Amazon launched its on-demand music service Music Unlimited just six months ago. It was designed to compete against heavy weights like Spotify and Apple Music, but they haven’t breathed a word o…
Beatrising partners with Spotify
There are millions of tracks on Spotify. So whether you’re working out, partying or relaxing, the right music is always at your fingertips. You can also browse through the music collections of friends…
Spotify has reached over 140m active users
The Spotify platform now has an audience of up and over 140m monthly active users, as officially confirmed by the internet streamer; with a whopping 100m rise in people compared to May 2014. Another p…
Get more plays by treating Spotify like a Social
Most would think that Spotify is a ‘low maintenance’ streaming service when it comes to social interaction, but it really isn’t. Use our useful tips here to make the most of all the …
Spotify is testing “Sponsored Songs”
Spotify, the music streaming free tier, is test running “Sponsored Songs”, a way for labels to pay in order to get their songs featured. Terrestrial radio is full of illegal payment platforms like “pa…
China’s digital music industry gears up to fight piracy
Widespread piracy of online MP3 files is what rapidly killed China’s booming music industry in the 1990s. The very survival of China’s music industry was under the gun thanks to free and p…
A study states that music on YouTube hinders piracy
It has been shown that YouTube actually reduces music piracy, as proven through research of exclusive YouTube data along with a survey of thousands of users in a variety of countries. The researchers …
Is music piracy still even a question now that there is streaming?
One would think that streaming has made piracy a thing of the past, but not as far as IFPI is concerned. The global recording industry organization states that piracy has not fully died out, but that …
Beatport Top 10 back to its reputation
“Consistently hailed by producers and non-producers alike as one of the crowning achievements in terms of releasing dancefloor-oriented music, the chart — and more specifically the top 10 — has …
SoundCloud and Toyota Track Campaign
SoundCloud and Toyota are teaming up to “Flip The Script.” Toyota is looking to promote an exclusive track that features two artists from different genres who have worked together to create something …