We have been busy in the New Year, and we have 3 platforms we've launched so far this year, aimed at speeding up the deployment of popular web campaigns (from days to hours), lowering overall cost and providing superior features and functionality! These include:   Metablocks Music...[…]

This Spotify sweepstakes for Word Label Group artist Steven Malcolm is part of a series of campaigns we recently launched for the artist to promote his new album.  The Steven Malcolm Photo Booth allows fans to upload their photo to create a custom version of the album cover. You can try the...[…]

This Valentine's Day E-card for Big Loud artist Chris Lane uses one of our new template designs that features a built-in Spotify player. Fans get to upload their photo, select their favorite lyric and generate an e-card, once they enter a sweepstakes for a phone call from Chris.  You can check...[…]

Pre-save for Spotify is a new category of Spotify applications that allows users to save Spotify tracks and albums to library and playlists prior to them coming out! Think of it as "pre-order" for streaming. The reason pre-save campaigns can be so effective is that they allow music labels and...[…]

The latest addition to our growing inventory of Spotify applications is the Pre-Save for Spotify campaign for Sony Epic artist Zara Larsson.  This activation allows users to connect on Spotify to follow an artist and "pre-save" upcoming album on Spotify. What this means is that once the album is...[…]

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Here is a quick preview of some of the Valentine's Day applications we have launched along the years to mark this special day. Its still not too late to get yours in the mix! Samantha Jade #Always Valentine's Day Photo Booth This aplication allows fans upload their photos and choose from 4...[…]

The Chainsmokers - "Memories" Presave We continue to launch a growing number of pre-save campaigns for our music label partners. This one for Columbia Records duo The Chainsmokers can be found at http://presave.columbiarecords.com/thechainsmokers/ This particular deployment sits on Sony Music's...[…]

This is just a small sampling of some our European campaigns this quarter. Netherlands Sevn Alis Trap Grammy Reveal Afrojack Spotify/Twitter Sweepstakes Sweden Isac Elliot Spotify Sweepstakes United Kingdom Little Mix Voice Application Olly Murs Spotify Connect to...[…]

At Metablocks, we have build and deploy hundreds of Spotify applications with the goal expanding this very important product category to delivery new and compelling applications build on the Spotify API. Our latest offering is the "Pre-Save Album" Spotify app - think of it as "Pre-Order for...[…]

The functionality provided by our Deezer applications is pretty much on par with our Spotify offerings. Users can do the following on any one of our Deezer applications: Connect with Deezer We able to collect their name, email, birthday (if available), thumbnail, location, language and other...[…]

Thanks to our partners and customers, Metablocks has become the leading provider of Spotify web applications to the music industry. We have built and deployed hundreds of Spotify applications in the last two years for clients such as Sony Music Entertainment (SME), Universal Music Group (UMG), and...[…]

The idea behind some of our recent radio request campaigns on Twitter is simple: encourage, empower and enable fans to request new singles on Twitter in an attempt to drive air play!  Fans type in their city and are presented with a list of local stations that they can choose from and then send a...[…]

We have had the distinct pleasure of working with almost all the divisions of Sony Music here in the United State and Canada including RCA, Columbia Records, Sony Music Nashville, Sony Music Canada, Sony Music Latin, RCA Inspiration, Epic Records, Legacy Records, Sony Masterworks and yes even a...[…]

  To show how much we appreciate you, our goal this quarter to provide standard, default build-it Appreciation Engine export support on most of our front-line applications. We'd love to pilot this functionality (and expand on it) on your next project so drop us a line if you are...[…]

As an approved Sony Music Entertainment vendor, we have the ability to design, built and deploy secure Wordpress artist websites via SME DeSMan / INetU. Our Wordpress site design and development capabilities include: Overall site design and development Built-in integration with the...[…]

It's a big win for a user generated campaign (UGC) when fans use photos or other assets created in the campaign as their avatars and profile phones on social media channels.  We did an innovate campaign for Sony Music band CD9 that allowed fans to create custom versions of their new single cover...[…]

Cher Lloyd Sticks and Stones Photo Booth This is a basic photo booth application we designed and developed for Sony Epic artist Cher Lloyd's new album Sticks and Stone that allowed fans to put themselve "behind the cover". Fans were able to easily upload a picture of themselves then add a variety...[…]

We recently created a phone hotline for Jencarlos' music video: Pa Que Me Invitan.  The ideas was to give fans an opportunity at the end of the video to call Jencarlos and invite him to crash their party.  You can find more about the phone hotline campaign here.[…]

Our Facebook Chatbot offering is alive and in beta and we are looking for one or two beta testers to help take it to the next level! If you are interested in participating tell us a little about your project and drop us a line. See more...[…]