Friday is the music industry’s standard release day. But that doesn’t automatically make Friday the best day for your release. The right date depends on your audience, campaign, goals and what is happening around the…
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Electric Picnic 2026 is rapidly approaching, with another enormous lineup heading to Stradbally Hall in Ireland from 28–30 August. The festival’s headline programme now includes Lewis Capaldi, Gorillaz and Fontaines D.C., alongside a wide-ranging lineup…
Reading Festival returns to Richfield Avenue from 27–30 August 2026, bringing one of the biggest festival lineups of the UK summer. This year’s Reading Festival lineup is headed by Charli XCX, Dave, RAYE, Florence +…
Keylight moves between alternative R&B and electronic music, and ‘Cold-Hearted’ sits on the R&B side. VVON takes the featured vocal, and the track builds a winter breakup around the guitar sound Keylight has used as…
YouTube is changing one of the most important numbers on the platform: views. From August 24, 2026, YouTube will count a view as soon as a video begins playing or a viewer enters a livestream.…
Amazon Music can easily get overlooked beside Spotify and Apple Music, but independent artists should treat it as a core part of global distribution. Your listeners may already use Amazon Music through subscriptions, Alexa-enabled devices…
Looking for good songs to sing acapella? Singing without instruments can be one of the best ways to show off your voice. With no backing track, guitar or piano to hide behind, everything comes down…
If you’ve searched for the BPM or key of a song, there’s a good chance you’ve come across Tunebat. Tunebat is an online collection of music tools designed for DJs, producers, musicians and artists. It…
If you’ve ever wondered what payola is in the music industry, the simple answer is this: payola is the practice of giving money, gifts or other benefits in exchange for promoting music without properly disclosing…
‘Mr. Potato’ opens ‘Everyday Jazzne: Jazzy Morning’, a six-track set released through Underlying. The title states the brief plainly enough: this is jazz written for a particular hour of the day rather than for a…
