Play MPE Congratulates the Winners of American Songwriter’s 2024 Song Contest As a proud prize partner, Play MPE is pleased to share that American Songwriter recently announced the overall winners of the 2024 Song Contest! The Grand Prize Winner, as well as the First and Second Place Category Winners were selected by an esteemed panel […]
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A New Era for Play MPE Partner Unsigned Only: Introducing the Unsigned Only Music Awards We are pleased to announce Play MPE‘s continued partnership with Unsigned Only! Stay tuned for a special promotion collaboration with multiple prize packages from Caster and MTR on offer! More news on that very soon! As we are all aware […]
Caster Emerge February Finalists Announced Play MPE’s indie artist incubator Caster Emerge is still going strong and open for submissions until February 28th (midnight PST). Our industry relations team is having a blast listening to all of the song submissions – so keep ’em coming! Each month three finalists are selected, with one additional wild […]
Want to win music promotion and radio tracking across North America? Sometimes our blogs can give you straightforward advice – like, how to make your social media pages better or why radio airplay is still important. Other times, we may have a bias – like this blog where we are going to go over ALL […]
Meet Glenn Alderson of RANGE Magazine Glenn Alderson is the Editor in Chief and Publisher of RANGE, a national arts and culture magazine based in Canada that’s committed to highlighting new music. Not only does he write about music, but he’s also a musician. He plays bass for the band NEEDS, who VICE referred to […]
SONGWRITING CAN BE CATHARTIC Unrest is, well, difficult, right? It doesn’t feel good to be disrupted, chaotic, to not know which end is up…unless you’re a songwriter. Some of the greatest songs have come from a writer’s frustration, anger, sorrow, unease. No matter where you stand politically, it’s a time of change, and not just […]
Getting That Music Review, Interview or Feature Getting a thoughtful write-up about your music is like magic—it’s the moment someone else sees the spark in your sound. Whether it’s a blog review or a feature in a legacy publication, media attention can help your music more ears. If a publicist isn’t in the budget, don’t […]
Caster Emerge January Finalists Announced Play MPE’s industry relation team has been busy listening to a ton of incredible music submissions for Caster Emerge. Part music contest, part artist incubator, Play MPE is on the hunt to uncover indie artists who are ready to take the next step in their career. Each month three finalists […]
Build your network of industry connections in Player Verified music curators – using Player to discover and access the latest releases and catalog content – can now invite coworkers and industry contacts to connect. Start inviting your contacts to connect, and you’ll soon unlock time-saving collaborative features. These features, such as “Share a Release,” will become […]
BEYOND 10,000 HOURS Emily Harris is an experienced IT professional who started her career as a desktop technician and now spends her time as an Information Security leader (cyber security). How is this relevant to music? For many reasons, but also because Emily used her smarts early in her career to launch some very cool […]