If you’ve ever thought about switching your Spotify subscription to Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube Music, Deezer, or vice versa, one thing that probably made you change your mind is “how am I going to transfer all my songs from a streaming service to another?” Well, here’s the answer. If you …
Read More »Spotify settings to change to make listening to music even better
Whether you typically use earbuds, headphones or speakers, your music can sound a whole lot better with a few settings changes in Spotify. The music streaming service is ranked among the best streaming apps. It lets you listen to music wherever you are, recommends new songs based on your activity, …
Read More »Spotify Comfortably Remains The Biggest Streaming Service Despite Its Market Share Being Eaten Into
Research company MIDiA reports that there were 523.9 million paying subscribers on music streaming services globally in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 26.4% from the same period in 2020. Spotify is still the market leader by some distance, it says, despite rival services eating into its market share. …
Read More »Apple Music launches Rap Life Radio, Africa Edition with Ebro Darden and LootLove
Apple Music today launches a new monthly on-demand African edition of Rap Life Radio, presented by hip hop aficionado, Ebro Darden and South African TV presenter and radio personality, LootLove (real name Luthando Shosha). Rap Life Radio, Africa Edition will serve as a companion to Apple Music’s flagship hip hop …
Read More »From Spotify To Apple Music: How Much Time It Takes To Earn $1 By Song Artistes
In the streaming era, music artists depend on services like Spotify and Apple Music to be paid for their music instead of relying on traditional CD sales or digital purchases of music. Streaming services and musicians have been at odds multiple times – like the time Taylor Swift pulled her …
Read More »Apple Music announce AWEN as the latest Isgubhu cover star
Apple Music today announced French-Senegalese dance music singer-songwriter and producer, AWEN (real name Lucille Kante) as its latest Isgubhu cover star. Her debut album Redemption (2021), moves between soulful Afro House and deep spiritual trip hop and features Umlazi-born, self-taught Afro House producer and DJ, Enoo Napa on the title-track …
Read More »Shazam shares 2022 predictions and spotlights 5 artists to watch
With over 1 billion songs identified each month, Shazam uncovers artists from every corner of the world earlier than any other service, using the curiosity of everyday fans to tell a story of what’s next. Each year brings a new group of artists who seem to rule their particular corners …
Read More »MusicMatch Lets You Share Your Spotify Links With Your Apple Music Friends
The MusicMatch app for iOS lets users open Apple Music links in Spotify and Spotify links in Apple Music, depending on which service they use. MusicMatch is an iOS app that lets Spotify users open Apple Music links and Apple Music users open Spotify links in their respective music streaming service of …
Read More »Self-Publishing Music: How to Publish Your Own Songs
First things first: music publishing pertains to the commercialization of musical compositions, NOT to sound recordings. So, this information is relevant to songwriters, not to recording artists — although if you both write and perform, self-publishing can be very relevant. To understand why it’s so important for songwriters to have …
Read More »TikTok Is Now More Important Than YouTube For Musicians. Here’s Why
TikTok’s users now spend more time each month watching content than YouTube users, according to a report from app analytics firm App Annie. In the US, ByteDance’s app first overtook YouTube in August last year, and as of June 2021, its users watched over 24 hours of content per month, compared …
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