Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Q&A: Ian MacKaye
Watch as Ian MacKaye, founder and owner of Dischord Records, participates in a detailed Q&A session with an auditorium of Loyola University Music Business students.
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Iovine’s new thing…
Interscope recently sent out samplers for Clique Girlz. Listen to songs on MySpace. Uh, someone trying to create his own Hannah Montana franchise?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Weekend Feature: Jimmy Robbins
18-year old Jimmy Robbins signed to Universal/Motown in Fall last year, and is currently in the process of writing his debut album. Co-writers so far have been Evan Taubenfeld (Avril Lavigne), Matthew Wilder (Kelly Clarkson) and Tim Pagnotta (Sugarcult). Check out demos from the upcoming album on Jimmy’s MySpace Site.
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Music News: Last Week’s Top Stories
Quarterly Losses at Warner Music Group widened
- Hypebot broke the story that Microsoft sent a one time “Zune Bonus” to indie labels and digital distributors.
- From the Digital NARM Convention - Day 1: Panel Overview, Panel Highlights. Day 2: Piracy & Consumption, Is DRM Dead? Some Don’t Think So, Random Quotes
- A music industry Who’s Who filled TVT’s list of unsecured creditors
- eMusic was forced to yank Rolling Stones ABKCO catalog
- 12,000 indie labels have signed up with Merlin for global digital rights collection
- Universal/Buzznet bought AbsolutePunk.net
- NIN released a free album
- Qtrax finally scored its first major label with Universal
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Attaboy
Chek out piano/rock outfit Attaboy. Their new EP “California” was recently released and features the potential radio hit “Wait on You”.
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Music News: Friday
TOP STORIES -
- MySpace goes viral in partnership with Yahoo, Twitter and others.
- Microsoft sends indie labels an unexpected “Zune Bonus” check
- DIGITAL NARM coverage: Day 1, Day 2
- Is DRM dead? Some in the music industry think its poised for a comeback.
- UK trade group AIM has issued a Digital Copyright Manifesto.
RealNetworks shared first quarter financial reporting a decline in profit as operating expenses increased. Revenues for the quarter rose 14% in large part because of a $61M payment on an antitrust settlement from Microsoft. Real also announced plans to spin off and perhaps IPO its games division. (paidcontent)- Live Nation reported a $35 million first quarter loss to Wall Street. (Billboard, press release pdf)
- Last.fm who signed a deal to power AOL Radio in the US last year is now doing the same in the U.K. France and Germany.
- This year’s class of music and music industry students are set to join an “industry in turmoil.” (Financial Times)
- Echonest has launched “Recommend”, an API that helps music services personalize their websites to each visitor’s unique music taste. Any music website - bloggers, social networks, Internet radio or retailers - can access the Recommend API in both free and paid versions. (press release)
MORE @ HYPEBOT.COM
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Low Level Flight
Check out Toronto-based rock band Low Level Flight, who were brought to our attention by the lovely Mollie Moore of A&R Knights. The group has received significant radio airplay for their single Say. The video for the song has also been featured on MuchMusic. For more visit the band’s MySpace Site.
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Music News: Thursday
FEATURES:
- WMG has dropped its stock dividend as it reports
mounting losses
- Microsoft Zune has sent indies unexpected bonus checks
- Coverage from Digital NARM Day 2: A Panel Round-Up and some quotable quotes.
PLUS:
- Video of Neil Young on the release of his archives on Blu-Ray disc and the state of the music industry. (OurDigitalMusic)
- Backed by a former hedge fund manager, SOS Records has launched at WeLoveFreeMusic.com with a business model that gives it away free on the net but sells physical version.
- A new study from Arbitron and Edison Media Research found that at work radio listeners have jumped from 12% to 20%. (FMQB)
- TorrentSpy, a torrent tracker that lost a copyright infringement
suit from the Motion Picture Association of America has been ordered by
a federal judge to pay 110 million in damages. (DMW) - Today, Laurence Trifon will be covering The SanFran MusicTech Summit for Hypebot. The one day event brings together developers in the Music/Technology Space along with the musicians, businesses and organizations who work with them “at the convergence of culture and commerce”.
- MusicIP adds a board member, former Microsoft corporate vice president, Lindsay Sparks. Scott Lehr has also joined the company as vice president of sales, strategy & business development. (press release)
MORE @ HYPEBOT.COM
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Adelitas Way
The Larry Rudolph repped Adelitas Way are leaving Interscope and are up for grabs again. Make sure to catch the band’s Viper Room show this Saturday. Buzz gig of the month!
More at myspace.com/adelitasway
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