Apple Music plans to start showing listeners when a substantial part of a track has been created using generative AI. The label will read: Made With AI. This isn’t a ban on AI music. It’s…
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Festival booking for 2027 is already underway. Independent artists should not wait until next summer to start looking for opportunities. Many events book months ahead, and some artist-application windows are already open. Ditto refreshed its…
DistroKid and CD Baby approach music distribution very differently. DistroKid sells subscriptions. CD Baby charges per release. That alone can make one dramatically better than the other depending on how often you release music. How…
Going viral on TikTok can change the trajectory of a song almost overnight. A track that was receiving a few hundred streams can suddenly appear in thousands of TikTok videos, reach millions of people and…
Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” is about reconnecting with somebody who once meant everything to you after believing that part of your life was gone. The song was written for Toy Story…
China’s music streaming market could be moving back towards free music. For several years, major Chinese streaming platforms have focused heavily on converting listeners into paying subscribers. But the rapid growth of ByteDance-owned Qishui Music,…
Too Lost regularly positions itself as a technology-led music distribution company. But there is an interesting relationship sitting underneath its distribution infrastructure: AudioSalad. A Too Lost-branded AudioSalad portal is publicly accessible at toolost.audiosalad.com, with the…
TikTok isn’t just somewhere to promote your music. If your songs are properly distributed to TikTok, you can get paid when creators use your music in their videos. For independent artists, that means TikTok can…
There was a time when getting your song uploaded to the right YouTube promotional channel could change an artist’s career. Channels such as Trap Nation, MrSuicideSheep, Proximity, UKF, Majestic Casual and countless genre-specific curators built…
Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music might dominate conversations about music streaming in many countries, but China has developed its own huge streaming ecosystem. For music fans in mainland China, services including QQ Music, NetEase…
