Sebastian McQueen Takes Over DA HEAT Miami 99.7: February Turns Up the Heat
Wait… you didn’t hear? If your Saturdays in February looked empty, consider that problem officially solved. Sebastian McQueen is taking over the airwaves on DA HEAT Miami 99.7, in partnership with Cold Current Music, and the message is clear from the first second: this is not passive listening. This is…
YouTube Hits 29 Billion Videos
And Music, Shorts, and AI Are Driving the Next Discovery Era At first glance, 29 billion videos sounds like a headline built to impress investors. In reality, it’s a structural signal. By the end of 2025, YouTube crossed that threshold, and the forces behind it — music consumption, Shorts, and…
Native Instruments in Preliminary Insolvency
What It Means, What Comes Next, and What Users Should Do Now Native Instruments has been a cornerstone of modern music production for decades. Kontakt sits inside countless studio sessions, Komplete is a default toolkit for producers and composers, and Maschine has shaped entire writing workflows. So when reports surfaced…
Spotify Raises Prices Again — and the AI Playlist Debate Reaches a Boiling Point
Spotify is asking its users to pay more — again — and this time, the timing is uncomfortable. Starting February 2026, Spotify will raise the price of its Premium Individual plan to $12.99/month in the United States, up from $11.99. Similar increases are rolling out across Duo, Family, and Student…
PreSonus’ Ownership Shift: How Fender Is Reshaping Music Production in 2026
For years, PreSonus built its reputation quietly but solidly. Reliable audio interfaces, intuitive controllers, and a DAW—Studio One—that earned loyalty through speed, clarity, and a no-nonsense workflow. It wasn’t flashy. It worked. Then ownership changed. And in 2026, the impact is no longer subtle. What began as a strategic acquisition…
Deezer Reinvents the Living Room
A Full Android TV App Redesign Aims for Premium Listening Deezer has quietly but decisively refreshed its Android TV application, rolling out a complete redesign announced on January 15, 2026. No flashy launch video, no overblown slogans — just a clear signal: the living room is back in play, and…
Apple Declares a “Record-Breaking” 2025 for Services — and Apple Music Is Right in the Headline
Apple doesn’t usually do chest-thumping without a reason. When it does, it’s rarely about a single product — it’s about the ecosystem. On January 12, 2026, Apple published an official look-back calling 2025 a record-breaking year for Apple Services, the increasingly dominant pillar that sits beside hardware. And yes: Apple…
Spotify Pulls ICE Recruitment Ads — Quiet Exit, Loud Questions
No press conference. No long manifesto. Just a confirmation: Spotify is no longer running recruitment ads for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Officially, the explanation is procedural. The government campaign ended. The ads stopped with it. Unofficially? The platform just stepped out of a cultural minefield—carefully, quietly, and without…
Spotify’s Mobile App Just Got More Social
“Listening Activity” Goes Live, Plus “Request to Jam” Inside Messages Spotify is quietly changing what “scrolling for a song” feels like on mobile. For years, the platform’s social layer has been oddly split: desktop users could peek at friend activity, while mobile listeners—aka most people—were left with shared links, screenshots,…
