Get a Personalized Shoutout from These Top Dance Music Artists on Cameo

In just three short years, the personalized video sharing platform Cameo has massively ballooned in popularity, and currently boasts profiles from over 30,000 celebrities. For those unfamiliar, Cameo is a marketplace that allows fans to purchase personalized video messages from celebrities across a variety of categories. Various TV stars, athletes, musicians and more have joined …

UK government lifts quarantine period for performing artists entering country – Dancing Astronaut

by: Farrell Sweeney Dec 8, 2020 In the United Kingdom’s latest move to support the music industry amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the country has issued new rules surrounding the quarantine period upon arrival. As of December 5, performing artists or those traveling for business will not have to self-isolate if entering the UK from …

The DJ Game Features Your Favorite Underground Artists on Playing Cards

If you’re looking for some good, old-fashioned quarantine fun, The DJ Game: Underground Edition has you covered. The biggest underground DJ lineup now fits in your pocket, featuring Carl Cox, Peggy Gou, Richie Hawtin, Annie Mac, Charlotte De Witte, and many more. The “light-hearted” card game features 42 of the world’s leading house and techno …

Dancing Astronaut’s Artists to Watch in 2021: TSHA

by: Dancing Astronaut Staff Dec 1, 2020 This year, we’re presenting our Artists to Watch in 2021 a little differently. Each day, we’ll uncover one sweet selection, highlighting next year’s class of up-and-coming talents and burgeoning stars one-by-one. Starting December 1, we’re counting up 25 of electronic music’s most enticing future achievers, sweetening the holiday …

Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Bad Bunny among Spotify’s most-streamed artists of 2020

Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and Bad Bunny are among Spotify‘s most-streamed artists of 2020. In its annual Wrapped data, the streaming platform revealed this morning (December 1) that its most streamed artist of 2020 is Bad Bunny, with more than 8.2 billion streams globally this year. Following on the heels of the Puerto Rican pop …

Bandcamp Live: The New Ticketed Streaming Service for Artists

Bandcamp is on a mission to keep musicians afloat financially and music lovers happy spiritually. While in-person concerts are still on hold, the show must go on(line). Enter Bandcamp Live, described in the platform’s announcement as “a new ticketed live streaming service that makes it easy for artists to perform for and connect with their fans, …

How to Get Verified On SoundCloud for Artists, Labels, Podcasters & More

SoundCloud is rolling out artist verification for the first time ever! The community has grown accustomed to the orange checkmarks, which for a long time were as official as anyone could get. Moving forward, the orange star now signals a SoundCloud Pro account and blue checkmarks verify established acts. The rollout has already begun with …

Celebrate Transgender Awareness Week With Music from These Non-Binary and Trans EDM Artists

While we may lose sight of our values at times, it’s important to remember and revisit the roots from which they blossomed. A value at the core of EDM is inclusivity, and despite dubious economic and social challenges that never seem to cease, the dance music community must remember that it welcomes all walks of …

Spotify will prioritize artists, labels in recommendations for lower royalty payouts

by: Dancing Astronaut Staff Nov 4, 2020 Artists and labels will soon have another promotional tool on Spotify to get music in front of more users—after the streaming giant gets its cut, of course. On Monday, November 2, the platform announced a new feature, “Discovery Mode,” appearing in Spotify’s Radio and Autoplay features upon launch. …

Spotify Is Testing Out New Feature That Pays Artists In Exposure

Spotify is incentivizing artists with the option to get paid less per stream for more exposure — by promoting their tracks in your personalized playlists. The platform introduces its latest feature via press release, detailing a “complicated” system that puts artists in control of their music. For a fee, Spotify will begin shopping around a …