Spotify launch their Weekly Music Charts to help you discover the top streamed songs and albums in the US and around the world in a given week. For some time now, Spotify’s Charts site has…
Get one year’s free Plus subscription to the mindfulness and meditation app Headspace. In the US for those currently unemployed and those working in public health, Headspace is offering one free year of Headspace Plus…
Seven years since it’s launch, Spotify’s playlist Baila Reggaeton hits 10 million followers. Reggaeton’s roots date back to the 1970s in Panama, then quickly spread to Colombia, Puerto Rico and the US. Reggae-dancehall fusion lead…
The Wave 2 is Nord’s latest powerful 4-part performance synthesizer. Combining Virtual Analog synthesis, Samples, FM and Wavetable. Full details on the sythesizers capabilities can be found here. Nord Wave 2 has started shipping in…
For those doubting their influence in the social media landscape, a new report shows numbers to solidify TikTok as the largest social platform in the US. With the country largely in lockdown, a new report…
What counts as a cover song? What music is in the public domain? Do I need a mechanical license? Where can I obtain a license? How do I format my metadata for distribution? You’ll need to…
The Consumer Intelligence Report Partners (CIRP) is out with their latest report on the state of smart speaker sales and market share. End of June – 76 million units in USA (up from 70 million…
Independent record labels are on the rise and in the first quarter of 2019 they accounted for over 36% of the U.S. market share. Above is an image that shows you the top 12 independent…
Pandora announced in September 2016 that they were going to enter into direct licensing deals with the recording industry’s major labels and some independent labels in order to license their new service offerings. Pandora entered…