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Are You Feeling Uncertain? Please Make Music About It

Posted by Hypebot - February 28, 2020

(HYPEBOT) – Music’s impact on cultural consciousness is powerful and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Patrick McGuire explains how the ability to translate feelings of doubt and turmoil into music…

Dave Lowery: TikTok Should Not Be Eligible For Compulsory Mechanical Licensing

Posted by Hypebot - February 26, 2020

(Hypebot) — Musician and artist advocate David Lowery argues that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance should not be allowed to obtain compulsory mechanical licenses to launch a streaming service because of…

Spotify Becomes The #1 Streaming Service In The U.S.

Posted by Hypebot - February 25, 2020

(Hypebot) — Pandora is no longer the most popular music streaming service in the US, with Spotify taking the No. 1 spot in 2019, according to eMarketer. Pandora has been…

Alleged Music Pirate Also Stole Dozens Of Hypebot Articles

Posted by Hypebot - February 24, 2020

(Hypebot) — RikiMusic is pirating dozens of articles from Hypebot as well as allegedly uploading tracks from indie artists to Spotify and Amazon Music without authorization. Last week, Brett Basil…

Warning Signs For Radio As Country Music Embraces Streaming

Posted by Hypebot - February 24, 2020

(Hypebot) — Streaming of Country music was up 36% in the US last year according to new data from MRC Data/Nielsen Music 54% of American country radio listeners now report…

Spotify Gives New Music Friday Playlist A Major Global Rebrand

Posted by Hypebot - February 21, 2020

(HYPEBOT) – Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist, a popular weekly curated selection of new tracks from both established and emerging artists, has been given a global rebrand. The revamped mainstream…

Beatles Fake Merch Lawsuit Win Demonstrates How The System Actually Works

Posted by Hypebot - February 21, 2020

(HYPEBOT) – A slew of recent legal wins by The Beatles Apple Corps against 77 infringing counterfeit entities should theoretically be a windfall of cash, but actually collecting from the…

Vinyl Alliance Responds To Apollo Masters Fire

Posted by Hypebot - February 20, 2020

(Hypebot) — Following the devastating fires which took place at Appollo Masters earlier the year, the vinyl advocacy group Vinyl Alliance has spoken out, responding with relative optimism to industry…

Every Possible Melody Has Been Copyrighted, Stored On A Single Hard Drive

Posted by Hypebot - February 19, 2020

(Hypebot) — In a unique effort to combat the high volume of dubious lawsuits flying back and forth in the music industry today, a team of musicians has recorded every…

How A Fire Is Jeopardizing Vinyl’s Resurgence

Posted by Hypebot - February 18, 2020

(Hypebot) — The resurgence vinyl has enjoyed was dealt a major setback with a fire at the decades-old company which produces the lacquer formula for making master discs. Guest post…

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