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Winners of American Songwriter’s 2024 Song Contest

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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You’ve Lost That Lockdown Feeling – But You Can Still Build Your Fanbase

You’ve isolated… disinfected… sanitized… masked… watched seemingly every show created, and discovered new artists and music referred to you by those close, yet still distant from you. Perhaps you even delved into that old vinyl collection gathering dust in your father’s basement to reminisce the days of yore. Maybe you have written a double album’s […]

Make the Most of Your Music Promotion Distribution Campaign

Play MPE is a team of passionate individuals who love, live & breathe music – working within the music industry is definitely the cherry on top. Our reps take that same passion and apply it when working with the many artists & labels looking to promote content, whether it be for the first, or the […]

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2021: And the Bands Zoom On

If we learned anything in 2020, it was to expect the unexpected. We also learned that an artist will stop at nothing to make sure people hear their music. With these two things in mind, how can musicians be ready for 2021?  Read on!   The state of touring is still in flux, even with […]

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A Holiday Gift For Our Music Community

“Love Is Still the Same (Happy Holidays)” is available now.  In the spirit of this unique holiday season we – the same friendly humans who ensure your music promotion campaigns reach tastemakers all over the world – wanted to make our own online musical offering The Play MPE Collective is very much a reflection of […]

Making Airwaves & (Virtual) Party Playlists This Holiday Season

You can count on it like you can count the keys on a piano – as soon as Thanksgiving drops, radio stations start playing Holiday music. Usually, one station in your area goes full blast while other stations pepper their playlist with “joy” and “cheer.” As it gets closer to the holidays, you’ll hear more […]

Music X Fashion

David Bowie’s song “Fashion” may have been released in 1980, but he sure had his eyes toward the future. Shortly thereafter, fashion and music merged in a way it never had before. You could give some (ok, a lot) of credit to MTV, a visual medium, where style became a major player in music culture. […]

Playlisters, Playlisting and Playlists – Oh My!

If you’re an artist, here’s a term you have certainly heard, definitely over the past few years or so: playlisting. If you’re not already familiar, playlisting is when a streaming platform or independent creator puts together a soundtrack or digital mixtape of sorts… they can be curated for a certain genre, mood, event, or really […]

Food for Rock

There’s no end of music themed eateries and musically inspired nibbles. Regardless of your culinary quirks or taste in music, chances are you’ll find something that is just the right kind of jam for you. Let’s start with one of the world’s greatest rock and roll icon’s favourite meals… Elvis Presley absolutely loved deep-fried banana […]