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 […]
Jeff Dandurand is the San Francisco based Director of Partnership and Promotions for Ubisoft, a French video game publisher based in Paris and the #3 publisher of games worldwide. Up until he started working at Ubisoft, Jeff’s resume consisted of music industry jobs. Read on to see how it prepared him to go from records […]
Music is what drives us at Play MPE, and our individual tastes are totally eclectic. From those who laud U2’s Joshua Tree as the best album ever made, to fans of a-bit-of-everything – whether it be screamo, hip-hop, disco, grime…or who exclusively listen to classical instrumental soundtracks while they plug away at their desk. Perhaps […]
Pink Floyd once sang “We don’t need no education,” and while it’s true, you really don’t need a degree to be a rock star, it still might come in handy someday. First of all, you may not choose to be a rocker your whole life, so why not have something to fall back on? But […]
We here at Team Play MPE are delighted to announce our partnership with American Songwriter Song Contest 2021! It is an honour to be aligned with one of the top contemporary songwriter publications in the world, and to be providing some fabulous prizes for their highly regarded Song Contest this year. Global Music Promotion Campaign […]
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 […]
Ken Phillips is a Los Angeles based publicist who has been working in the industry since the 90s. He not only works with musicians, but also actors like Margaret Cho and reality show personality/comedian Bob the Drag Queen. A veteran at music PR, Ken talks to Play MPE about his career, managing expectations and when […]
As a global company, Play MPE aims to bring artists and tastemakers together across borders. We have been expanding into the Latin Music market and are pleased to offer this article, the first of what will hopefully become many(!) bilingual blog installments related to the Latin market. When you do a web search for “Latin […]
Cuando realizas una búsqueda en internet acerca de “Géneros de música latina”, los resultados pueden arrojar muchos estilos diferentes de música popular por país y por territorio, y pueden ser tantos que puede llegar a ser abrumador. Entonces, ¿cómo puedes descubrir lo que el mercado de la música latina tiene para ofrecer cuando no tienes […]
Hey Canada! Hey world! The Polaris Music Prize has officially revealed their Short List of awesome Canadian talent. A huge congratulations to all of the artists, what a group! What’s especially exciting is that one of these ten stellar artists will not only take home the Polaris Music Prize but this year they will also […]