“Love Is All Around” was originally recorded by The Troggs in 1967. Not Wet Wet Wet. The Scottish band made the song enormously famous through the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994.…
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The explosive guitar instrumental at the beginning of Pulp Fiction is “Misirlou” by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones. But Dick Dale didn’t originally write the melody. The composition comes from an older Eastern Mediterranean musical…
Musixmatch has announced the acquisition of Music Reports, the US-based music rights administration company behind Songdex, in a deal that could reshape how music royalties are identified, managed and paid around the world. Announced on…
Yes. Apple Music is one of the major streaming services supported through DistroKid. For most artists, Apple Music should be treated as a core DSP alongside Spotify. What gets delivered? Your distributor sends Apple the…
For years, the music industry has focused on the next big release. The newest artist. The biggest debut. The song everybody is listening to this Friday. But something interesting is happening on Spotify: older recordings…
Sony Music and Universal Music Group have escalated their legal battle over AI-generated music, asking a US federal court to force DistroKid to reveal how much AI-created content is being distributed to major streaming platforms.…
‘Slide’ is the new title track from Seoul four-piece Men And Them, released on KYTE. It is about people who keep running until morning, and the band plays it at dance tempo, around 117 BPM.…
Yes. DistroKid distributes music to YouTube Music as part of its wider digital distribution service. But artists should understand that YouTube’s music ecosystem involves several different things. YouTube Music This is YouTube’s dedicated streaming service.…
A song earns performance royalties. How much belongs to the songwriter? How much belongs to the publisher? And what happens when a publishing administrator takes a commission? These are different questions, and the answer depends…
‘Guest Quest’ is a new single from Kiera, a Korea-based singer-songwriter who self-produces with TEAM KIERA. It is house-based electronic dance, sung in English, Korean and Japanese. The track opens with ‘Begin your guest quest,…
