Lead: Which Twitch Mix Fits? – Music is essential to the Twitch experience, but Twitch’s formal relationship with music is still a little murky – albeit with the launch of the licensed Soundtrack by Twitch feature offering welcome progress. The power of Twitch as a marketing, communication, and community-building tool is also still open to debate […]
Lead: the recent spat between Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott over who should have been number 1 in the US is arguably less about ego (although there was some of that at stake) and more about the role bundling plays in boosting and maintaining album sales. Once a rare thing reserved for a few big […]
When Soundtrack Your Brand appeared in Sweden a year ago (Bulletin, 20-May-14), there was some confusion over whether its service based around providing Spotify to small businesses for their offices […]
EDM star Rustie has a new album on the way, and he’s promoting it via an online game which sees fans exploring a blocky landscape of trees, grass and mysterious […]
Spotify’s next frontier isn’t a new country – although its Japanese launch is thought to be imminent – but a new class of customer: businesses. The company has launched Spotify […]
We love the fact that Slash includes his own emoticon when signing off in his PledgeMusic blurb – iiii]; )’
Decca’s soundtracks will be released digitally “on the world’s foremost download and streaming platforms” straight after the ceremonies finish: 28 July for the opening ceremony, and 12 August for the closing ceremony.
Beck is the latest artist to sign on for the soundtrack of upcoming PS3 and PS Vita game Sound Shapes. He’ll provide three unreleased songs for the side-scrolling platform game, joining Deadmau5, Jim Guthrie, and I Am A Robot And Proud.
Oh my. The latest music hack to ripple through the industry is the marvellously-named The Byrds and The Bee(Gee)s.
