
How to Get the Most Out of Caster
Play MPE is the world leader in music promotion distribution platforms, but we are still constantly updating and improving our system to make things run even more smoothly. We want to create the best possible outcomes for anyone using Caster – artists, record labels and promoters alike. So we gathered up our freshest batch of […]

An Interview With Crowd Surf’s Sloane Skylar
Sloane Skylar is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter from Chicago. After attending Berklee School of Music, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career as both a singer and a behind-the-scenes digital media manager. Now working for Crowd Surf, a company that focuses on utilizing social media, interactive marketing and creative services, Sloane works on […]

2022 – New Year’s Resolutions for Artists
If you thought last year zipped by, you’re not alone. 2021 was dubbed “the great catch-up year” since it presented people with the opportunity to catch up on everything they missed in 2020. We – and I mean almost the whole world – were on pause, so 2021, with lifted restrictions, fewer travel bans and […]

International Songwriting Competition – Screen Shot Promotion
Attention artists! Do you have music well-suited for placement in TV, film, video games, and ads? Our partners over at the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) are now taking entries for their Screen Shot promotion! Only a few days left – deadline is December 13th! Winners of the Screen Shot promotion will be connected directly with […]

Music Makeup: An interview with makeup artist Lisa Aharon
Promoting your music can entail everything from choosing the right platform to be heard (Play MPE) to cultivating a killer mailing list, to all the details involved with your visual presence. Music and fashion have gone hand to hand since forever, and that’s why your look also represents your sound. When you upload your music […]

Amazing Holiday Promo! Global Back-Catalogue Releases
Holy smokin’ Santa, have we got a Holiday Deal for you! Remember all those songs and albums you released in the past, that you didn’t have a chance to send out via Play MPE? Well this is the time to remedy that! As a special Holiday promotion, we are offering a HUGE discount. From November […]

The ART OF BOOKING – International Songwriting Competition Promotion
Attention Songwriters! Our partners over at the International Songwriting Competition have kicked off a special promotion called ART OF BOOKING! As the name suggests, this is an opportunity for artists at any level of their career to learn about booking gigs. But not just any old gig – better gigs, and more strategic gigs! This […]

The 2021 Polaris Music Prize Winner – Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World!
Hey there music lovers! Huge news in the Canadian music sphere (nay, the world!) The Polaris Music Prize has just announced their Grand Prize winning album as Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World! The Winner Celebration took place last night at CBC Toronto’s Studio 211, hosted by CBC Music’s Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe. It included performances by 2020 Grand Prize […]

Road Trip!
Ah, summer (unless you’re reading this from Australia). Sun, surf, swimming, BBQs, long nights and…road trips! Yes, yes, what’s more fun than piling into a car and hitting the open road? What’s a little traffic when you’re stuck, I mean, willingly sitting in a car with 5 other people, hoping the driver pulls over soon […]