Labels want to change how streamers pay: Find out if you’ll win or lose
A new study looks at how a shift from the current system of pro-rata music-streaming payments to user-centric payments would impact artists. Under pro-rata music calculations, artists are paid proportionate. Continue reading
Study shows who wins and loses if music streamers adopt user-centric payments
An extensive new study examines how a shift to user-centric music-streaming payments will impact artists. While careful not to advocate for or against a shift from the current payment model,. Continue reading
How to use Spotify pre-saves to boost a new release
This week’s Hypebot Flashback Friday post focuses on Spotify pre-saves, and we’ve added an important update. With 120,000 tracks uploaded to music streamers daily and music discovery increasingly driven by. Continue reading
Apple shares 5 Major Updates coming to Apple Music
Apple has shared a list of five updates coming to Apple Music this Fall, along with the release of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17.. Continue reading
SoundCloud adds artist and fan DMs to its iOS app
SoundCloud artists and fans can now send and receive direct messages (DMs) in the SoundCloud iOS app as well as via Android and the web. The ability to message fans. Continue reading
Spotify predicts Songs Of Summer 2023, shares trending topics
Spotify has released its annual Songs of the Summer predictions along with a new Summer Heat Map and a list of summer musical trends. There are about 32 million user-generated summer playlists. Continue reading
Why Pre-Save links are so important for indie artists + How to use them
Here’s everything you need to know about Spotify and other streaming music pre-saves and how they can be a game-changer for your next release. by Janelle Borg of AmplifyYou As. Continue reading
Fifty Fifty’s rise to K-Pop superstardom
K-Pop’s latest sensation, girl group FIFTY FIFTY, proves that even newcomers can make the charts thanks to the power of TikTok. From Chartmetric by Rachel Saywitz, a Queens-based music and. Continue reading
Is SoundCloud or Spotify better for indie musicians?
Here’s a closer look at two of the most used streaming platforms and which one may be a better fit for independent artists as they hone their craft and build. Continue reading
TIDAL launches artist resources hub ‘Artist Home’
[UPDATED] TIDAL has consolidated its offerings for artists in a central hub dubbed Artist Home and added some key new features. Like Spotify For Artists and Apple Music For Artists,. Continue reading
Music streaming is predicted to soar this summer
As lifestyles shift to active mode this summer, so will time spent on listening to audio, a medium they can consume wherever they go, according to a new survey. A. Continue reading
