Quick Spin Into The Music Scene #1

Apple Music now monitors radio plays. The internet has solved a 20 years old music mystery case. 2 grandparents are one of the coolest acts in UK's drill scene.

Shorter than 3 minutes songs, shorter than 30 seconds video clips, shorter than 1 minute sex sessions, shorter than 10 minutes food recipes… We live our lives on fast forward in a fast consuming world with a tiny attention span. As we need to adapt to trends, we are premiering a news digest that would complement our long read editorials, reviews and interviews. Please welcome the Quick Spin series, for music professionals who like to keep themselves up to date with what’s trending on the music scene: news, reviews, breakthrough artists, new features from old services, amazing campaigns that could serve as inspiration and many more. Be sure you subscribe to our newsletter to keep yourself in perfect shape!

Old news is (sometimes) good news: Apple Music For Artists has a Radio Spins section

Apple owned Shazam is the engine that powers the radio monitoring feature available on Apple Music for Artists since July 2024. There are more than 40K radio stations being monitored on a daily basis, which gives Apple Music a nice leverage ahead of its competitors. Pretty useful for artists who made it on FM frequency waves and want to brag about it.

The Biggest Music Mystery On The Internet Has Been Solved After 20 Years

Now you can drink your morning / afternoon / evening coffee in peace: the internet has solved a 20 years mystery! 40 years ago some German dude recorded a radio song on a cassette tape. After 20 years, his sister uploaded the recording on the internet, trying to find out who plays it. With redditors, youtubers and even Rolling Stone trying to solve this mystery case, after another 20 years came the relief: a band called FEX from Kiel, who won a talent contest in Bremen in 1984 and their music was described as Rock with Wave and Pop influences. Now you know it!

Ignoring Youtube Music? Think Again: 100 Million Paid Subscribes in 2024!

With Spotify looking down to its competitors and Apple Music going stronger with each year, one may ignore Youtube Music, as being an integral part of Youtube. Yet, after seeing the jaw dropping income figures for the last quarter - 8.92 billion USD) and the share taken by Youtube Music from it, you may rethink your promo strategy. Content ID claims were up 25% this year, with Google reporting that most rights holders choosing to monetize content rather than rip it down. Rather than waiting for Spotify breadcrumbs, why not starting to monetize your youtube channel?

Cool Resources: The Music Industry Podcast by Burstimo

You have good music. Your mom, dad, spouse and lover listen to it. You even broke through in your closed circle of friends. Now it’s time to take it to the next level. The Music Industry Podcast, hosted by Burstimo music agency, is a good start, with lots of examples and success story to get your inspired

Now Back To Music: These 2 Grandads Are Big In UK Drill

Complaining your lack of success with your music, while still being your mid 20s? Check out Pete & Bas, 2 respectable UK citizens, now well in their 70s, rapping about their South London neighbourhood while enjoying golf, cigars and whiskey jars. They even scored a T-Pain remix, just to give you a view of the scale of their success. You can now go to sleep, as you have 50 more years to get world famous. Check Pete & Bas on Spotify here