Saying “I made this song” is easy. Proving who owns the master can be much harder. For independent artists and labels, proper ownership records become increasingly important as catalogues generate more money. What is the…
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K-pop fans who cannot make it to a live concert are getting another way to experience some of the world’s biggest artists. HYBE CINE FEST 2026 is expanding globally, bringing live BTS concert broadcasts and…
DistroKid Musician Plus currently costs $44.99 per year in the US. It sits between the entry-level Musician plan and DistroKid’s Ultimate offering. For many independent artists, it’s probably the DistroKid plan that makes the most…
DistroKid Ultimate is designed for artists, managers and labels that need more than the standard Musician plans. US pricing currently starts at $89.99 per year, with the exact package depending on the number of artists…
The difference between DistroKid Musician and Musician Plus looks fairly small at first. But for artists trying to run a proper release campaign, it can matter. DistroKid’s US Musician plan currently costs $24.99 per year,…
Toto’s “Africa” was written by a man imagining Africa. David Paich had not experienced the continent in the way the song’s grand imagery might lead you to assume. Instead, the song grew from childhood Catholic-school…
Soft Cell didn’t originally sing “Tainted Love”. Gloria Jones did. Her version was released in 1964. It sounds almost nothing like the icy electronic recording that made Soft Cell famous nearly two decades later. And…
“The Piña Colada Song” sounds like a cheerful holiday song. It isn’t. It is a story about two people in a stale relationship independently attempting to find someone else. They both place or answer personal…
YouTube Music is making artificial intelligence a much bigger part of how listeners find music. Google is expanding Ask Music, YouTube Music’s conversational AI feature, with a much more prominent position inside the mobile app…
Most artists click “I agree” and start uploading. That is understandable. Distribution agreements are not particularly exciting. But those terms determine what a company can do with your music and money. Here are 12 things…
