
Hot tips: Canadian grant funding and how to write a music marketing plan
Writing a Music Marketing Plan Crafting an effective marketing plan is crucial for musicians seeking to maximize their reach and engage with their target audience. A well-structured music marketing plan outlines the strategies, tactics, and resources required to promote your music effectively. Applying for Canadian grant funding can provide artists with a valuable opportunity to […]

We’re Partnering with Canada’s Polaris Music Prize!
Guess what?! We are partnering up with Canada’s coveted Polaris Music Prize! Right?! Not only are we proud to sponsor this darlin’ of the Canadian music industry, but we are pleased as punch that we get to provide this year’s winner with a full-service global music promotion distribution package! Ooooh… Ahhhhh. Also… we will be […]

Play MPE is partnering with Western Canada’s BreakOut West 2022
BreakOut West and the Western Canadian Music Awards are celebrating their 20th Anniversary Sept 28th through Oct 2nd, in Calgary, Alberta! Play MPE is getting in on the festivities, and partnering up with BreakOut West 2022. Every year, the conference brings hundreds of speakers from all over the globe to help inform and connect western […]

Canada’s Polaris Music Prize Announces the 2022 Grand Prize Winner!
What a big day in Canadian music! The results of the Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, were announced at last night’s gala event in Toronto, Ontario. The big winner is Pierre Kwenders for the album ‘José Louis And The Paradox Of Love’! “This is crazy, I don’t even know what to think. This […]

BreakOut West 2022 – Western Canadian Music Awards Winners Announced
Canadian music lovers! BreakOut West (BOW) took place in Calgary, AB recently – western Canada’s premier music festival, conference and awards. Every year they celebrate the best in the west, highlighting artists and industry players on the rise. Our own Bradley Gant attended the conference in person this year, spreading the good word of global […]

Hot Tips: promote your music beyond the border
Your song on the radio outside your hometown Let’s say you’re from Canada – maybe Toronto? You visit your cousin who lives in Portugal – maybe Lisbon? You turn on the radio when you get in your cousin’s car and what do you hear? Your song!! YOUR SONG! What kind of global music promotion magic […]

MTR – Music Tracking Radar Launches in Canada!
We at Play MPE have an incredibly exciting announcement! Our parent company Destiny Media Technologies has launched a new radio monitoring platform – MTR. This ‘Music Tracking Radar’ software initially covers the whole Canadian Market! Whenever you send a release to radio, you want to know if it’s getting airplay, right? Our flagship tool Caster […]