Featured Series – Spotify: Streaming Numbers Put in Perspective. It’s no secret that Spotify is, and has for some time now been, the music streaming industry’s leader, as measured by paying subscribers, total users, revenues and otherwise. But most people…
Featured Series – Spotify: Fresh Finds. As far as music discovery on Spotify goes, the holy grail for underground and/or indie musicians is Fresh Finds. Refreshed each Wednesday, this playlist series combines complex algorithms that leverage big data with loving…
Featured Series – Spotify: Discover Weekly and Release Radar. Spotify has built much of its brand on machine learning and algorithms, employing the former and the latter in a number of different contexts. (This much is evident in the company’s…
Opinion Piece: The Why and How of Music. Our fascination with melodies and rhythms, sounds and timbers pre-dates Ancient times. In fact, music has been in existence for some 40,000-odd years, perhaps even much longer, according to some scientists. There’s just something profoundly…
Opinion Piece: Why The DMV Area Is One of America’s Most Promising Musical Breeding Grounds. The Washington metropolitan area, comprised of Washington, D.C., parts of Maryland and Virginia – hence the name “DMV” – is on the come-up. And it’s…
Opinion Piece: SoundCloud Scene Goes Live. The history of bedroom-producers-turned-electronic-music-stars is longstanding. But never before have we seen the proliferation of SoundCloud-based producers going from the basement or bedroom to the main stage like we did in 2016. In fact, this…