Swarm Digital Media

10/31/2025

https://www.lpm.org/music/2025-10-30/maia-sharp-brings-heart-and-honesty-to-wfpk-on-tomboy-nashville-and-the-art-of-songwriting

Listen to the Members Show and interview with songwriter/singer Maia Sharp

10/21/2025

A look at how Taylor Swift's 4 million-plus first week album sales week cements the latest superfan strategy for the music industry.

03/31/2025

Joe Aboud shares why owning your fanbase is key to long-term success in today’s evolving digital music promotions landscape.

01/28/2025

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians

01/23/2025

Nobody in the music industry is saying it out loud, but perhaps it would be nice to witness TikTok going down in a ball of flames.

01/15/2025

TikTok is a lousy platform for music discovery, and while the music industry may not get better if it's banned, it certainly won't get worse.

12/03/2024

A helpful breakdown of the costs of live music from the National Independent Talent Organization.

11/20/2024

Streamers are making it easier than ever to listen to and distribute music. What they are not and will not be doing is paying artists a living wage.

08/12/2024

J.J. Italiano—who curates Spotify's New Music Friday, Today's Top Hits, and more—takes us behind the scenes of his astronomically desirable job.

08/05/2024

Twelve years ago, the future Spotify exec became the source of a national debate about music ownership. Then she went into the belly of the beast.

08/04/2024

Bring vacation vibes back to your home front with a growing trend: the signature hotel playlist on Spotify