Triller to Offer Live Streaming; 'Song Exploder,' the Netflix Series; Spotify’s New Soundtrap Capture App; Beatchain Announces New Ad-Buying Feature

Acquired in 2017, Soundtrap more or less serves a similar role as Anchor under the larger Spotify banner — albeit largely focused on music creation, instead of podcasting.

The long-running “Song Exploder” podcast becomes the latest audio series to get transformed into TV content, courtesy of Netflix.

Building off its unique big data dashboard of digital insights, Beatchain has created an easy-to-use feature guiding artists and music managers through building their fanbase with targeted advertising buys.

Traditionally, independent labels have tended to focus solely on music – perhaps one genre of music – in just one or two markets. Better Noise is not that kind of independent label.

Like its streaming rivals, Deezer is experimenting with commissioning original music that won’t put labels’ noses out of joint.

In February this year, Spotify launched a beta ‘Songwriter Pages’ feature offering more visibility for songwriters on its service.

Triller users will have the ability to livestream content, further expanding Triller’s capabilities as the social platform’s user-base grows. This new feature will offer creators a new way to monetize their content.

Plus, what artists really want out of brand relationships.

The excess of the 80s produced monster pop albums that many artists still aspire to today, but times have changed.

Leaning too heavily into the convenience technology offers can be bad for our music. This especially goes for writing and performing with MIDI instruments.

With 2020’s lockdowns, online performances have become huge and we’re starting to see just how profitable a livestreamed performance can be.

Camille Hearst has been named head of Spotify for Artists, the resource for artists and their teams to better understand their audiences.