Tag: spotify

EPKs for the Masses: Making an artist press kit for free with Onesheet.club

Going pro: Onesheet.club is a new site that creates dynamic artist EPKs and hosts them for free.

The Dumbest Music Industry Scams (and why they still work)

How to avoid every single music industry scam every single time.
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Streamwashed: Big tech, little money and how music marketing went crazy

If there's anything in your heart that still harbors something like love for the music industry, stay far away when musicians talk shop about marketing.

Underreported 2023: The Last Pirates

File sharing sites are turning out the lights but The Pirate Bay is celebrating their 20th anniversary of pissing off the music industry.

Apple cracks down on streaming fraud

Fraudsters pumping up their streams with fake traffic have been getting their royalties taken away.

Spotify DJ is going global because the term “DJ” has lost all meaning & nobody cares...

In Spotify's bleak vision of the future, AI will replace DJs and whisper lovingly in your ear. It will also take requests.

Spotify plans war against small artists, white noise & clickfraud

Spotify finally figured it out: it's those unknown artists and white noise tracks that are hogging all the artist revenue.

Sounds of the Underground – Inside 5 Mag #209

Alinka on the cover, Laseech cover mix, Marco Lenzi on resuscitating Molecular Recordings and finding talent in a noisy world, Being on being there and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.

The AI music company shitting up your streams

A single AI music company claims it has created 14% of the world's recorded music and are flooding streaming platforms. Who, or what, is Boomy?

How to play hi rez audio on an iPhone

Want to listen to a wav or aiff file on your iPhone? Flacbox is a cheap, simple app that makes it easy.

EU might be taking on Spotify over artist payments again

An influential legislator in the European Parliament calls streaming platforms "unbalanced" when it comes to paying artists.
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How Spotify turned dance music into dance muzak

Streaming has spawned a new format for dance music that's hostile to DJs, and seemingly unaware of what a DJ even does.

Should radio pay artists performance royalties?

Congress is rethinking radio broadcasters' longstanding exemption from paying them

Spotify cancels the “dumbest product in the world”

Dropped after just 5 months, Car Thing was another multi-million dollar swindle Spotify chased instead of paying musicians fairly

Outshine: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Hugo LX, Worldship Music & the Return of the Teflon Dons, Cee ElAssaad and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.

The price of streaming music is going up

Apple announced a 10% to 12% increase, effective immediately. Spotify is going up in 2023, CEO Daniel Ek said less than 24 hours later.

Spotify promotes fan support for artists – to better target their rivals

The music streaming platform is luring livestreaming artists back from Twitch and YouTube by leveraging fan donations.

#Expansion – Inside the new 5 Mag

Louie Vega's love letter to NYC nightlife, the legend and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson, Beretta Music and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.

Spotify releases the dumbest product of the year

Did you want better royalties? How about a remote control for your phone instead? Meet "Car Thing," Spotify's latest proof of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

Vinyl sales jump 61% in a single year

Vinyl jumps, CDs explode and your digital downloads are getting kinda bummed out. More revelations from the RIAA 2021 annual sales report for the record industry.

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