Apple Music May Start Paying Higher Royalties for Spatial Audio; DistroKid Debuts Mobile App for Android; SymphonyOS Launches Pre-Saves on Audiomack, SoundCloud
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DistroKid Launches Mobile App for Android
The Android app has similar capabilities to its iOS counterpart, which has been downloaded over half a million times. Artists can upload their tracks directly from their phones, get alerts for payments, look at analysis from services like Spotify and Apple Music, and edit metadata for their songs.
Hipgnosis raises $23.1m from selling 20k ‘non-core’ songs
Merck Mercuriadis may be giving evidence to politicians about how musicians are remunerated, but the finances of his music fund are also in the news.
Music consumption at an all time high, IFPI reports, though "unlicensed music is still an issue"
Music consumption is at an all time high according to the latest ‘Engaging With Music’ report from the IFPI - although 29% of those who participated in the research still access music from unlicensed services, with stream-ripping platforms the most used piracy services
SymphonyOS Launches Pre-Saves on Audiomack, SoundCloud
SymphonyOS, the product suite leading the charge in smart AI-powered marketing tools for creators, brings artist-empowering Pre-Save capabilities to listeners on Audiomack and SoundCloud via new integrations–leading to more streams for artists and more immediate discovery of new releases by fans. This move adds SymphonyOS to the short list of tools available to artists to run pre-save campaigns on an extensive list of music streaming services, supported alongside existing integrations with Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.
Google reveals biggest search trends of 2023 – music included
The annual recaps keep coming, but today’s is not from a streaming service or social-media platform. It’s Google’s search engine.
Why Does Spotify Add Songs to My Playlist?
Spotify allows you to create playlists to suit every mood and event. So what do you do when Spotify adds seemingly random songs to your carefully curated playlist? Here are the most likely causes and how to fix it.
Snoop Dogg appoints Kat MacLean Daley as VP and Head of Publishing at Death Row Records
According to the announcement from Death Row, the new role sees MacLean expand Death Row’s existing catalog and roster, as well as building on Death Row’s existing relationships with writers, producers, and estates.
Apple Music could pay artists more for streams of songs produced in Spatial Audio
According to a report from Ashley Carman at Bloomberg on Monday (December 11), Apple Music “plans to give added weighting to streams of songs” mixed in Dolby Atmos. The move could result in increased royalty payments for artists who release their music in Spatial Audio, reported Bloomberg, citing “people with knowledge of matter”.
Guns N' Roses Release Long-Awaited Track "The General" to Streaming Services
After more than a decade, Guns N’ Roses have finally released the track “The General” to streaming services. The band recorded the song while assembling the 2008 album Chinese Democracy. Since then, members of the band have occasionally talked about the song in interviews. As a result, fans have been waiting with bated breath to hear it.
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