Enter to Win ISC 2025 Play MPE is honoured to be an ongoing prize partner of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC)! We are pleased to share that submissions are now open for the 2025 competition! ISC is one of the most respected and influential songwriting competitions in the world. Now is your chance to get […]
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Chandler Bing was there to remind us that, thankfully, in the words of Gloria Estefan, “Eventually, the rhythm IS going to get you.” That particular Friends episode (The One with the Tiny T-Shirt) aired some 23 years ago, and a decade after Cuban-born Gloria Estefan burned up the charts with “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You.” […]
The More Things Change… The music industry is constantly evolving, but the relationships artists form with both the people who pitch their music to radio, and those who determine if it gets airplay, remain critical to growing an artist’s audience. Consequently, musicians should have a basic understanding of the roles various people play in any […]
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned into our very first panel last week, How to Get the Attention of Music Curators and Radio Programmers. Once your music has been distributed by Play MPE to tastemakers everywhere, it is also very important to have a strategy for success. Our panel of experts […]
We are very excited to create our own knowledge-sharing events with music industry experts, as a resource to our much loved global music community.
This week we feature artist Andrew Shapiro! With everything going on in the current climate it can be nice to find some silver linings amidst all this talk of “The New Normal”. As we are all adjusting to life spent mostly indoors – save for solo walks to get sun and much needed nature-times – […]
We take a look at the ever-increasing symbiosis within today’s tech and music industries. This just in: the ink is now dry on deals signed by Apple with Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music. Apple services (encompassing Music, TV+, and iCloud) made over 46 billion in 2019, a 16 billion increase from 2017, per […]
In this age of renewed appreciation for our communities at large, and recognition of available resources, we take the opportunity to spotlight some of the many organizations and support available to musicians throughout Canada. Notably, a $100,000 fund has been announced in a partnership between The National Arts Centre and Facebook. The fund aims to […]
