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Liner notes for Apple Music

You can now get the digital equivalent of liner notes for Apple Music with a 3rd part app called MusicSmart. The app provides details of writers, producers, and everyone who has credits for it. It also can tell you which samples are used in a song, or which songs have used it as a sample and a host of background information to round out your listening experience. MusicSmart integrates with your music library regardless of […]

Deutsche Grammophon launches online classical platform
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Deutsche Grammophon launches online classical platform

Deutsche Grammophon launches online classical platform branded DG Premium which offers video and audio classical music content. DG Premium will offer exclusive content to classical music fans and is focused on concert-length productions. Evolving from the popular bonus content site myDG, it will provide access to a compelling basic package of video and audio recordings – free of charge until at least the end of this year – for new subscribers and those already registered […]

BBC Together offers shared watching and listening experience
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BBC Together offers shared watching and listening experience

BBC Together offers shared watching and listening experience enabling friends to watch audio and video content together from iPlayer, Sounds or Bitesize, BBC News and Sport websites. The BBC has created an experimental app which provides a way you can watch or listen to BBC programmes with friends at exactly the same time. To use it, find the link of a programme or piece of video you want to watch with others – from BBC […]

Get 3 months of SoundCloud Go+ for £0.99
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Get 3 months of SoundCloud Go+ for £0.99

Get 3 months of SoundCloud Go+ for £0.99 in a time limited offer which expires on 1st June 2020. The offer can be taken up everywhere Go+ is available and local pricing is similar i.e. £/$/€0.99. After 3 months your subscription will automatically renew at the current regular price of £9.99/month for Go+ unless you cancel. Students can also take up this 3 month offer and are then eligible for a discounted subscription of £4.99/month. […]

How to move your library from Google Play Music to YouTube Music
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How to move your library from Google Play Music to YouTube Music

Google have announced that Google Play Music will close during 2020 and users will be able to move their music library and playlists to YouTube Music and continue listening at no additional cost. The process has been made pretty straightforward but unless you, the user, move your content it will get lost when Google Play Music shuts down. The migration process is available now and how much notice Google will give on the shutdown in […]

Spotify Premium 3 month free offer
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Spotify offers new users 3 months of Premium for free

Spotify offers new users 3 months of its Premium subscription plan for free and users who let their subscription lapse can get 3 months of Spotify Premium for $9.99. Beginning today, Spotify Premium is offering three months free across all plans to eligible first-time users, and three months for $9.99 (or local market equivalent) for eligible users who have cancelled and want to return. New users Individual Premium, Student accounts, Duo or Family package are […]

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IFPI produces Global Music Industry COVID-19 response tracker

IFPI produces Global Music Industry COVID-19 response tracker to provide detailed information about music industry-related measures and initiatives in place across the world to combat the impact of COVID-19. The interactive map is can be clicked on or you can use the filters to search by type of initiative and country to find out what actions are in place at national and global level across music industry bodies, record labels, governments, the live sector, digital […]