Inside YouTube’s plan to win the music-streaming wars | Protocol
YouTube has always been important to the music business. Now, with YouTube Music, it’s trying to build a music universe…
Spotify to let artists promote music in user recommendations in exchange for different royalty rates | NME
Spotify is testing a new feature allowing artists to boost visibility of specific tracks through the platform’s recommendation algorithms. Source:…
Shows with Music: A New Way to Connect with Fans – News | Spotify for Artists
Here’s how artists and their teams can leverage our new format that combines music with storytelling. Source: Shows with Music:…
Soundtrap Launches ‘Soundtrap Capture’ App – News | Spotify for Artists
The new user-friendly tool lets creators collaborate in real time and record high-quality audio whenever and wherever inspiration strikes. Source:…
Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams streams surge thanks to social media challenge | Music Week
Fleetwood Mac‘s song Dreams has been played over 230 million times in the last two weeks across streaming services, social…
Streaming Bots Are Ruining Careers of Indie Musicians | Venture
Spotify spin counts are the holy grail in the music industry right now. But manipulating these numbers can be the…
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says working musicians may no longer be able to release music only “once every three to four years” | The FADER
Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, said in a new interview that today’s “future landscape” requires a lot more from musicians…
The Quality of Sound is Suffering During COVID Livestream Performances | Variety
An unexpected casualty of COVID-19? The quality of sound in livestream performances, which, at times, is downright grating. Source: The…
How Much Does Spotify Pay Artists & Has It Killed The Industry? | Record Player Pros
Do streaming services like Spotify play fair with musicians in the industry’s hustle-and-grind game? Record Player Pros explore all the…
YouTube Music uploads aren’t like Play Music ones | Android Police
As the Play Music library migration tool rolls out more widely in the past week, more and more people are discovering the…