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In The Spotlight: Matthew Alvarado

30 September 2024

The Green Space collection throws a postlight on Matthew Alvarado a musician, puppeteer, rap artist, playwright, content creator, activist and cannabis advocate based in the DC/Beltway area

Green Space Manifesto

21 May 2024

A Manifesto for The Green Space collection from the musicto community: Great Playlists, write ups and anything Cannabis and music related

Why Is Music Important?

23 October 2020

Why is music important? A question that’s not always easy to answer, but one we had a right good go of answering all the same. See what our global community of playlist curators have to say about why music truly matters to them!

Live Streaming, Discord Servers, Musicto Artist Newsletter – #3

22 May 2020

With Covid turning the world upside down artists are looking for different strategies to engage their fans as well as keep themselves busy. Here’s the skinny from people who know what they’re talking about with regards to: Live Streaming, Twitch, Discord Servers and more.

Musicto Artist Newsletter – #2

5 March 2020

In this second edition of the musicto artist newsletter, the focus is on identity.

We all know the pain of trying to come up with a name for our project that feels like it fits, only to find it’s been taken by a Metallica tribute act from Birmingham, or – as was the case with our video interview below – launching a project with the wrong name and deciding to pull your album from distribution in order to get it right.

Music to Fight Evil – 100 Tracks!

30 January 2020

Have you ever listened to Music to Fight Evil?

Have you ever taken time to read the write ups?

I’m writing to highly recommend it!

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On the week that Jon publishes his 100th track I thought it might be cool to throw a little spotlight on one of the true OG playlists on musicto…

Musicto Artist Newsletter – #1

30 January 2020

Hello and welcome to the first musicto artist newsletter – a regular event featuring everything from digital marketing strats and playlist insights, to case studies and stories from artists just like you.

In this first edition, we’ll be concerning ourselves with Spotify playlists and with the pitfalls of starting out in the music industry – two topics I imagine we’re all very familiar with. We’ll also be turning the spotlight on our featured playlist, Music to Explore Everything. And if you find this information helpful, be sure to let us know!..

What Do We Look For In New Playlist Curators?

24 September 2019

Andrew, founder of musicto.com talks with Maria from Music to Explore Everything about what we look for in new curators – the behaviors and qualities that we think make a good playlist curator.

Sonya Alexander – Music to Curator Interview

20 September 2019

My name is Sonya Alexander, I currently reside in New York City. I’m a freelance writer.

2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?

I’ve always loved writing, because I’ve always loved informing people and entertaining them. ..

Ben Young – Music to Curator Interview

13 September 2019

My name is Ben Young, just moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Spent the first half of my life in California, from the San Francisco Bay Area to San Diego. Spent the last half of my life in the South, from Georgia to Virginia. I currently lead a national contact center for one of the largest parking companies in the world…

Kenneth Alan – Music to Curator Interview

21 August 2019

Peace everyone, I’m Kenneth Alan, live from The Bay Area California.

Currently working with my pops n brother in the framing business. This allows me the time and freedom to put the necessary training and energy into my personal art, dance…

Interview With Tim D’Agostino of Freestyle Beats & Instrumentals

13 August 2019

Andrew sits down with Independent Curator Tim D’Agostino who runs the popular Freestyle Beats & Instrumentals Spotify playlist. With over 22,000 subscribers it is Spotify’s most popular Hip Hop Instrumental list…