Matt Farley Will Quit Making Music If He Doesn’t Earn $1 Million From Spotify By 2018
… and he plans to earn that money with an 8-hour Spotify playlist consisting of 300 of his own songs. Sound extreme? Indie Artists Matt Farley has been taking things to the extreme. Continue reading
I Hope Apple Kills Free Streaming, But Not For The Reason You Think
There have been multiple reports over the last few days that the Department of Justice is looking into the accusation that Apple is pressuring the major record labels to end their license agreements with music. Continue reading
TIDAL Offers Discount Pricing – 3 Months For Price Of 1
TIDAL is taking a play from the Spotify playbook and offering a deeply discounted trial offer. But they are not going as far as Spotify who is selling 3 months. Continue reading
TIDAL Launches ‘Rising Artist’ Promo As App Returns To Top 20
UPDATED: It's been a rough few weeks for TIDAL, but lately Jay Z & Company have been doing a better job of messaging. Today they launched a new developing artist feature and. Continue reading
Does A Tidal Wave Lift All Ships? An Unsigned Artist’s Questions
Last Sunday, Jay Z shared a series of stream-of-conscious tweets defending his new music streaming service Tidal. Much has been said about the ill-concieved press conference and prohibitive prices for. Continue reading
Grooveshark Returns Via Site Created By Former ‘Associate’
It took 6 years for the major labels to put Grooveshark out of business. But it took a just days for it to resurface as a site created by a. Continue reading
What’s Ahead For SXSW? 4 Predictions For The Festival’s Future
By now, it's unlikely that there's anybody left who doesn’t know South by Southwest, or at least its shortened name, SXSW. Since its inception in 1987, the festival has become of. Continue reading
Simfy Is Shutting Down, Points Users To Deezer
2015 is shaping up as the year that some of streaming music's earliest players shut down or sold out. Pioneer WiMP is history, absorbed into TIDAL, and six year after launch,. Continue reading
