SoundCloud Introduces Verified Profiles — Here’s How to Get Your Account Verified In a time when fake plays, fake accounts and fake hype are plaguing the music business, Soundcloud makes an attempt to weed out fake accounts by introducing verified profiles. This move hopes to to help “well-known artists stand out” on the platform.  https://jacquelinejax.medium.com/jax-daily-soundcloud-introduces-verified-profiles-389850081a8c : Track list available : 

Times are tough right now and for some that means not seeing those they love. See you tomorrow embraces the idea that it's not good bye for now, It's just a moment until we see each other again taking the string out of the distance between our visits with loved one. Jacqueline Jax chats with Ruth from The Song Tailors and Singer Dylan Kline on how they came together to create something so special from worlds away. 

On this episode I’m going to tell you what’s happening with the banned hashtags, how it’s effecting your reach and what you can do to get around it.

I’ll also show you how to see if you are being shadow banned and what you need to get a post discovered.

https://medium.com/jax-daily/jax-daily-facebook-and-instagram-block-hashtags-indefinitely-ae56f962e6d8

For music lovers who enjoy discovering new music, here's a list of brand new singles just released. 

Lift up your weekend with good Music Vibes. Enjoy this 1 hour of new music discovery hosted by Jacqueline Jax. 

This episode is about Why Spotify is invested heavily in Podcasting. Spotify Drops $235 Million to Acquire Podcast Platform Megaphone. Read the blog post here: https://link.medium.com/46duA87skbb 

Spotify Makes changes with New Pay for Influence Discovery Mode that has become a controversial issue. ‘Discovery Mode’ works by letting a label or artist identify a track that they want prioritized, with that track then played in listeners’ personalized Auto play or Radio feeds. By opting in, they agree to being paid a lower recording royalty rate for streams in those personalized sessions (in Radio and Autoplay). If they opt out or a song doesn't perform well, Spotify will remove it immediately from discovery and not give that track a chance to recover or be discovered. An announcement suggesting that artists can choose to be paid less per stream for their tracks to be played in personalized feeds couldn’t have come at a worse time for SPOT in terms of its reputation amongst the wider artist community. Just last week, Spotify was issued with an open letterfrom the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers demanding better payment and claiming that the streaming platform “encourages labels and management companies to pay for plays on the platform”.

“The practice amounts to payola,” added the letter. “It is unacceptable and must be stopped.” Unsurprisingly, Discovery Mode immediately drew criticism from artists. David Lowery, for example, suggested via a tweet that “This a form of payola or sponsored social media post. It is not necessarily illegal but the tracks would need to be labeled”.

10 New Indie Songs just Released this week for November. Discover some great new songs that will inspire your daily listening experience.  Did you know that there are 40,000 new tracks launched every single day? That’s crazy right? Well at least I can celebrate 10 of best ones I heard today. Ever since I started checking out bands on youtube over 10 years ago, I knew I was hooked. I get really excited about discovering new music because each creator is so unique. I started sharing these New Discovery blog posts because there’s so much music out there, I thought it would be nice to share a moment together.I hope you enjoy them. Get the track List:  https://jacquelinejax.medium.com/10-new-indie-songs-just-released-this-week-for-november-37919c268bfc

Ticketmaster Releases ‘Social Distance Seating Tool’ for Venues. Ticketmaster has rolled out a series of ‘SmartEvent’ tech solutions, including a ‘social distance seating tool,’ designed to help venues safely welcome back audiences and ‘enhance the overall fan experience.’

Is this what our Concert experience will look like in 2021? I think so.

This comes at a great time as the colder weather approaches, countries are locking down again. People will need some way to safely gather. Let’s hope this works. Full story: https://jacquelinejax.medium.com/social-distancing-tools-are-now-being-used-by-concert-ticket-sellers-84e09adaeda

I love discovering new music, especially from inspiring artists both established and just getting started. This is a great mix of both today. Coming from my Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pEY8BiSj6sLLSHAoOo9k0?si=zR8RFwQGTPm88cNBrFXHWQ