News 0 Over 4 Trillion Songs Were Streamed in 2023 January 26th, 2024 at 11:13am Mandy Scythe Streaming music is in incredibly high demand.
News 0 Most of the Music on Streaming Services was Played Less Than 1,000 Times Last Year January 16th, 2024 at 9:29am Mandy Scythe This is why your band isn’t making any money.
New Stuff 0 Spotify will Give You More Exposure—If You’re OK with Lower Streaming Rates March 12th, 2023 at 9:00am Mandy Scythe Spotify has a new scheme to get you even more exposure. Unfortunately it will come at the expense of lower royalties.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Streaming: “We Warned Everyone This Was Gonna Happen” June 7th, 2022 at 8:34am Emperor Rhombus “When these monumental shifts come you just either fucking rattle the cage and get nothing done or you move forward.”
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Vinyl Sales Skyrocket 108%, Streams Rise 15% in First Half of 2021 July 26th, 2021 at 1:32pm Vince Neilstein The pandemic did not affect the booming recorded music business.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 These are the Top 25 Metal Albums on Apple Music April 7th, 2021 at 3:38pm Vince Neilstein The usual suspects (Metallica, Slipknot, Tool) with a few surprises.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 These are the Top 25 Most-Streamed Hard Rock and Metal Artists Right Now March 31st, 2021 at 12:11pm Vince Neilstein Featuring Slipknot, Metallica, Link Park, AC/DC and more.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Streaming Accounted for 83% of $12 Billion Recorded Music Revenue in 2020 March 4th, 2021 at 9:34am Vince Neilstein The industry had a great year despite the pandemic.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metal Bands Compared by Spotify Monthly Listeners, December 2020 Rankings December 8th, 2020 at 9:45am Vince Neilstein Big gains from Fever 333, Thy Art is Murder, Katatonia, Rhapsody of Fire, Allegaeon, Eyehategod and more.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Just Four Metal Bands Dominate Nearly 50% of Metal Streaming Chart December 4th, 2020 at 9:35am Vince Neilstein The latest Apple Music metal streaming chart shows a remarkable homogeneity.
Music Dorkery 0 Vinyl vs. Digital: Which Sounds Better? November 12th, 2020 at 12:38pm MetalSucks Time to attempt to settle the age-old debate! Do you prefer the “warmth” of vinyl or the pristine quality of digital?
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metal Bands Compared by Spotify Monthly Listeners, November 2020 Rankings November 2nd, 2020 at 2:56pm MetalSucks Big gainers over the past month include AC/DC, Van Halen, Architects, Babymetal, DevilDriver, Within the Ruins and more.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 August 2020 Metal Band Rankings by Spotify Monthly Listeners August 10th, 2020 at 11:39am Vince Neilstein Big gains by Static-X, Nekrogoblikon, The Ocean, Ihsahn, Pig Destroyer, Venom Prison, Septicflesh, Enslaved and more.
Metal Tech 0 Music Streaming is Growing Again After Coronavirus Drop June 4th, 2020 at 10:11am Vince Neilstein People are beginning to return to their old habits and new consumers are joining them.
Black Collar Workers 0 Major Labels Now Earn Over $1 Million Per Hour in Streaming Revenue March 1st, 2020 at 1:07pm MetalSucks Gone are the days when record labels could complain about streaming as a non-viable source of revenue.
Metal Tech 0 Corey Taylor Goes on Old Man Rant About Streaming Services August 6th, 2019 at 11:20am Vince Neilstein The Slipknot frontman is unhappy with the revenue streaming services pay artists.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Tool Have Amassed Millions of Streams in Just Three Days, Lateralus is #1 on iTunes August 5th, 2019 at 10:28am Vince Neilstein Tool fans are flocking to stream the band’s music for the first time.
Tool Time 0 Tool’s Entire Catalog is Now on Streaming Services August 2nd, 2019 at 8:24am MetalSucks Tool’s music is now on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and more after a decade-long wait.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 150 Metal Bands Ranked By Their Spotify Monthly Listener Counts July 19th, 2019 at 2:51pm Vince Neilstein Which metal bands are the most popular, according to Spotify?
Editorials 0 .Rar Blogspot Nostalgia is Now in Full Effect (And It Makes Me Feel Old) June 18th, 2019 at 12:35pm Vince Neilstein The .rar Blogspot scene of the mid- late ’00s is already experiencing a wave of nostalgia amongst those who were kids at the time.
