The biggest difference between DistroKid and some competing distributors isn’t royalty percentage. It’s who takes the initial financial risk. DistroKid requires an annual subscription. Several alternatives use models where musicians don’t need to maintain the…
For most of music history, creating a professional-sounding song required a fairly long list of skills. You needed to understand instruments, songwriting, recording, music production, mixing and often expensive studio software. Generative AI is starting…
Audacity has received one of the biggest updates in its history. Audacity 4.0 officially launched on September 3, 2026, bringing a completely redesigned interface alongside major changes to how users record, edit and organise audio.…
A music catalogue can be an asset. If songs reliably generate royalties, a buyer may be willing to pay several years of expected income upfront to own those future cash flows. But there isn’t one…
For years, the compact disc looked like a format heading for extinction. Streaming had made accessing millions of songs almost effortless. Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and other services meant listeners no longer needed shelves…
DistroKid is usually marketed around one simple idea: pay an annual subscription and upload unlimited music. That sounds cheap. But how much does DistroKid actually cost once you start using it seriously? DistroKid currently charges…
You do not need to be signed to a major label to appear on a Billboard chart. Independent music can qualify. But distributing a song does not automatically guarantee that every stream or sale will…
Silva Bumpa makes UK garage and bassline, with strong influences from speed garage and the mid-2000s British club scene. If you’ve discovered him through “On 2Nite”, you’re hearing part of a much larger revival of…
Your music catalogue is generating money. You need cash today. There are two very different ways you might unlock that value: Take an advance against future royalties. Or sell some or all of the catalogue.…
If Coastline, The Woods and Blessings are permanently sitting in your playlists, you might be wondering which artists sound like Hollow Coves. The good news is that there’s an entire corner of indie folk built…
