
Creative Marketing For Musicians In Quarantine
As part of an ongoing Life During Quarantine series, Kevin Cornell provides some creative marketing tactics and strategies bands and artists can employ as they work to navigate their way. Continue reading

Soundsgood To Shutter Playlist Platform After Acquisition
Soundsgood is shutting down its popular playlist sharing platform on May 1st following an acquisition. Soundsgood enabled 30,000 playlisters including Vice, EDM Sauce and Topsify to manage all their playlists. Continue reading

Pandora Launches ‘Listen In With’ Artist Generated Playlists with Commentary
Pandora has launched a “Listen In With” series with artists sharing personal playlists that are helping them cope during these difficult times alongside recorded commentary. R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. offers “a. Continue reading

Who Won The Playlist Add Awards Across 4 Major Streaming Platforms
In this second part of their 6MO: Breakthrough Artists report, the good people at Chartmetric look at playlist trends from a different angle. Here they crunch the number on which. Continue reading

Music’s Influence On Politics In 2020
In advance of the release of a Tribeca Film Festival documentary exploring how Jimmy Carter used music in his bid for the presidency, Jesse Kirshbaum looks at the role that. Continue reading

Spotify Tests Time Specific Playlist Recommendations
Spotify is testing playlist recommendations based on the time of day along with a new more compact homepage design. The new homepage begins with a greeting – Good Morning, Afternoon. Continue reading

Music Subgenres Are Dominating Top Streaming Playlists
The Chartmetirc team tales a look at the oddly named subgenres dominating streaming networks from Spotify to Deezer and share some of the most popular genres you’ve never heard of,. Continue reading

Streaming And The Art Of Playlist Stuffing
The rise of the streaming age has not only altered our listening habits, but is also impacting the way in which artists release songs. In an effort to hit the. Continue reading

Spotify Just Made It Harder For Independent Playlists To Grow, Fans To Find Great Playlists
Spotify has removed listener counts from the Discovered On section of its apps, the streamer has confirmed. The now missing stat, which appeared on each artist’s Spotify About tab, showed. Continue reading