Celebrate and support these indie record labels owned by women

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, this Hyebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a post from last year that shined the spotlight on seven independent record labels owned. Continue reading

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Indie label U.S. market share grew an impressive 27.8% last year

Industry headlines focused this week on the narrowing gap between #1 UMG and #2 Sony, but the big news in the year-end data from Luminate was the strength of independent. Continue reading

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Vinyl supply is not coming close to meeting the demand

Vinyl may be making a comeback, however independent artists struggle to export records due to the lack of accessible supply. A guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solutions.. Continue reading

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CD Baby has paid $1 Billion to 1 Million indie artists

CD Baby has paid out more than $1 billion to more than 1 million mostly D.I.Y. artists since the company’s 1998 founding. Those artist have used the D.I.Y. music distribution. Continue reading

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Independent labels, artists have an even bigger share of the market than you thought [Mark Mulligan, MIDiA]

If you measure indie labels and artists by ‘ownership’ rather than on a ‘distributed by” basis, it adds 9.2% or $2.1 billion to the previous stats used measure the growing. Continue reading

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Guide to SMS text marketing for independent musicians

In addition to social media and email, one of the best ways artists can market their music to fans is via text message! Here, we cover a few tips for. Continue reading

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5 tools everyone in the independent music industry should use

Simply having good music is no longer enough to make in independent music anymore. Here, we look at five essential tools that can help you better navigate the complexities of. Continue reading

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UK label growth confirms indie music’s ascendance

The UK independent label market grew to 26% in 2020 and that trend is accelerating in 2021. This marks the fifth straight year of indie growth as measured by album. Continue reading

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Oh Boy Records celebrates 40th birthday

40 years is a long time for an independent record label to last – a milestone A2IM member Oh Boy Records has proudly hit. Here, we hear a from the. Continue reading

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Apple invests $50M in indie music distributor UnitedMasters

Independent music distribution platform UnitedMasters has announced a $50 million Series B investment led by Apple along with follow-on investments from Google’s Alphabet and Andreessen Horowitz. With the Apple investment. Continue reading

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