Spotify’s Audio Data Power; Rare Zappa Set to Stream; Warner’s Streaming-Only Label

Spotify lets you listen to music for free, but unlike with Apple Music, Tidal, or Amazon Prime Music — you’re the real product — qz.com…

Spotify lets you listen to music for free, but unlike with Apple Music, Tidal, or Amazon Prime Music — you’re the real product — qz.com 
 Spotify is increasingly owning up to its power. At the Advertising Week Europe conference yesterday, the company’s VP of “global partner solutions,” Danielle Lee, spoke to a number of brands about the emerging marketing opportunities coming out of audio data.

Two Dozen Rare Frank Zappa Albums Set for Streaming, Download Release — medium.com 
 Two dozen rare and limited release Frank Zappa recordings will be made widely available around the world when UMe assumes distribution of the albums as part of their global partnership with the Zappa…

Music, Money and Metadata: DART Aims at Music’s Data Crisis — wmot.org 
 Songwriters and recording artists have waited with mounting frustration for more than a decade for a fair, accountable way to get paid for their work.

How Much Has Ed Sheeran’s New Album Made On Spotify? — www.forbes.com 
 Ed Sheeran’s new album, ÷, has already made $5 million on Spotify in its first week

Spotify urges brands to embrace ‘streaming state of mind’ — www.campaignlive.co.uk 
 Spotify is urging brands to better capitalise on the emotional power of music in the moment.

Airtel’s music streaming service Wynk Music gets a web version — www.medianama.com 
 Airtel-owned music streaming service Wynk Music is now available on a web version.

Apple Music partners with Royal College of Music for classical playlist curation — www.musicweek.com 
 RCM has launched the first in a series of bespoke classical playlists for Apple Music.

Amazon Music might land in India in 2018 — thenextweb.com 
 Amazon is reportedly gearing up to launch its streaming music service in India early next year, reports The Economic Times.

Concert Lovers Now Have Their Own Social Media Platform With Fans.com — www.forbes.com 
 Fans.com allows users to talk as much as they like about recent concerts without annoying their friends and family (who probably don’t care).

How to Get Signed by Spotify Records — www.digitalmusicnews.com 
 Spotify has already signed direct deals with artists. Now, they’re likely to start signing a whole lot more. Want to be part of the action?

Plex lets you store movies and music for streaming — www.dallasnews.com 
 Some friends and I were talking about the best way to serve up media in our homes.I have a hard drive full of movies I’ve ripped from DVDs I own as…

Warner launches streaming-only label — www.completemusicupdate.com

Warner Music UK has launched a new streaming-only record label, Artists To Watch Records. Despite the slightly clunky name, the new venture is an interesting idea. It will seek to identify songs that have the potential to become hits on the streaming platforms and will then work with the artists behind those tracks to try to make that happen.

That’s the Spirit! Depeche Mode gig streamed live on Twitter — musically.com 
 Twitter’s ambitions in live video have taken a step forward with music, as shown by its live stream of a Depeche Mode concert on Friday (17 March).