Spotify launched in Australia on Tuesday. The Swedish service offers around 16 million songs to subscribers who can select from either a free, ad supported service or upgrade to a paid advertisement free or mobile service. Users can only sign up for the service if they have a facebook account as the two services are integrated however many users may not know that they need to update their privacy settings in facebook if they do not want their music listening habits displayed on their facebook page.
Independent artists looking to get their music on to the streaming service need to work with aggregators such as Record Union, CDBaby, Ditto Music and Zimbalam.It takes around 4 to 6 weeks to get music uploaded to the site. But be warned, some artists have been unhappy with the rate of payment per stream they get from the site. In some cases high profile artists have refused to have their music available on the site, particularly when it is first launched, fearing that the ad supported access model will lead to a drop in sales in the early months.
As of April 2012 Spotify had around 3 million users.
You can go to the Spotify website here.
Independent artists looking to get their music on to the streaming service need to work with aggregators such as Record Union, CDBaby, Ditto Music and Zimbalam.It takes around 4 to 6 weeks to get music uploaded to the site. But be warned, some artists have been unhappy with the rate of payment per stream they get from the site. In some cases high profile artists have refused to have their music available on the site, particularly when it is first launched, fearing that the ad supported access model will lead to a drop in sales in the early months.
As of April 2012 Spotify had around 3 million users.
You can go to the Spotify website here.
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