Apple Wants To Offer A Discount Music, TV Bundle and Record Labels Are NOT Happy

Apple is set to launch Apple TV+ on November 1st, priced at $4.99 (£4.99) per month. Bundling Apple Music with Apple TV+ and perhaps other Apple services at a discount would make marketing sense for Apple. Customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch starting…

11 Favorite Blogs For Finding New Hip-Hop Tracks

While many music listeners may turn to their favorite streaming platform to discover new music, there’s still a lot to be said for the power of a well crafted blog. Here we look at eleven of the best blogs to turn to when searching for new and exciting hip-hop tracks….

Beatport, DjCity Launch Beatsource To Serve Open-Format DJs

Beatsource, a joint venture between Beatport and DJcity, has launched in public beta to serve as a digital music platform for open-format multi-genre DJs, including a curated download store. Beatsource focuses on ready-to-go playlists designed for any occasion across Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Dance, Pop, and Reggae/Dancehall. More music is…

Dolby Atmos Music: Coming Soon To Amazon Streaming

For a while now, Dolby has been stockpiling audio from Universal Music Group, and it appears the company is finally going to put this digital hoard to use in partnership with Amazon Music. These immersive mixes from some of the world’s biggest artists will debut as Dolby Atmos Music on…

Streamed: Tearing Down Spotify

Corin Faife looks at the upcoming book release, Spotify Teardown: Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music, a work which takes a hands-on look at the Spotify including the process of setting up a fake record label to upload tracks to the platform. _____________________________ Op-ed by Corin Faife of Breaker…

Is It Possible For Touring Musicians To Attend School

The question of attending college or going back to school is a dilemma many artists face at some point throughout their career. While it can stabilize your position in the industry and give some broader career options, balancing your life as a musician and getting a degree can be difficult….

Releasing A Single: 10 Best Strategies For 2019 & Beyond

Releasing a single track in 2019 is a very different animal than it once was, and presents a set of unique challenges and opportunities. In this piece Chris Robley offers the promotion and distribution tips needed for planning the release of your next standalone track. ____________________________ Guest post by Chris…

Journey Of A Track: Navigating The Playlist Ecosystem

In this recent article from Chartmetric analyzing music data, their playlist analyzer takes apart the Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer playlist ecosystems to help artists formulate optimal trajectory for their tracks. _____________________________ Guest post by Nuttiiya Seekhao of Chartmetric Artists and their teams understandably have many playlist performance questions: “Given…

Stressed Out By Your Small Stats? Watch This Video Now

Analytics are more important than ever… but they don’t tell the whole story. In this video by ArtistPro founder Hisham Dahud, he explains why emerging artists should NOT be deterred by relatilvey small numbers, because their CORE fans may be silently growing under the radar. Words from Hisham: Do not…

Apple Music Adds ‘Lyrics to Live By’ Video Series As iOS 13 Real Time Lyrics Launches

Apple Music has debuted a “Lyrics to Live By” video series as part of its launch of a real-time lyrics feature in iOS 13 last week. The new video series is designed to “celebrate this new frontier in the listening experience.” Just launched iOS 13 includes real-time lyrics with scrolling…