Caster Promotion Gets You Real Industry Exposure Play MPE’s Caster gets your music in front of radio programmers, media, and industry professionals. But don’t stop there. Once your music starts gaining traction at radio, you will want to leverage that momentum by growing your fanbase across streaming and social. Play MPE’s partnership with SongTools is […]
Access Partner Perks with Caster+ We are excited to share that Play MPE’s Trusted Partners dashboard is now live in Caster+! What is Caster+? The music promotion distribution and engagement reporting tool you need to know about! Want your music heard by radio programmers, media, freelance contributing writers, bloggers, music supervisors, industry curators and VIP […]
“Hey, Here’s the Story” I grew up in Woombah in New South Wales, Australia. The village I lived in had about 40 people there, and my family were 4 of them! I was born in Sydney, but my parents wanted to live on the Coast, so we moved to quite a remote location when I […]
How important was music when you were growing up? I always listened to the radio growing up, my mom had it on in the car all the time. One core memory I have is recording music on a cassette tape (we all did it) but I remember specifically recording the live Spice Girls concert that […]
I try to bring something fresh and exciting to our little visits, so for this month’s TUNED IN I want to talk about music industry jobs that are more specialized in nature. The job market is a tough one. While a specified field isn’t for everyone, some of these options could be done alongside fronting […]
“Young, Latin and proud” I grew up in the Dominican Republic. Initially, my interest in music came from when I was very small, listening to the boleros (a slow-tempo, deeply romantic genre of Latin American music) my aunt Tete and mom Josefa Emilia were listening to. They had a record player and would play a […]
The 2025 International Songwriting Competition Has Announced the Winners The results are in! The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has officially announced the winners of its 2025 competition, recognizing outstanding songwriting talent from around the globe. As a proud Prize Partner, Play MPE is thrilled to celebrate this year’s winners and award both the overall Grand […]
How important was music when you were growing up? Music was always in my household. Although my grandfather had no formal musical training, he could pick up any instrument and play it. My mom and dad were both choir directors and both sang. I grew up hearing gospel, “old time,” rock, and country on a […]
A Cover Is Worth A Thousand Words Who watched Coachella – or should I say Bieberchella – weekend #2? Justin did something I never saw another artist do: He pulled up old YouTube videos of himself on a big screen and sang along to them. I don’t know how it went down live, but from […]
“And what would you say to your younger self?” I grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a city at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It’s Canada’s ‘oil central’, and my dad worked in that industry. My earliest memory of music is my dad playing guitar, which was his hobby, though I think he would […]