Category Archives for "Streaming Music"
June 24, 2021
YouTube Is About To Change Its Terms Of Service, And Artists Aren’t Going To Like It
If you have a YouTube channel (who doesn’t), you probably received a recent email from the platform stating a change in their terms of service agreement. If you’re like many, your eyes glazed over if you even read it, but it signaled some significant changes that will definitely affect how much you get paid in […]
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June 22, 2021
Spotify Greenroom Introduces A New Type Of Creator
Spotify is really into audio other than music these days, and it’s latest venture into that realm is something called Spotify Greenroom, which is basically a knock-off of Clubhouse. In order to promote the new feature, the service has provided new and different ways for Greenroom creators to get paid, which may end up being […]
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May 27, 2021
TikTok Radio Could Mean A Chance At A Wider Audience For New Artists
Artists are constantly looking for new ways to break out and increasingly that’s coming from TikTok. The platform makes it easier than most in that all you need is a short clip rather than a long video, and it’s also very active in promoting creators that begin to gain some traction. That ability is now […]
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May 18, 2021
The New Era Of High-Fidelity Music Finally Begins With Apple Spatial Audio
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I’ve been predicting Apple would release its long-awaited high-fidelity music tier any time now. Of course, I’ve been predicting this for the past 5+ years, but with today’s announcement of the launch of its Spatial Audio service that prediction will finally come […]
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May 12, 2021
No Wonder Indie Artists Can’t Get Traction – Distrokid Uploads A Million Tracks A Month
Indie artists are getting more and more depressed about the fact that the competition is so fierce that it’s difficult for their music to get any traction. This fact was brought home again recently when online distributor Distrokid revealed its upload numbers at around a million tracks per month, which shows just how much competition […]
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May 5, 2021
Will The Spotify Price Increase Trickle Down To Artists?
The Spotify price increase recently announced affected 12 markets, including the United States, which many see as the first step to overall increases over time. In most cases the increases were limited to bundled subscription plans, like in the case of the United States (Family Plan), and the United Kingdom (Student, Family, and Duo Plans). […]
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April 20, 2021
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These 3 Facts Will Keep You From Being Duped By Apple Music’s Royalty Letter
You’ve probably read about the royalty letter that Apple Music sent out to its artists last week stating how the service was paying about a penny a stream, almost 3 times what Spotify is paying. If you’re an artist that probably made you want to go protest in front of Spotify headquarters (something that’s actually […]
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April 15, 2021
Spotify’s Car Thing Is Now A Real Thing
Spotify has made overtures about getting into the hardware business before, but now it’s for real with the introduction of its new “Car Thing,” a smart speaker designed specifically for the automobile. The device is now in limited release in the United States for a select number of Spotify subscribers. Car Thing comes with three […]
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February 4, 2021
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Trigger Cities May Be The Key To Growing Your Audience
It’s very easy to focus on just the area that you’re familiar with when it comes to marketing your music, but the key to growth is to go beyond what you know. The fact of the matter is that we live in a global economy and there may be many other locations that are fertile […]
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October 28, 2020
Streaming Might Not Be As Green As You Think
Anyone who is environmentally conscious believes that anything that eliminates something physical for something in the cloud is better. While this might be true in many situations, it’s not so much the case when it comes to music, which isn’t as green as you might think, according to a professor in musicology at Oslo University. […]
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September 29, 2020
An Artist Might Find A Streaming Bot Tempting, But Beware
Streams and views are the lifeblood of a music artist. The more you have, the more money you can make and the greater your opportunities are. That’s why many artists feel that employing a streaming bot to jack up their numbers might be a good idea. But like any idea that seems good on the […]
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November 19, 2018
Spotify Song Skip Rates Tell Us A Lot About Our Attention Span
One of the byproducts of the digital age is that our collective attention span is a lot shorter than it ever was before. If something doesn’t grab us immediately then it’s highly likely that we’ll skip right to something else that does. This is outlined by a recent study regarding skip rates of songs played […]
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October 22, 2018
Will Streaming Music’s Growth Change Streaming Music?
It seems like yesterday that many pundits were scratching their heads about how the music industry could ever reach 100 million paid streaming music subscribers, yet here we are knocking on the door of twice that and more. In fact, Futuresource Consulting  that those subscription numbers will reach 235 million by the end of the year. […]
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July 26, 2018
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4 Tips For Using Instagram Stories To Promote Your Music
Instagram is becoming the go-to social platform for music these days and the service keeps on getting hotter. One of its main features is Stories, and its sometimes both misunderstood and underutilized when it comes to promoting your brand and music. Stories can be powerful in this regard, however, when used with a little thought. […]
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July 13, 2018
YouTube Launches The Copyright Match Tool
There are a lot of practices on YouTube that one might categorize as “unseemly,” and one of the biggest is re-uploading a video. That means that a viewer downloads your video then uploads it on their channel and classifies it as their own. YouTube has heard content creators cries for help though, and has launched […]
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