October 2019

Spotify launches Daily Drive in Germany

15/10/2019

Spotify launches Daily Drive in Germany with drive time music playlists, news and podcasts following on from the successful launch of Your Daily Drive in the US earlier in the year. Spotify’s Daily Drive playlist combines the best of news talk shows, including the relevancy and personality of the hosts, with the best of audio streaming (on demand, personalized playing and discovery). It combines your favourite music with relevant, timely world updates from reputable sources […]

Move your music between Google devices and apps

14/10/2019

Move your music between Google devices and apps in their newly launched Stream Transfer feature which lets you easily move music, videos, podcasts and more between compatible devices in your home using your voice, the Google Home app or the touchscreen on your Nest smart display. In a recent blog posting Google writes that ‘Since 2013, we’ve been working to make it easier for people to play music and watch their favourite shows and videos […]

Spotify Everywhere - new smart integrations released

6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device

13/10/2019

6 new ways to stream Spotify on a smart device have been published in a new blog by the streamer as part of its Ubiquity strategy. The idea is that you should be able to tune in to Spotify wherever, whenever, using whatever. With the ever increasing use of smart devices such as smart watches and smart speakers, the aim is to provide access to all of your favourite audio content on all of these […]

Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being

12/10/2019

Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being according to a study commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) as part of National Album Day on 12th October 2019. The results, reported on the BPI website showed that ‘millions of stressed Britons are turning to their music collections to help them de-stress.’ The key results indicate a strong link between listening to albums and mental well-being with respondents overwhelmingly agreeing that album listening is […]

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album

12/10/2019

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album was one of the surprise findings of a survey into the UK’s music listening habits conducted by Deezer. The survey timed to coincide with the run up to National Album Day found that despite Brits listening to fewer full albums than 3-5 years ago (49%), nostalgia and fandom are increasing the nation’s desire to enjoy more albums. Over a quarter of people (28%) say […]

Amazon Music joins Spotify on Apple TV

11/10/2019

Amazon Music joins Spotify on Apple TV with a new app which runs on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 and later. Amazon is the latest streamer to be added to Apple TV after Spotify created an Apple TV app to add to its existing support for TV platforms including Android TV, Samsung Tizen, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. Available now, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App […]

Mental health guide for the electronic music industry

11/10/2019

The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) has published a mental health guide for the electronic music industry to coincide with World Mental Health Day which takes place on the 10th October every year. The guide, which can be downloaded here, is an updated version of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) Mental Health Guide and provides general information aimed at everyone who works in the electronic music industry worldwide. The Guide contains sections on Anxiety & […]