A recent report from the Chinese streaming service claims they now have 200,000 independent Chinese artists, up from 100,000 in 2019. In 2019, NetEase Cloud Music generated over 273bn streams of songs from independent musicians,…
Tencent Music Entertainment has announced it has paid out 590 million yuan (over $84 million) to indie artists in their Tencent Musician Program. Tencent Musician is the online service that promotes emerging independent artists on TME…
As independent artists take back control over music from the big labels they’re on track to make record breaking revenues. Starting with DIY movements in the 70s and 80s, the necessity of major record labels…
Music streaming is giving independent artists the power to reach the whole world with a global reach that has been reserved for only the biggest artists before. Napster have revealed that their top 100 list…
RouteNote are very happy to announce a new store partnership with Kanjian that will help spread RouteNote artists’ music to even wider audiences around the world. Kanjian Music is home to the biggest catalog of…
Qrates is a new online service that lets you create and design your own custom vinyl records for your fans. Vinyl records have been making a massive revival over the past decade that has seen…
A little bit of pop-related fun over at the Guardian’s blog site. They’ve picked a few bands that they think are headed for stardom in the near future, and are charting their progress on a…
After the success of the Christmas No.1, Rage Against the Machine, anti-X-Factor facebook campaign, a lot of copycat campaigns have sprung up attempting to achieve the same effect, and get specifically unknown music into the…
Does your brain need scrubbing out after the weekend? Then you’ll be interested to note that Mancunian electronic artists Autechre have announced that they’ll be releasing a new album. Their music is a crushed up,…
On Tuesday, M.I.A. tweeted a link to a music video without explanation, and the press (don’t make me say Blogosphere) jumped on it, full of speculation about what it could possibly be. Oddly, it turned…