Vine hopes video creators will snap to the beat of its new music features
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#JP77)
Twitter's six-second looping videos app will now help users add music to their clips: but for artists this means promotion not payments
Vine has already been a launchpad to stardom for musicians like Shawn Mendes, whose six-second loops on Twitter's video-sharing app propelled him to a major record deal, chart-topping sales and a tour with Taylor Swift.
Where Mendes and fellow Viners Jack & Jack and Us the Duo have blazed a trail, other musicians are following. Now Vine is making music even more of a priority with new features within its app.
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