Spotify announces big changes
At the Spotify Stream On the company announced new features for listeners, improvements for creators, next series of podcasts and expand into new markets. . . Streaming service is now launching a new Spotify HiFi tier as a premium add-on for subscribers. Spotify has steered clear of the hi-definition audio space, arguing that most listeners […]
Music streaming services – what’s new
Here is a short overview of the most important news from music streaming services. Spotify and Napster are seeing an increase in the number of users, YouTube is testing solutions for short videos, Pandora is losing active online radio users. Napster’s “average monthly active users” increased to 1.2 million Having completed its acquisition of streaming firm […]
IMPALA. 25 nominees for European Independent Album of the Year Award
IMPALA MUSIC, an organization which represents over 5000 independent music companies, has announced 25 nominees shortlisted for European Independent Album of the Year Award. One of the nominees is the Polish artist MaJLo with whom we have pleasure to cooperate. 2020 was a unique year, marked by the coronavirus pandemic. The creativity of European independent […]
Canvas Designers in SoundBetter
Spotify is expanding access to Canvas and adding a new SoundBetter category to connect musicians with a curated community of visual artists. SoundBetter is a music production marketplace. It’s where singers, producers, songwriters, session musicians, and mixing and mastering engineers go to buy and sell the collaborative services. . . Now, as Spotify for Artists expands […]
Music Ally about Polish music market
Music Ally (musically.com), one of the most interesting music portals has published an article about the Polish music market 2020. Among the portal’s experts were: Marek Włodarczyk (CEO of Independent Digital) and Tony Duckworth (PIAS Poland & Eastern Europe). If you want an example of a bulletproof economy, you could do a lot worse than […]
Tidal. Master quality sound
Tidal is constantly developing the application and increasing the number of songs in HIFI quality. One of the main advantages of the website is the Master Quality Authenticated technology, which allows to compress music without losing quality. MQA, led by Bob Stuart, who became the first Prince Philip Award-winning sound engineer this year, offers a […]
What’s new on music streaming services
Here is a short overview of the most important news from music streaming services . Over 2 billion YouTube users are playing music In mid-2018, YouTube said that more than one billion people visited it every month to consume music. Two and a half years later, that total has doubled to more than two billion. […]
Spotify for Artists. New tool in development
Swedish startup is constantly developing Spotify for Artists. It is a free tool for creators, their teams, distributors and labels. Thanks to S4A, you can create profiles, analyze data and pitch to playlists. In the spirit of partnership, we are committed to providing quarterly updates on what our S4A teams are focusing on – write Spotify. . […]
Digital distribution. Educational project
Digital distribution is still insufficiently understandable for the music industry. Independent Digital and its partners have launched a project that aims to raise awareness of digital distribution and increase the competitiveness of European musicians. The project is implemented within the framework of Erasmus+ programme. Digital distribution. Research and education It is a pioneering research and […]