Dave Cool from Bandzoogle sits down with Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast this week to discuss Bandzoogle’s new no fee crowdfunding feature. Dave also offers updates on many of the recent enhancements to the Bandzoogle platform. Built by musicians for musicians, Bandzoogle is an…
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4 Crowdfunding Alternatives To PledgeMusic for Musicians
The demise of PledgeMusic left many musicians doubting the legitimacy of crowdfunding. But the music marketing experts that we’ve interviewed still strongly still believe in music crowdfunding even as they experiment with alternatives. Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR offers four alternatives to PledgeMusic and examines the pros and cons of…
Bandzoogle Adds Commission-Free Crowdfunding With Direct Payments To Artists [EXCLUSIVE]
Music website platform Bandzoogle has added crowdfunding to its commission-free sales toolkit. The move comes just weeks after crowdfunder PledgeMusic left musicians owed hundreds of thousands of dollars already paid by fans and many more without a platform to crowdfund their next project. Now in its 15 year, Bandzoogle powers…
PledgeMusic Story Is Starting To Sound Like A Broken Record says Bandzoogle’s Dave Cool
The demise of PledgeMusic and the hundreds of musicians left in its wake are a sadly familiar story for music industry veteran Dave Cool of Bandzoogle. "The company takes on millions in investment to support rapid growth," writes Cool. "Flashy headlines ensue." But when things fall apart, too often it’s…
Building A Band Website: Complete Checklist
If you’re getting to the point where you want to take things to the next level with your music career, developing a solid website is key but, as a musician, chances are musical ability and songwriting are more in your wheelhouse than website construction. Fear not, here we look at…
Behind The Curtain: Inside The Bandzoogle Design Team
Hypebot is so busy chronicling the new music business and how tech is changing discovery, marketing and monetization, that we seldom look behind the scenes at the people that make it all work. As we did with the Bandzoogle support team, here is a look inside the design team behind…
Behind The Curtain: Inside The Bandzoogle Support Team
Hypebot chronicles music tech and how its changing music discovery, consumption, marketing and monetization. But seldom do we get to share a look behind the scenes at the people that make it all work. Now, the fine folks at Bandzoogle have offered a look at a day in the life…
Bandzoogle Celebrates 15 Years, Shares Impressive Stats
Bandzoogle is celebrating 15 years since founder Chris Vinson built a web site for his alt-rock band Rubberman and shared what became an easy to use and powerful platform for musicians to build their own sites and manage direct-to-fan marketing and sales. Recently Bandzoogle’s first support technician, Stacey Bedford became…
Bandzoogle Names Stacey Bedford CEO
Musician website platform Bandzoogle has promoted Stacey Bedford to CEO. An 11 year veteran of the company and its third hre, Bedford has helped lead the company to record growth. Currently approaching its 15th year, Bandzoogle currently powers 36,000+ websites for musicians who have sold more than $36 million in…
The 5 mistakes musicians keep making with their website
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