Category: Indie Labels

Your song on the radio outside your hometown Let’s say you’re from Canada – maybe Toronto? You visit your cousin who lives in Portugal – maybe Lisbon? You turn on the radio when you get in your cousin’s car and what do you hear? Your song!! YOUR SONG! What kind of global music promotion magic […]

Video didn’t kill the radio star and neither did streaming. Radio is still a very important part of releasing new music. There are many ways to launch a music career, but here’s a hot tip: radio is still a significant step in establishing an artist. Is radio good for music promotion? Yes. Here’s why. Streaming vs […]

We are excited to expand the reach of Play MPE’s radio tracking tool MTR! You will soon be able to track your radio airplay across 5000+ radio stations in North America. MTR officially launches in the US on June 6th and we have some great news! Caster users will be offered early access and special […]

During times of crisis it’s natural to turn inward. However, in the short and long term we are better served by doing the opposite; looking beyond ourselves to offer support to others in any way we can. That’s what artists all over the world are doing; using music to offer solace: playing virtual concerts, and even writing and releasing songs extolling the virtues of social distancing and self-isolation in inspirational and often hilarious ways.

Distilling and defining the impact of Jazz is a smidge like tackling the proof of a higher power or defining irony. Broad in scope, yet uniquely recognizable, you know it when you hear it but are likely hard-pressed to synthesize the magnitude of its impact: born in African tradition against the backdrop of slavery, jazz […]

‘Local conversation and local culture isn’t disappearing necessarily just because we have a world that’s more connected. In fact I think it allows some subcultures to blossom a bit more and for local conversations to have even more power and I think that radio can certainly play a part in that’ – Jared Leto (Thirty […]