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A barrier to scale is the size of the catalogue Spotify has 60m tracks; Resonate has 14,000, Audius 200,000 & Sonstream just over 1m. None of the smaller platforms have licensing deals w/ the major labels – which can be prohibitively expensive for startups theguardian.com/music/2021/jan…

If you want a shot at taking the stage at TMW 2021, today's the last day to apply! 👉👉 tmw.ee/apply. #tmw2021 #tallinnmusicweek

Keychange are proud to announce that we start the year with a current total of 400 signatories to the Pledge for working towards a gender balanced future for the industry! Thank you to all our signatories - this is why we do what we do, to proactively enact change!

If you want to support smaller independent / emerging or self-releasing artists, please engage more with their social media accounts. Obviously we can’t afford to buy everyone’s music - but a ‘like’ or a retweet costs nothing & holds value. Many can’t afford to buy their likes.

Welcome 2021! 🎇 The new year comes with a brand new #CreativeEurope programme, providing more support and funding than ever before to 🇪🇺 cultural and creative sectors, linguistic diversity, heritage, audiovisual etc. 💜💪 #EuropeForCulture

Best from Estonian underground 2020 curated by Müürileht's editor and IDA radio presenter Aleksander Tsapov bamnetwork.org/blog/4ejmbfc3v…

Best from Lithuanian music scene 2020 according to Music Information Centre Lithuania 🎧 mic.lt/lt/ivykiai/202…

FOCI compilation by Kaunas Matters aim to share, an aim to focus onto sounds, to listen to and to hear each other. Selection: Brigitta Bodenauer, Daina Pupkevičiūtė. matters3.bandcamp.com/album/foci

MATTERS from Kaunas, Lithuania is a platform for industrial culture: sound, image, performance & thought. It focuses on the education and minor events that community needs. MATTERS is part of Kaunas2022 programme. bamnetwork.org/blog/kaunas-20…

Music from Baltic region selected by Lithuanian artist Viktoras Urbaitis bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-se…

The first of our Friday Figures today comes from a Harris Interactive study on gender equality conducted among female authors, songwriters and publishers who are members of @sacem . It found that 60% of female members found difficulty operating in a male dominated environment.

Support underground music directly. #bandcampfriday

Every Friday we post 3x selections from the #Baltic region to promote and support diverse local #alternative music. Today’s selections are chosen and narrated by Viktoras Urbaitis - #Lithuanian artist from #Kaunas. #electronicmusic #Lithuanian #experimentalmusic

We're waiving our revenue share tomorrow, December 4th, from midnight to midnight PST. Check here for time zone clarification: isitbandcampfriday.com

Baltic selections #12 by Rihards T. Endriksons from @SkanuMezs @SHAPEplatform @Klasika_LR3 bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-se…

Baltic selections #11 Robert Nikolajev bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-se…

Apply now to perform at TMW 2021! We are looking forward to receiving applications from any genre, from both solo artists and collectives. Can't wait for spring and would love to see you in Tallinn!😍tmw.ee/2020/11/tallin…

Today’s #Baltic selections are chosen and narrated by Robert Nikolajev who is one of the key figures in the Estonian electronic music scene. He is co-founder of IDA Radio and the now closed bastion of nightlife Lekker. bamnetwork.org/blog/baltic-se…