Broken Trails has millions of Spotify streams, an official website and a substantial catalogue of outlaw-country songs. What it doesn’t seem to have is an easily identifiable singer. That has left listeners asking a surprisingly…
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Broken Trails sounds exactly like the kind of artist you might expect to find buried inside an outlaw-country playlist. A gravelly voice. Songs about resilience and refusing to give up. Titles including Walk My Walk,…
If you have recently discovered Cain Walker on Spotify, there is a good chance you have asked the same question as thousands of other listeners: is Cain Walker actually a real person? The answer is…
DistroKid is an independent music-distribution specialist. SoundOn is owned by TikTok. That creates two very different strategic propositions. Why SoundOn is interesting SoundOn was created around the idea of combining music distribution with TikTok’s promotional…
One of the more interesting early players in generative AI music is changing direction. Beatoven.ai has discontinued its consumer-facing AI music service after approximately six years, with the company’s core team moving to Indian digital…
DistroKid, TuneCore and CD Baby are three of the best-known names in DIY music distribution. But their economics aren’t identical. DistroKid Current US Musician pricing: $24.99 per year. Unlimited releases. 100% ordinary DSP royalty pass-through,…
Bose is going back to the future with a new pair of wired earbuds — but these aren’t the basic wired headphones you probably remember. The new Bose Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds combine a physical…
One of DistroKid’s biggest selling points is unlimited music uploads. Unlike pay-per-release distribution models, your subscription doesn’t charge you separately for every single or album. That makes DistroKid particularly appealing to prolific artists. Does unlimited…
“Choosin’ Texas” is about the painful moment when a woman realises the man she loves is emotionally choosing somebody else. And apparently that somebody else is from Texas. The premise sounds simple, but Choosin’ Texas…
You have finished the master, uploaded the artwork, entered the metadata and submitted your release. Instead of being approved immediately, you see: “Under review.” That does not automatically mean anything is wrong. Music distributors need…
