Monthly Archives: July 2012
What if an artist starts linking to Spotify?
A few weeks ago I wrote an article called: Low streaming revenues: a self-fulfilling prophecy? Shannon Hurley was named an example of an artists who complains but doesn’t do a thing to promote her music on Spotify. I had a pleasant and interesting discussion with Shannon Hurley on this subject. The outcome is even better. Shannon [...]
Spoticonnect: information while you listen
Category Spotify, Spotify Tips
This is how I like to listen to music: sitting on my couch, holding my iPad, headphones on or even better using Airplay-AppleTV for playback on my stereo. Now the Spotify iPad App is beautiful and the album covers look great, but are you going to stare at the cover for minutes? Well, I’m surely [...]
NME app: good, PlayMySong App: better
New Musical Expres released their Spotify App. Great app, but we have seen that concept before. The brand new PlayMySong App however does adds extra features to Spotify. You drag a playlist to the app: Now you, or anyone listening to the music can pick up their iOS, Android, or Windows Phone device to select [...]
Low streaming revenues: a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Zoe Keating !! RT @theatlantic: Why Spotify doesn’t work for musicians: 70,000 listens pays less than $300 theatln.tc/MBOeoz — Zoe Keating (@zoecello) juni 29, 2012 Now check zoekeating.com Not a single link to her music or artist profile Spotify. Over 1 million Twitter followers. Imagine the impact of a tweet with a link to a [...]
Spotify’s paltry royalties explained
A few days ago I had a Twitter conversation with Zoe Keating about the article mentioned in the tweet below. !! RT @TheAtlantic: Why Spotify doesn’t work for musicians: 70,000 listens pays less than $300 theatln.tc/MBOeoz — Zoe Keating (@zoecello) juni 29, 2012 I have seen a lot of similar articles and the discussion is [...]