The rise of online streaming services has led to many changes in the music industry.
A host of transformative trends stem from this change in medium. Small profits per play causes shorter songs, music piracy declines, and genre-bending becomes more normalized.
In the streaming era, where almost any piece of music is available for a small monthly fee, the full-length album has become less marketable for listeners. Many fans find less time to sit down with a complete project, and are more attracted to individual, attention-grabbing songs found on editorial playlists.
With the world of music at our fingertips, it can be overwhelming to decide on an ear-worthy listen. Petrified by a content overload, people often choose familiar pieces of music, or already-made-playlists rather than embark on the arduous search on their own.
In other cases, tapped-in listeners have so much they want to discover, they only can spend so much time with each piece of music before they are on to the next tune.
Both groups of listeners should look to Soundafide, a music blog devoted to adding value to your music listening experience. The platform promotes and showcases currently active underground artists from an eclectic range of modern music.
At the beginning of each month, Soundafide releases a playlist of up-and-coming artists for listeners to enjoy.
Post-punk, countrygaze, cloud rap, emo pop, ambient and boom bap could all be found on just one monthly playlist.
Throughout the month, weekly blog posts will cover a handful of artists from this list. These entries will introduce the band’s background, analyze their art, and offer listening recommendations.
At the end of the month, The Artist of the Month will be announced along with an accompanying blog post entirely devoted to them.
Still looking for more? Soundafide will also provide resources for finding new music so the search is always well supplied.
Tune in next week to get the Soundafide March Playlist.
