[UPDATED] Spotify has launched Daily Mix – a series of computer generated mixes combining the users favorite tracks with new songs. Alongside Spotify’s popular Discovery Weekly and Release Radar, the new offering provides an unrivaled personalized and constantly updated lean-back experience. ________________________________________ Spotify today launches Daily Mix – a group…
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Instagram’s Latest Updates: Stories, Zoom, Comments
An ever-changing platform, Instagram has recently introduced several new features artists ought to be familiar with, including the ability to zoom, stories, and additional comments management. Here we offer a quick guide to help users get acclimated to the new updates. _________________________________________ Guest Post by Allison Ullrich on The Orchard’s…
Samsung Milk Music Shuts Down Today, Users Encouraged To Transition To Slacker
Milk Music, the on again off again attempt by Samsung, one of the world’s biggest cell phone manufacturers to launch a music service, is shutting down today. One beneficiary of Milk’s demise is the often overlooked streamer Slacker. ____________________________________ Samsung Milk Music will officially shut down today. Because streamer Slacker…
Spotify, Tinder Hookup For Music And Dating
Tinder has partnered with Spotify to bring music to the dating app. After all, can you imagine a lasting relationship with someone who doesn’t like the same music? And it’s only lasting relationships that you’re looking for on Tinder, right? _____________________________________ Spotify and Tinder have partnered to add music to…
Artist Growth Upgrades Artist Management Platform, Releases iOS, Android Apps With Offline Access
Organizing the disparate data that constitute a modern music career, even for a developing artist, can be an overwhelming task. Only a small handful of companies have attempted to solve the problem; and for a growing number of artists and their teams, Artist Growth is the holistic answer. __________________________________________ Popular…
Top Two Execs Pushed Out Of Music Tech Startup Bkstg
These are tough times for music tech startups and even tougher times for those who bet on closed fam communities. First Crowdmix failed spectacularly, now comes news that Bkstg has stumbled badly. ____________________________________________ High-profile music tech startup Bkstg has seen a shakeup in its senior executive suite with the departure…
Social Music App Eyegroove Shuts Down, Team Joins Facebook. Should Musical.ly, Dubsmash Be Worried?
Video app Eyegroove was an early mover in social music. Now overshadowed by Musical.ly and Dubsmash, the startup is shutting down and most of its team is joining Facebook. __________________________________________ Social music video app Eyegroove is shutting down and key members of its team are joining Facebook, startup CEO Scott…
Spotify Releases Useful "Organize Your Music" Tool
UPDATED: If you’re a regular Spotify user, you’ve likely got an unwieldy number of tracks and too-long playlists. To the rescue comes a new tool from Spotify’s Echo Nest that was created over the weekend at a hackathon at the music streamer’s NYC HQ. ____________________________________ I’m not quite sure if…
Projecting Trends: Augmented Reality, Advertising, and Music
As part of a ‘Projecting Trends’ series, this article examines the impact of Pokémon Go and Snapchat as they move toward making augmented reality increasingly mainstream, and the broader effect this will have on the music industry as a result. __________________________________ Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Synchblog Our new…
How I Sold $66,000 In Tickets in Less Than 2 Hours with 1 Text
Here we explore an alternative method of advertising tickets to fans. Rather than using email or social media, this piece looks at how one band was able to use a mass of fan phone numbers in order to sell tickets via text, with incredible success. ________________________________ Guest Post by Nathan…