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Strange Fruits, which has a distribution deal with Warner Music Group’s ADA, is racking up massive play-counts with 30-second rain recordings. Onlookers in the music industry are not pleased
Indie artists with legitimate fans seem to be the collateral damage in Spotify’s war against music-streaming bots and artificial listeners
This is part of a series that goes behind-the-scenes to explain the different aspects of music creation and dissemination. The first piece is about the world’s biggest music streaming platform.
He also shared a new version of “Go Away”
New podcast explores the music’s roots in Panama and Puerto Rico and its current global success, with appearances from stars like Sech, Nicky Jam, and Rauw Alejandro
A memo from the streaming company, reviewed by Rolling Stone, details the Spotify competitor’s payment structure for labels, artists, and songwriters
The streaming service responds to artists’ grievances of low royalties with an interactive site offering new data points
Never-before-seen Interstella 555 concept art, unearthed 2001 interview feature on streaming service’s tribute to duo’s second LP
“It’s one of my favorite songs of all time,” Cyrus says, “and Bon Iver is an artist I have always looked up to and am constantly inspired by”
Digital marketer Joshua Mack brags on call with high-powered management company about the ability to “manipulate” streaming systems to “hit astronomical numbers”
