You might not recognise the names BMG and Concord as quickly as Spotify, Universal Music or Sony Music. But there is a very good chance you know the music they represent. BMG and Concord have…
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Sony Music Japan is making an interesting move outside traditional music. The company has agreed to acquire around 23% of GungHo Online Entertainment, the Japanese games company behind Puzzle & Dragons. The deal is worth…
Music publishing agreements contain a word artists should pay attention to: Exclusive. Publishing administration often requires an administrator to have exclusive authority over specified works during the agreement. But not every music-rights service operates exclusively.…
TikTok has revealed its biggest songs of Summer 2026, and the track sitting at number one isn’t a new release from 2026. It isn’t even from this decade. Katy Perry’s The One That Got Away,…
GarageBand is one of the easiest ways to start making music. Developed by Apple, GarageBand turns your Mac, iPhone or iPad into a surprisingly powerful recording studio. You can record vocals, make beats, play virtual…
Olivia Rodrigo’s “The Cure” is about discovering that falling in love cannot magically fix everything you dislike or struggle with inside yourself. Rodrigo has explained the idea directly. When you’re younger, she says, you can…
Music increasingly gets made by teams. A single recording might involve: When the track starts earning money, somebody then needs to work out who receives what. Royalty-splitting tools can automate that process. Agree the percentages…
Sienna Spiro’s “Great Expectation” is about falling in love with the idea of someone rather than the person they actually are. It’s about waiting for somebody who continually disappoints you, while keeping an imagined version…
You distribute your music into YouTube Content ID. Then you upload your own music video. YouTube claims it. Why is your own song claiming your own channel? Because Content ID is doing exactly what it…
YouTube changed one of its most familiar metrics on 24 August 2026. A public view is now counted from the first frame of playback across Shorts, normal videos, podcasts and livestreams. At the same time,…
