We deliver your Music to YouTube Music! YouTube Music is a paid streaming service owed by YouTube that relies heavily on algorithms and personalization rather than on curated playlists. In addition, you can switch between pure audio playback and video. Attention: This is still a separate store from YouTube Content ID (monetization of music videos […]
Right after the riots of Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, many music streaming services like Spotify started to remove neo-Nazi music and white supremacist content from their platforms. Hypebot, however, was one of the few to ask a crucial question: “But how did [this music] get there in the first place?”. Good point. The answer […]
Spotify has become one of the most popular music streaming platforms worldwide, both for music fans and bands and musicians. It’s no wonder, as the platform offers numerous great features that help you promote your music and powerfully present yourself as an artist, if you know how. We have compiled the most important “Spotify hacks” […]
Facebook continues to be one of the most important platforms for artists to promote their music to a worldwide audience. For a while now there has been a (still quite unknown) feature on Facebook which can help you effectively offer your music as download or streams: Tagging your music as a product on your page. […]
You might have seen this before: You insert a CD into your computer, open iTunes and immediately see all the correct title information. You know which track is which. However, this doesn’t seem to work with all CDs, because sometimes all you see is “Track 01″, Track 02” etc. Very helpful indeed! Why […]
Who are you and, if yes, how many? We are, or were, the duo The Naked Hands, made up of Falk Louis on guitar and vocals and Wilhelm Hinkel on drums. So the answer is: No! The Naked Hands – how did you come up with the name? Tell us the story. The name originated […]
You couldn’t put on a bigger show. No less than Madonna, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyonce, Nicky Minaj, Daft Punk, Jack White and Kanye West stood on stage to present the world a streaming service that promises to finally be artist-friendly. Tidal is the baby’s name, operated by the Scandinavian technology company Aspiro, which was bought by […]
iTunes has an amazing feature that many musicians are already successfully using for their new releases: Instant Gratification. iTunes Instant Gratification allows your fans to buy and download specific, pre-defined tracks before the official release of your album. When someone pre-orders the entire album, they will automatically receive the Instant Gratification tracks. The recordJet crew […]
A mailing list of your fans, independent from Facebook and other platforms, can be a huge benefit if you know how to make one and use it effectively. Our email marketing tips for bands and musicians. Picture the following scenario: You have painstakingly promoted your Facebook band page and managed to collect several […]
– YouTube stars chart under their own steam – Brandenstein: Entered at number 18 with Diese Liebe (This Love) in Christmas week 2014 – DieLochis in the charts for the fourth time What do Joel Brandenstein and DieLochis have in common? Quite a bit, actually. Both acts are recordJet passengers, both have gained popularity through […]
