spotify – THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BLOG

3 May, 2019

When the DIY comes around it’s dead.

diy, spotify

I remember when I started talking about Spotify with my artists around 2009. They were totally uninterested. The industry as well. Just people higher up in the industry was interested. Then five years later the general industry started to become

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12 Dec, 2018

Active or passive listners? How to detect fake numbers.

Artist, facebook, fake numbers, instagram, spotify, youtube

I have been writing about fake numbers, here and here before. So how do you check fake numbers? Many artists just ask for certain things but if you fake one thing it shows on other things. Normally I don’t hang out

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13 Nov, 2018

Putting makeup on a pig!

makeup, pig, spotify, upload

I really got a writer’s block for a couple of days. The topics that have come up has already been written about. And the topics have really not been at the grassroots level either. So I took over the uploading section on

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27 Aug, 2018

Spotify don’t break careers, stop thinking of Spotify.

myth, spotify

I have this conversation at least once a week. Artists or managers or even bookers looking at Spotify numbers and actually think they mean something! Here is some breaking news: THEY DON´T MEAN A SHIT. Spotify is good to make

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15 Jun, 2018

This is how you raise your Spotify numbers!

numbers, Personal, spotify

This is how you raise your Spotify numbers! STOP LOOKING AT THEM. The whole week has been with people sad not getting numbers, some happy having very big numbers, questions how to raise the listenings on Spotify etc. So I will

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18 Jan, 2018

Here is how you get all Spotify:s playlists

playlists, spotify

I would guess this is the most popular question I get. How do I get into Spotifys playlists? It seems so hard! It’s really not that hard. On average 80% of my releases get placed the first week by Spotify

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24 Sep, 2017

Vlog about how Spotify is pissing on their artists.

Artists, diy, Pissing, spotify, Vlog

A Vlog about how Spotify are pissing on the artists according to a journalist. Also about send in music. The link to send music http://musichelp.se/send-music-vlog/ In the head of an A&R blog http://ihuvudetpaenar.blogspot.se/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/peter.astedt Twitter: @peterastedt Instagram: @peterastedt Musichelp

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23 Aug, 2017

Facebook a new music channel?

facebook, music channel, spotify

The whole summer has been rumors what is going on Facebook? We have seen employment ads where they have hired music lawyers. Of course, it has to do with that you can put up videos in the Facebook feed, and as

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2 Aug, 2017

Mind the gap!

gap, Personal, spotify

Today has just been crazy. You can really see the gaps in the industry. I was sitting with a deal on over 100 000 dollars and got bugged by some new amateur “manager” who was calculating the dimes on a Spotify

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1 Aug, 2017

11 Things Millennial Musicians Just Don’t Get, streams and fans.

digitalmusicnews, musicindustry, Social Media, social numbers, spotify, Tips for artists

I got this article in my feed and it’s brilliant. As an artist (not just millennial) you have to read it to start to understand that some of the features are no longer there. Here is the whole article https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/27/millennial-musicians/

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