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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 […]

Spotify users grow by 30% to 248 million

16/11/2019

Spotify users grow by 30% to 248 million year on year with subscribers up 31% to 113 million according to the streamer’s recently published Q3 2019 financial results. Total Monthly Active Users (MAU) grew 30% year on year to 248 million well ahead of expectations with South East Asia and India leading the charge. The streamer also noted that long term retention of users driven by innovation in its product has contributed to the strong […]

Podcasts on Pandora now on web and desktop

16/11/2019

Podcasts on Pandora are now available to all users on the web at pandora.com and via Pandora’s new desktop app for Mac and Windows according to a recent blog post. Now, Pandora users can enjoy their favourite podcasts and get personalized recommendations on their mobile devices or computers whether they’re at home, in the car, or on the go. Since launching last year, Pandora’s catalogue of podcasts has increased over fivefold and now contains thousands of […]

SoundCloud rolls out Repost for Mobile

15/11/2019

SoundCloud rolls out Repost for Mobile enabling creators to manage and distribute their music on the go according to a recent blog post by the streamer. All the existing features of the Repost Network are now available on iOS and Android. Repost for Mobile features Distribute your music to Spotify, Apple Music, Tik Tok and 25+ other music services Monetize your music on SoundCloud Issue takedowns of infringing content on SoundCloud Remove, add and see […]

Deezer creates new 360 Reality Audio app

14/11/2019

Deezer creates new 360 Reality Audio app joining TIDAL and Amazon Music in supporting Sony’s new immersive audio format. The announcement comes shortly after Amazon Music announced its support for the new format last month. 360 Reality Audio is a new audio format that maximizes the spatial sound field by creating multiple virtual speakers. Instruments are converted into independent ‘objects’, placeable anywhere in true 360-degree space resulting in ‘a truly immersive listening experience’. To get […]

YouTube Music launches in SE Asia

13/11/2019

YouTube Music launches in SE Asia with 7 additional countries as part of its worldwide rollout to replace Google Play Music. Google has been under criticism that YouTube Music is less feature rich and less available than Google Play Music and this has seen a flurry of additional countries and features deployed on the YouTube Music platform. Welcome as these additions are many of them are catch up rather than novel features and with the […]