYNTH NEWS: The Coffeeshopped Patch Base synth editor for iPad/iOS was recently updated to an all-new version, with new interface and subscription model pricing. Additionally, Patch Base 3 now offers an editor/librarian for the Yamaha...
  • Darren Pfeffer Nominated To Musicians On Call National Board Of Directors
    Monday, March 19, 2018 from Mi2N.com [Music Industry News Network] ... Business News
    Darren Pfeffer, Executive Vice President Of MSG Live, Recently Joined The National Board Of Directors For Musicians On Call. The Board Also Recently Elected The Next Slate Of Officers.
  • Audionamix's Audio Source Separation Solutions On Display At Musikmesse 2018
    Monday, March 19, 2018 from Mi2N.com [Music Industry News Network] ... Business News
    XTRAX STEMS Software Now Compatible With Native Instruments' Stems File Format
  • Hybrid Studios Introduces New Headphone System
    Monday, March 19, 2018 from Mi2N.com [Music Industry News Network] ... Business News
    OC Studio Integrates Digital Audio Labs LiveMix System Into Studio A
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    Monday, March 19, 2018 from Mi2N.com [Music Industry News Network] ... Business News
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