Music DIY

Recently Hypebot readers, myself included were able to put questions to indie artist Amanda Palmer about her approach to DIY promotions.  The interview took place on November 19th at The State Theatre in Falls Church VA.  Jim McDermott (a former major label digital and artist development guy)  hosted this special event. Jim commented “We needed an artist [...]

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Obviously you’ve heard the expression, two heads are better than one.  When it comes to song writing, this can also be true.  History has plenty of examples of successful song writing teams or collaborators we could refer to.   Most modern pop music or chart hits are the result of co-writes…sometimes two writers are involved, sometimes [...]

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The next gen music biz music keeps rolling out new opportunities for musicians to creatively pursue new revenue streams. Internet sensation Coffey Andersen is a hybrid artist. He uses his soul voice, his country guitar picking and urban influenced drums to make a unique sound.  This week he launched his “Direct-to-Fan Live Sessions” series. Coffey [...]

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Rock Band Network is a new system that will allow YOU to sell YOUR music in Rock Band! The Rock Band Network is a revolutionary system that will allow bands, studios and record labels to create and sell playable game content from their master recordings using the same professional tools used by the developers. This is empowering [...]

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Music Ally the UK consultancy recently shared this presentation outlining ten current trends in music games. The presentation is well worth a look and gives you plenty to think about especially if you think your music is suitable for the games market. Get an insight into the next “Big Idea” -  Rock Band Network – this [...]

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Today SellaBand launch a new music biz model that will open up Fan Funding to the entire music industry. A major artist, considered one of the most influential artists by many in the industry is joining SellaBand shortly and will use the model to fund their next album project. They are one of the many [...]

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The Beatles have been all over the TV in the UK this past week. The Beatles on Record film shown on BBC Four charts the ’fab fours’ extraordinary journey from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and reflected on how they developed as musicians and matured as songwriters. It was interesting to see footage of them from the early sixties [...]

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If your wondering what the future holds for the music biz and where are the exciting new opportunities you should check out this video presentation by Gerd Leonhard. This is part 1 and touches on:  selling copies to selling access, from control and monopolies to open platforms and licenses, from copyright to usage right, on [...]

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The age of leverage has changed everything.   While the Record Industry was busy keeping the ‘status quo’ and ignoring new business models the heretics were taking over. The key question is why did it deserve to last forever? It didn’t. The record industry failed to read the writing on the wall; they ignored or failed [...]

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