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(HYPEBOT) – Learn more about the process of getting music into TV. film and games. A quick but thorough guide that goes from ...
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10 Ways To Use A Music Degree In The Real World
(HYPEBOT) – I recently had the pleasure of answering questions on Zoom from students interested in taking my Touring 101 course and others offered ...
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Music Merchandise Study Shows What’s Selling and Other 2023 Trends in Merch
(HYPEBOT) – A new study by atVenue offers an in-depth look at trends in music merch sales, including what’s selling and what’s not. ...
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Twitter Threw Away Its Iconic Brand To Become ‘X’ And What That Means For You
Bobby Owsinski critically examines the downside of Twitter’s recent rebranding to X and how musicians may want to deal with the repercussions. by Bobby ...
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Believe and Tunecore Study Looks At How DIY Musicians View and Use Artificial Intelligence (AI)
(HYPEBOT) – A new survey by Believe and subsidiary TuneCore of 1558 self-releasing artists from 10+ countries examined the use of and attitudes ...
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Vinyl Sales Are Up And Disc Makers Cut The Cost To Manufacture By 35%
(HYPEBOT) – FACT #1: Revenues from US vinyl records grew 17% to $1.2 billion last year and accounted for 71% of physical format revenues. FACT ...
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New Spotify, Apple, Amazon and YouTube Subscriber Stats From NMPA
We’ve got new US-paid subscriber stats for Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Pandora, courtesy of National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) boss ...
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Tidal Joins Apple and Amazon Music In Price Increase. Will Spotify Follow?
July 3, 2023 – (HYPEBOT) – Tidal will join Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and most other music streaming services in raising its ...
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Touring Industry Responds to Live Nation’s “All-In” Ticketing Pledge
(Hypebot) – The touring industry reacted cautiously to Thursday’s White House announcement that Live Nation, Ticketmaster, and SeatGeek will at least partially adopt an ...
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Spotify Sold Music Creation App Soundtrap Back To Its Owners
STOCKHOLM, SE (Hypebot) – Spotify has sold the music creation app Soundtrap back to its founders, Per Emanuelsson and Bjorn Melinder – a ...
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