Alexa Song ID comes to the UK following on from its release in the US in March 2019. Song ID is an Alexa feature that helps users find and identify new music. Usually you would ask Alexa to play a specific song but when the next song comes along automatically and you it’s something you don’t recognise you will have to ask, “Alexa – what song is this?” Song ID will announce the name of […]
Spotify posts better than expected 2019 Q2 results with 232 million Monthly Active Users – an increase of 29% year on year. According to the company ‘the business outperformed our expectations in Q2 2019, with our gross margin up slightly year on year, despite our investments in podcasting, and with revenue growing more than 2.5x faster than the growth in operating expenses.’ The growth in Monthly Active Users (MAUs) was put down to its launch […]
UK cassette sales are at their highest in 15 years according to a blog posting by the Official Charts Company which has also published The Official Top 20 best-selling cassettes in the UK since 2010 and The Official Top 20 best-selling cassettes in the UK of 2019 so far. Cassette sales continue to grow in 2019 with sales at their highest since 2004. In common with the vinyl revival, music buyers are steadily returning to […]
Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ video reaches 1 Billion views and is the first pre-1990s YouTube video to reach this milestone. The accompanying video for Queen’s 1975 single, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, is generally recognized as the first-ever promotional music video, kick-starting and setting the gold-standard for the genre for decades to come. Today, it continues to inspire and entertain millions of fans around the world, more than 40 years after it was first created. Speaking from the band’s […]
SoundCloud launches mobile profile editing which is creators top requested mobile feature enabling them to keep their profiles up-to-date when they’re on-the-go. Initial rollout started on 31st July on the SoundCloud iOS app. The profile is one of the primary tools SoundCloud creators use to showcase themselves and their sounds worldwide to collaborators, promoters, press, music managers, and to connect with their fans in real-time. Unlike other streaming services, SoundCloud gives creators maximum control of […]
A-1 Mix Radio is a Canadian internet radio station broadcasting a mobile 128 kbps HE-AAC and a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. According to the station, “Our Goal is simple. We play classic FM pop radio hits. We are listener supported and commercial-free.” The station is licensed by SOCAN (the Canadian musical rights association) and it would appear to have worldwide availability. Website: http://a-1mixradio.com TuneIn URL: https://tunein.com/radio/A-1-Mix-Radio-s291154/ Streaming URL: https://daniel.torontocast.com:1665/stream.ogg To find out more about […]
Half of us lie about the music we like according to a survey conducted by Deezer which found that 42% tell ‘musical mistruths’ about the songs and artists they’ve listened to. In a global study of 8,000 adults, Deezer research uncovered why people are hiding their true music preferences. It found that small white lies lead to musical discovery, with over two thirds (70%) listening to the song they claimed to know. The study looked […]
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