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New single Voltage chosen as NPO Radio 2 TopSong

29/05/2020

Today “She's Gone Like the Wind”, the new single from Voltage, which comes from the album “It's About Time”. That in itself is good news, but even more fun is that the track was immediately voted 'TopSong' on NPO Radio 2.

Earlier this week, the song also reached first place in the Delightful 15 by Rob Stenders and Leo Blokhuis.

"She's Gone Like the Wind" can be found on all known streaming minds. The online distribution is provided by WM Digital Services.

Your music on all major platforms? Create an account on our site and you can get started right away.

WM Digital Services in the news

29/04/2020

General news

Dagblad De Limburger posted an interview on 28 April with Marco Kalnenek, owner and founding of WM Digital Services. We would like to thank everyone for all the nice reactions that resulted.

Subscribers to De Limburger can read the interview online Through this link.

Further integration of Google Play Music and YouTube Music

16/04/2020

General news, Digital distribution, Video

Google has been planning its platforms for several years Google Play Music en YouTube Music integrate with each other. Google Play Music is expected to disappear as a streaming service and YouTube Music to become the default streaming app for music and music videos. Those options now exist side by side and in addition, releases sent to YouTube Music also appear on the regular YouTube site in the form of static 'clips' with the artwork of your release and the music underneath.

In early April, Google added, without any advance warning, a large number of releases previously available only on Google Play Music to YouTube Music and YouTube. Although they do not provide much information about it, it seems that the next step has now been taken to phase out Google Play Music as a streaming service.

Did your releases unexpectedly appear on YouTube and YouTube Music in early April? Then the above is the reason. Do you want your releases to be removed here? Of course they can, but they are also automatically removed from Google Play Music. You generate revenue with streams on YouTube Music and the number of users is also growing fast, so in that respect, our advice is to simply leave your releases here.

As soon as we know when Google Play Music will disappear permanently, we will report it here immediately. From now on, you should at least keep in mind that releases you send to this platform will automatically appear on YouTube Music, even if you don't explicitly check the latter option during checkout.

Are you not yet familiar with YouTube Music? Check the apps for iOS en Android and the web version.

You will find an up-to-date overview of all platforms where we can place your releases here..

A musical heart under the belt from Yellow Pearl

27/03/2020

General news, New releases

The current circumstances are changing so quickly that we can barely keep up. One news item follows another. News this morning is already out of date in the afternoon. But one thing is clear: everything is different now.

The gentlemen of Yellow Pearl are not prophets, but their song “Everything is Different Now” is very topical now.

As a gesture in these crazy times, when everyone is inundated with news, fake news and opinions, Yellow Pearl released “Everything is Different Now” as a single on March 27, 2020. The number can be found at all known streaming platforms and download stores. The online distribution is provided by WM Digital Services.

New: your music on TikTok and Resso

09/03/2020

General news, Digital distribution, New stores

You will not have missed it: TikTok is one of the most talked about social media apps in recent years. With TikTok, short music videos can be created and shared. The videos have a length of 3 to 15 seconds and so-called 'loops' have a maximum length of 60 seconds.

Starting today, you too can make your music available for use in TikTok videos. When your music is available on TikTok, users will be given the option to listen to a 'preview' of 30 seconds. In their videos, they can use 15 seconds of your track. With the use of your music you naturally generate income, which you will see in your account afterwards.

In addition to TikTok, Resso is now also available, a streaming service that was also developed by Bytedance, the owner of TikTok. Resso offers a full-fledged music service, but also has many social functions. Users are encouraged to share lyrics and leave messages for other users. The music starts playing immediately when the app is opened.

The Resso app is currently only available in India. It is not known when the service will be released in other countries. According to recent reports, ByteDance wants to provide “emerging countries” with the app first.

TikTok and Resso are available immediately via our platform. You can find an up-to-date overview of all available streaming services, download stores and apps here..

Do you want to send your existing releases to TikTok and Resso? Mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl and we will fix it, of course without extra costs.

Tip: Claim your Deezer profile via Deezer Backstage

02/03/2020

Digital distribution, Tips

It took a long time, but after Spotify en Apple Music The French streaming service Deezer now also has an option for managing your artist profile and viewing additional statistics: Deezer Backstage.

Deezer Backstage

Just like Spotify for Artists you can supplement your profile via Deezer Backstage with photos, a biography and links to your social media accounts. In addition, Deezer also promises that you will gain more insight into the listening behavior of your fans.

You can register for Deezer Backstage via https://backstage.deezer.com/user/login.

You have the choice to register as an artist, label or manager. For your registration you need, among other things, a UPC for one of your releases and you also have to provide the name and email address of your distributor. In our case, that is WM Digital Services, with the address info@wmdigitalservices.nl. You can find the UPCs of your releases in your account. You can also enter links for your profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but these are not required.

Is your music not yet available on Deezer and the other well-known streaming services? We are happy to help you! Make an account on our site and upload your releases, or mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl For more information.

Quarterly figures Spotify: 124 million paying subscribers

06/02/2020

General news, Spotify

Spotify has this week Numbers was announced for the fourth quarter of 2019. The streaming service had 124 million paying users in that period, a growth of 29 percent compared to the last quarter of 2018.

The number of monthly active users also increased in the past year. In the last quarter of 2019, Spotify had 271 million users who were active on the platform every month. That is an increase of 31 percent compared to 2018. The number of active users is expected to be between 279 and 289 million this year. The number of paying subscribers is expected to exceed 2020 million in 150.

Do you also want to make your music available on Spotify and more than 30 other platforms? Then you are at the right place at WM Digital Services. Create an account here, or mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl For more information.

Distribution to Tencent available immediately

28/01/2020

General news, New stores

WM Digital Services also helps you make your music as widely available as possible in the new year. After we added two Chinese streaming services to our package in 2019, Tencent is now also available.

Tencent is one of the largest internet companies in the world. By adding this option to our distribution package you get access to three Chinese platforms in one go:
- QQ Music: this service has been active for ten years and reaches about 700 million listeners, of which 120 million are paying subscribers.
- KuGou: a streaming service and download platform with an estimated 800 million users and a market share of 28% of the Chinese music market
- Kuwo: the fourth largest streaming service in China

China is a huge growth market for Western artists and with the addition of Tencent, in addition to the previously added platforms Xiami Music and NetEase Cloud Music, you too can benefit from this growth.

Do you want to make existing releases available on Tencent? Mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl and we arrange it for you, of course without extra costs.

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