Music Biz Monday // 4.22

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YOUTUBE MUSIC ROLLS OUT FREE, AD-SUPPORTED SERVICE FOR GOOGLE HOME USERS

A free, ad-supported YouTube Music service has been rolled out for Google Home users.

Starting today (April 18), the free service is available on smart speakers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, and Austria and will be available in more countries soon.

\\ Read more on Music Business Worldwide //

FREE AMAZON MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE NOW LIVE VIA ALEXA IN THE UNITED STATES

It’s been a big week for ‘free’ music.

First, yesterday (April 18), Google announced that a limited version of its YouTube Music service is now available out of the box on Google Home smart speakers.

Then, as expected, Amazon’s first ever free-to-users music streaming offering officially went live in the United States.

\\ Read more on Music Business Worldwide //

SiriusXM Turns Its Talk Shows Into Pandora Podcasts

Starting today (April 16), nearly two dozen SiriusXM programs will be available to Pandora listeners as podcasts.

The repurposed shows, located within the new Podcasts on Pandora platform, span entertainment, talk, comedy, music and sports programming hosted by SiriusXM talents like Andy Cohen, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Hart, Hoda Kotb, Jenny McCarthy, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Sway. On the music end, the list includes music historian Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation, Mark Goodman and Alan Light’s Debatable and Nik Carter and Lori Majewski’s Feedback, along with long-form segments of talk show Sway in the Morning.

\\ Read more on Billboard //

Bandcamp Announces New Vinyl Pressing Service

Bandcamp has announced a new service that allows artists to launch crowdfunding campaigns for vinyl releases. Once a campaign reaches its minimum goal, Bandcamp will press and ship the vinyl record directly to fans. Artists will maintain full control of the record’s design as well as its price. The service—which aims to streamline the “financing, production, and fulfillment of vinyl records”—is set to launch for all artists and labels later this year.

\\ Read more on Pitchfork //

The Real Reasons Artists Succeed on Spotify — From a Playlisting Pro

Follow these tips and win.

George Goodrich of Playlist Push has witnessed thousands of successful Spotify playlist campaigns. He partnered with Digital Music News to share the most important tips he’s learned.

\\ Read more on Digital Music News //

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