

This move sets Auddia up to enter the world of independent distribution, which is one of the fastest growing sectors of the music business. In the future, in addition to working with partner stations, the Discovr program will give labels and distribution companies the ability to push quality acts, securing wider exposure for some of their deeper tracks or lesser-known artists." It's our hope that, eventually, partner-station program directors can use an artist's popularity on the faidr platform as justification for adding those tracks into rotation." "And for music fans, we're making it easy to discover new music - based on what they already like on the radio - and giving them exposure to locally popular independent artists. "faidr is breaking new ground and giving musicians unprecedented access to the airwaves for the first time in the history of radio and paying them for their creative work when their songs are played," said Theo Romeo, Auddia's VP of Marketing. faidr's AI-enabled technology matches them together, doing what no radio streaming app has done before. Independent artists struggle to find fans, submitting songs to streaming platforms and getting lost in the shuffle. Music from independent artists is almost never played on the radio, depriving them of exposure to mainstream audiences, and depriving radio listeners of the opportunity to hear new music."Īccording to a survey, commissioned by Auddia and conducted by Morning Consult, most radio listeners want access to new music in addition to what the radio stations are playing. "Until now, it has been a struggle for independent artists to get mainstream exposure and radio airplay.

"faidr brings together radio listeners, radio station programming directors, and independent musicians that otherwise may not have found one another," said Michael Lawless, Auddia's CEO. They can also see the top 10 new artist charts in any genre and listen "on-demand" from those lists. When the feature launches toward the end of Q2, users can simply turn on the Discovr feature on stations where they want more music diversity, and faidr will play Discovr songs matching the station's format. Listeners can support independent music and personalize the medium they love, filling this reclaimed airtime with content they choose. Its AI automatically removes undesirable content segments, like commercial breaks, freeing up approximately 25% of every hour. Participating artists and radio station programming directors will get access to listening data and be paid for every track play at the standard SoundExchange rate.įaidr is the only streaming app paying new artists and offering AM/FM radio stations without ads. Independent artists selected for faidr's Discovr music program will have their songs added to 4500+ live and local radio station playlists by July 1, 2022. (NASDAQ:AUUD)(NASDAQ:AUUDW) ("Auddia" or the "Company"), developer of a proprietary AI platform for audio and innovative technologies for podcasts that is reinventing how consumers engage with radio, today announced its new music distribution and discovery program, Discovr. Discovr Artists Gain Exposure and Get Paid by Having Their Music Played to Radio Listenersįaidr Is the Only Streaming App Supporting Creators and Offering Commercial-Free Am/Fm RadioīOULDER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / Ap/ Auddia Inc.
