DistroKid has become one of the biggest names in independent music distribution. Its pitch is attractive: pay an annual membership, release unlimited music and keep 100% of your normal streaming royalties. But is DistroKid actually…
Author: Radar Team
Breaking Rust looks exactly like the sort of musician country music fans have seen hundreds of times before. Rugged cowboy. Weathered face. Gravelly voice. Songs about resilience, whiskey, hardship and refusing to change for anybody.…
Jerry’s Sound Room has become a surprisingly large name in soul and blues music. Songs such as “No Me Debes Nada”, “Tu Nombre en la Oscuridad” and “Beneath My Skin” have generated millions of Spotify…
You hire somebody to promote your song. A week later your streams explode. Fantastic. Or is it? Artificial streaming can threaten royalties, releases and even your wider catalogue. The difficult part is that artists sometimes…
Sienna Rose seemed to appear from nowhere. The mysterious neo-soul singer began generating millions of streams with dreamy tracks such as “Into the Blue”, “Safe With You” and “Where Your Warmth Begins”. Her music sounded…
M4A audio files are widely supported, but sometimes you simply need an MP3. Perhaps you’re uploading audio to an older piece of software. Maybe you’re sending a file to somebody whose device doesn’t recognise M4A.…
Apple’s first foldable iPhone could be just days away. Apple is holding its next major iPhone event on September 9, 2026, and multiple reports suggest the company could finally unveil its long-rumoured foldable iPhone alongside…
VYRMA has quickly become one of the more mysterious new names in Nordic and Viking-inspired music. The artist has built a striking visual identity around haunting vocals, Norse mythology, cinematic imagery and a mysterious female…
Spotify can quietly take up a surprising amount of storage. The reason is its cache. Spotify stores temporary pieces of music, podcasts and other data on your device so that content can load and play…
You released your music. Spotify is already showing streams. So where is the money? This is one of the most common questions musicians have when they start distributing music. DistroKid royalties don’t normally appear immediately…
