Most independent artists do not have forty free hours a week to build a music career. That means the normal independent-artist schedule is not: Wake up. Write music. Promote music. Play show. Repeat. It is…
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Facebook and Instagram aren’t just places to promote your music. They can also generate royalties. Every day, millions of videos, Stories and Reels are created across Meta’s platforms, many of them featuring music. For artists…
“Enjoy the Silence” is about the idea that words can sometimes make something worse. You have found connection. Peace. Intimacy. Then people start talking. Explanations appear. Promises. Arguments. Misunderstandings. Suddenly something simple becomes complicated. Martin…
“Somewhere Only We Know” is about returning to a place that feels safe because of the memories attached to it. For Keane songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley, that place was connected with the countryside around Battle in…
Spotify is turning music knowledge into another way for fans to interact with their favourite artists. The streaming platform has expanded its Music Quiz feature, allowing Spotify Premium subscribers to test their knowledge of more…
You spend £100 promoting a new single on Instagram. Fans click the ad. They reach your smart link. Then what? Without tracking, your knowledge may stop there. Meta Pixel helps connect activity on your landing…
“Estrus” is the biological term for the period when a female mammal is sexually receptive. In everyday language: in heat. So yes. Tove Lo really named her album after that. But the title is doing…
Yes. If you’re transferring the exact same recording from DistroKid to another distributor, you should generally retain the existing ISRC. What is an ISRC? ISRC stands for International Standard Recording Code. It identifies a particular…
Upload a video containing a popular song to YouTube and there is a good chance YouTube will recognise the music surprisingly quickly. It might identify the song even if it is playing quietly in the…
“Teenage Dirtbag” is about being labelled an outsider and deciding to own the label. The prom story itself is fictional. Noelle is fictional. The fantasy ending is fictional. But the emotion underneath it came from…
