With Convert2MP3 shut down, what’s next for the war on stream-ripping?
The music industry found success in the war against piracy after forcing stream-ripping site Convert2MP3 to shutter operations. Continue Reading
YouTube
Music accounts for 5% of all YouTube content — and 20% of all views
Despite being one of the lowest paying streaming platforms, artists worldwide can see their careers change overnight through YouTube. Continue Reading
YouTube Music update enables search by emoji and lyrics
Spotify and Apple Music are large platforms that enable well over 100 million people to stream music every month, but their subscriber numbers pale in comparison to the number of people that visit YouTube for music videos and song streams.… Continue Reading
YouTube has a plan to help your view counts
The only thing worse than not being able to listen to music all the time is having to stop the music you’re currently enjoying to find the next song you’ll play. Streaming services have traditionally solved this solved this problem… Continue Reading
YouTube launches direct to fan “Community” tools
YouTube exists for one purpose and it does that one thing very well. YouTube is where you go to upload and share videos with the world. It’s a simple idea that has brought together a global community of creative people… Continue Reading
Stickup Kid speak out against streaming songs on YouTube
It’s hard to imagine going more than a day or two online without relying on YouTube for something. Maybe you need details on a big story, or maybe you want to see the latest trailer for the long-awaited adaptation of… Continue Reading
Advice: Your YouTube Channel Checklist
Whether or not you’re a believer yet, video is quickly becoming one of the most successful tools in marketing music. It doesn’t matter if you’re sharing a video or a song stream playing against a static image, the popularity of… Continue Reading
Proof That Every Modern Metalcore Song More Or Less Sounds The Same
We owe a bit of thanks to our friends at Substream for this piece of content. YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge has been at the top of our most requested blog guest list for the better part of the last year. He’s… Continue Reading
There Is More To Your Band Than How Many Followers You Have Online
Hello and welcome to a new week of music industry advice and insight on the official blog of Haulix. We are thrilled to have you joining us, even if it’s not on the day this particular post goes live. We… Continue Reading
Artists: Here Is Why You Need To Develop A YouTube Content Strategy
This has probably been mentioned at least three times in the past on this blog, but YouTube is already the number one source for music discovery amongst young listeners. Over 6 billion hours of video are watched each month on… Continue Reading