November 2019

Americans are changing their listening habits

22/11/2019

Americans are changing their listening habits with people spending more time listening to Spoken Word Audio at the expense of music listening according to The Spoken Word Audio Report. The study conducted by the NPR and Edison research found that share of time spent listening to spoken word audio has increased 20% since 2014, while time spent with music across the same period decreased 5%. This shift is led by a dramatic increase in spoken […]

Apple Music launches Replay playlist

21/11/2019

Apple Music launches Replay playlist, a collection of your favourite music from 2019 and every year you’ve subscribed to Apple Music. This is similar to Spotify’s Wrapped feature and like any playlist can be added to your Apple Music Library making it possible to be streamed at any time including when offline. Unlike Spotify’s offering, Apple Music Replay is continually updated during the year and your Replay playlist can be shared with friends or posted […]

Half of UK employees listen to music at work

20/11/2019

Half of UK employees listen to music at work according to a recent survey conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by UK Classical Music radio station, Scala Radio. The poll of 2000 employed Brits showed that more than a quarter of us use music to block out fellow employee’s noise, while in contrast a tenth listen to avoid silence if their colleagues aren’t in. With an estimated 32.75 million UK workers currently in employment (Office for […]

Promote on SoundCloud tool launched for creators

19/11/2019

Promote on SoundCloud tool launched for creators to help them boost their original tracks to the top of listeners’ feeds and mobile homepages. Announced in a recent blog, Promote is the latest addition to SoundCloud’s Premier programme, which now offers independent creators full-stack capabilities to share and promote tracks directly to fans on SoundCloud in real-time, distribute releases to their audience across all major music services worldwide, and get paid for plays both on SoundCloud and […]

Spotify Free now available on Sonos

18/11/2019

Spotify Free now available on Sonos and requires the Sonos app to be sync’d to your Spotify Free account. To enable Spotify account on your Sonos device, open the Sonos app, go to Settings > Services and tap Spotify to link your account, as shown here in the animation below. Further information on how to link a Spotify Free account to a Sonos device can be found here. The differences between Spotify Premium and Spotify […]

Listening to music is good for your health

17/11/2019

Listening to music is good for your health is the conclusion of a study commissioned by Deezer which established a ‘Recommended Daily Allowance’ (RDA) for music. The study conducted by the British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST) looked at how different music styles affect our mental and physical well-being and concluded that we should listen to music for at least 78 minutes a day. The global study of over 7500 people looked at the relationship […]

Get 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for £/€/$0.99

17/11/2019

Get 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for £/€/$0.99 in a limited time offer which ends on 6th January 2020. After the promotional trial, your subscription will be £/€/$9.99/month thereafter and £/€/$7.99/month for Prime Members. Offer is for new subscribers only and you can cancel anytime. Full details and offer conditions can be found here. Amazon has recently upped its game with a CD Quality and HiRes streaming option – Amazon Music HD – launched […]