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 […]
Caster has a major update that will make your day-to-day much more efficient. Creating and managing your lists will be easier than ever, with Contacts. If you use Caster to release new music to our network of professional curators, you may be familiar with Lists. This would be where you add your own contacts and […]
We are excited to release the recording of our latest panel: Promoting and Discovering Artists in Australia & New Zealand Moderated by Auckland New Zealand’s very own Richie Hardcore, this is a must-see! Richie was a radio host and DJ at Auckland’s 95bfm for 15 years and is currently a noted public speaker, MC and […]
Hello Australia, New Zealand and the WORLD! We are super excited to announce a brand new panel discussion. Promoting and Discovering Artists in Australia & New Zealand streams live: *Tuesday October 13th @ 9:30am AEST / 10:30am AEDT / 12:30pm NZDT *If you are in North America you can tune in Monday October 12th […]
Play MPE’s Glenn Mattern spoke with Music Promotion’s Amanda Alexandrakis, and we are honoured to share her knowledge and expertise.
Whether you are an established artist, an indie label, or music manager – there is a ton of useful information here.
Pro PR Tips from Strut Entertainment’s Samantha Pickard For Samantha Pickard, Founder and President of Toronto-based Strut Entertainment, success, personally and professionally, is about helping people achieve their dreams. Period. “Helping people, helping artists get to where they need to go, I love doing that. It’s the really exciting part of the work we do.” […]
