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Tuned In with Katy Krassner – Release an Album Independently

Please release me, let me go So you want to release your album independently. It’s so good that you want to get it out NOW, but how? You’re confident the fan base that you’ve developed will love it, and you don’t want to waste time with a major label dog and pony show. You know […]

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International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2021 Is Going to Be Lit!

Guess what?! Play MPE is thrilled to announce that we are partnering up with the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) again this year. ISC 2021 is going to be lit!  With over $150,000 in cash and prizes, ISC also offers a unique opportunity for artists and songwriters to be heard by celebrity artists and music industry […]

Latin Music

As a global company, Play MPE aims to bring artists and tastemakers together across borders. We have been expanding into the Latin Music market and are pleased to offer this article, the first of what will hopefully become many(!) bilingual blog installments related to the Latin market. When you do a web search for “Latin […]

Música Latina

Cuando realizas una búsqueda en internet acerca de “Géneros de música latina”, los resultados pueden arrojar muchos estilos diferentes de música popular por país y por territorio, y pueden ser tantos que puede llegar a ser abrumador. Entonces, ¿cómo puedes descubrir lo que el mercado de la música latina tiene para ofrecer cuando no tienes […]

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International Song Competition 2020 Winners Compilation Released!

Play MPE is pleased to present the International Song Competition 2020 Winners Compilation!  The compilation has been distributed by Play MPE to vetted industry tastemakers all over the world including: music media, radio programmers, music supervisors, curators and more. We are so excited for all of these amazing artists to reach even further! These tracks were […]

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Polaris Music Prize – Short List Announced!

Hey Canada! Hey world!  The Polaris Music Prize has officially revealed their Short List of awesome Canadian talent.    A huge congratulations to all of the artists, what a group!  What’s especially exciting is that one of these ten stellar artists will not only take home the Polaris Music Prize but this year they will also […]

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An Interview with GRAMMY® Winner Darlene Koldenhoven.

It’s not everyday that you get to speak to a GRAMMY® Award winning artist… Well, I guess we get to do that a little more often than your average Joe 😉  That said, we are beyond excited to share a wonderfully candid interview with none other than Darlene Koldenhoven. Our very own David Gurtina asks […]

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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 […]

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Music, Beer, Wine; A Flight of Fancy

The connection between wine, beer, and popular music runs deep. From classic pop songs like Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine” to country singer Luke Combs’ boozy lament “Beer Never Broke My Heart”, Whitesnake’s “Wine, Women, an’ Song” to Toby Keith’s “Beer for My Horses”, the two beverages have been fodder for generations of songwriters. It […]