
Musician’s guide to growing your audience with livestreams
As livestreaming continues to be the dominant form of music consumption in the music industry, we’re looking not just at how can leverage these virtual concerts in order to grow. Continue reading

One more Spotify stats that may make you rethink a career in music
Our recent post 8 Spotify stats that may make you rethink your career in music got a lot of attention and now we have another concerning Spotify stat to add. Continue reading

3 benefits live streaming offers new artists
While fans and artists alike are eager to get back to in-person live music events, the compulsory boom in living streaming has provided a number of advantages to new, up-and-coming. Continue reading

How economics helped me understand the evolving music business
For artists who’ve never had any interest in picking up an economics book, now’s the time to get interested. Guest post by Rebecca Day of the Foundation for Economic Education. Continue reading

Race for most popular US music streaming service is tightening, but Apple Music is NOT a contender, says new survey
Where do the people in the US listen to music? A new YouGov global study has answers. 44% of Americans say they use YouTube to listen to music followed by Spotify. Continue reading

Everything you should know about Spotify’s new songwriter’s hub, Noteable
As part of its expansion of services to artists, Spotify’s Songwriter & Publishing Relations Team is debuting Notable, a new service for songwriters. Here, we break down what you need. Continue reading

Apple must pay $308.5M fine for iTunes, Apple Music digital rights management patent infringement
A federal jury ordered Apple to pay $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications after finding it had infringed on a patent that helps power digital rights management for Apple Music,. Continue reading

DistroKid adds direct access to Audiomack music discovery platform
DistroKid and Audiomack have partnered to give the digital distributor’s two million artists direct access to the music discovery platform. The new integration enables DistroKid users to connect to their. Continue reading

Spotify launches ‘Loud & Clear’ royalty transparency site: 13,400 artists earned $50,000 or more in 2020
13,400 artists are earned $50,000 or more last year on Spotify. That’s one of the many takeaways from “Loud & Clear,” a new royalty transparency site launched by the streamer. Continue reading

Best music playlisting practices
Given streaming’s dominance among music consumers, most artists recognize the value in getting their music added to a prominent playlist. Here, we guide artists through some of the best practices. Continue reading