DistroKid isn’t free. Its cheapest current US plan costs $24.99 per year. So what if you want to distribute music without paying anything upfront? RouteNote Free RouteNote offers free music distribution without an upfront or…
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Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group have launched another copyright lawsuit against AI music platform Suno, opening up a new front in the increasingly important battle over how generative AI companies train music models.…
Yes, but the number of artists you can manage depends on your DistroKid plan. The basic Musician plan is designed for one artist or band. Musician Plus currently supports two. Ultimate expands the number of…
“Brandy” is about loving somebody who will never choose you over the life they want. Brandy works in a harbour town. Sailors admire her. But she loves one particular sailor. Unfortunately, he loves the sea…
DistroKid isn’t only for individual musicians. Its Ultimate plans allow multiple artists to be managed from the same account. That can make DistroKid attractive to small independent labels. But should a label use it? The…
“Time After Time” is about loyalty when a relationship feels uncertain. Someone is drifting. Someone is waiting. And despite the confusion, the central promise is simple: when you need me, I’ll still be here. That…
The Fugees didn’t originally sing “Killing Me Softly”. Neither did Roberta Flack. The first released recording came from Lori Lieberman in 1972. And behind the song is another famous musician: Don McLean. Lieberman has said…
Uploading a song to a distributor does not normally mean selling your master. But you do have to give the distributor certain rights. Otherwise it could not distribute anything. Ownership and licence are different Ownership…
For years, Spotify has tried to work out what you like by watching what you do. What you play. What you skip. What you save. What you search for. What you listen to repeatedly. Now…
If you’ve seen people showing off engagement rings to Randy Travis’s “On the Other Hand” on TikTok, there is a slight problem. The song isn’t celebrating an engagement. It’s about a married man being tempted…
