DistroKid

DistroKid announced the launch of Direct — a new direct-to-fan platform that expands the company’s offerings beyond audio and video distribution.

A mixing engineer once told me that every step of the recording process becomes less important.  —> Click here to activate 7% off Mixea <— And I get his reasoning. The first step of the process, of course, is songwriting. If...

This is the most comprehensive digital music distribution review comparison between Amuse, AWAL, CD Baby, DistroKid, Ditto Music, LANDR, TuneCore, Songtradr, and more.

This week, Ari is joined by Benn Jordan, musician, youtuber and entrepreneur, to discuss fraudulent streaming activity, the financial challenges of being an independent musician, the future of sustaining a music career, the ethics of AI in music, and the role of artists in shaping the future of music and AI.

Discovery Mode is basically a program where Spotify will help get you more listeners by inserting your songs into other artists’ radio stations and general “autoplay” sessions - for an additional commission. More on the commission part in a minute. 

Tunecore just made the biggest update to their service since they launched 16 years ago: Unlimited releases for an annual subscription.

Over the weekend, Spotify decided to do a major purge of songs they believe had 'fraudulent streams.' Tens of thousands of songs disappeared from the platform.

After helping artists switch distributors, researching their (and Spotify’s) FAQ, I’ve put together this guide to switching distributors.