February 2020

Qobuz drops the price of its Premier service

26/02/2020

Qobuz drops the price of its Premier service offering a HiRes and CD Quality streaming service in the UK for £14.99 a month or £149.99 with a yearly plan. In addition, the streamer will be dropping its MP3 streaming service ‘to focus on delivering best-in-class studio quality audio’. The streaming service will offer CD-quality (lossless) or HiRes (from 24-bit/44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz studio quality) on its new Studio Premier plan, for its first […]

Country Music streaming grew by 36% in US in 2019

25/02/2020

Country Music streaming grew by 36% in US in 2019 with radio listeners having more contemporary tastes than on-demand streamers according to a recent report from P1 Media Group. Yet despite the general trend to playing more contemporary music, Country Radio missed the immense popularity of Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ which spent 19 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The findings were based on MRC Data/Nielsen Music Top 500 most played […]

Spotify syncs lyrics to the music

24/02/2020

Spotify syncs lyrics to the music using the Musixmatch lyrics platform so you can read or sing along as the track plays. This feature is being gradually rolled out on the platform and the feature won’t work for all tracks on Spotify, but supported songs will be indexed with a LYRICS tag much like the EXPLICIT tag in playlists. You can read the lyrics from the Now Playing section, just below the cover art and […]

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music

23/02/2020

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music where you can create and stream your own personal music library in a soon to be released upgrade to the app. Once your music is uploaded, you can use YouTube Music to play your uploaded music as part of your listening experience. Google has announced it will eventually be replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music and has been adding new features since its launch. No date has been […]

Spotify refreshes New Music Friday playlist

23/02/2020

Spotify refreshes New Music Friday playlist with a global rebrand for its 8 million followers according to a recent blog post. Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist is a curated selection of the most anticipated new tracks of the week with 8 million followers globally and over 3.5 million in the US. The revamped playlist, which has 43 versions worldwide, will continue to serve as a destination for listeners who want to discover new music from […]

SoundCloud rolls out mobile uploading

22/02/2020

SoundCloud rolls out mobile uploading of tracks with the iOS app available now and Android ‘coming soon’ according to a recent blog posting. Uploading to SoundCloud from your phone is the latest mobile workflow capability from the streamer that makes it easier to create and share, anytime, anywhere. With track, Spotlight and profile editing also part of their toolkit of mobile tools it is possible to make a track private, feature your best work and […]

SOURCE: RPO - Interest in orchestral increases for under 25s in UK

Interest in orchestral music increases for under 25s in UK

22/02/2020

Interest in orchestral music increases for under 25s in UK fuelled by streaming platforms such as Spotify and YouTube according to new research by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). Almost three quarters (73%) of British adults have an active relationship with orchestral music from going to concerts, streaming music online to learning an instrument. However, amongst those under 25, the proportion rose to 83%, dispelling notions that orchestras are the preserve of older people. Orchestral […]