Tag: Google Play

8 Albums That Would ‘NEVER’ Be Streamed But Eventually Were

For a small but significant group of major artists, streaming is evil. While most will let their music go up on YouTube,  they vehemently vow to keep it off Spotify,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/14/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Google To Copy Apple’s 2014 Family Plan, Expand Sharing To 6

Family Plans and multiple user offerings are one of the lures for the digital content marketing. And while 6 people on one account certainly lowers the per user payments to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/13/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Google Play Music, You Tube Red Set To Beat Spotify Into India

Google Play Music and YouTube Red  are ready to launch in India ahead of Spotify. The confirmation comes via screenshots posted by two users on an Android Reddit forum .. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/06/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)
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App Developers Alliance Sides With Spotify In Apple Dispute

Now that Spotify has drawn a line in the sand over Apple's app store rejection, supporters of both sides are starting to comment.  Unsurprisingly, so far most, at least in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2016 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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SoundCloud Ramps Up Music Discovery, Adds ‘Suggest Tracks’

SoundCloud is now competing directly against Spotify, Apple Music and others. So it's adding features to match them. With 125 million tracks on SoundCloud vs. about 35 million on Spotify. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Merchbar Partnership Means BandPage Is Out

[UPDATED] Alongside today's announcement that Spotify would be selling merchandise from 35,000 artists thanks to a new partnership with Merchbar, was a mention that offers from BandPage would no longer be. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/22/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Find Out How Many People Are Listening To Any Band On Spotify In Less Than 10 Seconds

Activity on Spotify is an essential metric for determining popularity, and they've just created the micro site Artist Year In Music to make that info public. Type in any band name,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Launches Party Mode “Mixed By Us Tuned By You”

2015 was the year that streaming music services became obsessed with delivering the right song to the right user at the right moment.  Spotify's latest approach combines human curation, algorithms. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Can Musicians Engage Intermediate Fans?

The importance of uber fans is well documented, as is the power of appealing to the more casual masses.  But what about those many fans in the middle? They really. Continue reading

admin on 12/14/2015 in Startups & Funding | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Google Launches $14.99 Six Person Family Plan For Google Play Music, YouTube Red Combined

Just as the industry starts to limit freemium music, a new marketing tactic is gaining traction – deep discounts. Spotify is offering 3 months for $.99 and Google has just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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