One of DistroKid’s biggest selling points is speed. Its marketing says tracks can reach services such as Spotify in around two to three days. But artists shouldn’t interpret that as meaning they should upload their…
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“Zombie” was written after two children were killed in the 1993 Warrington bombing in England. Three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry died after bombs planted by the IRA exploded in Warrington town centre. Dolores…
AI makes the word “ownership” surprisingly complicated. You might type the prompt. The platform generates the recording. You download it. Who owns the song? There are really several different questions hidden inside that one question.…
“505” is essentially about Alex Turner desperately wanting to return to a lover waiting in hotel room 505. But over time, the room has become something bigger. 505 represents the place where a relationship feels…
A music-promotion company promises: “100,000 Spotify streams guaranteed.” That should immediately make you suspicious. Amuse updated its support guidance this week warning that guaranteed streams and paid playlist-placement services may rely on illegitimate practices that…
For years, the music industry had a distribution problem. Artists outside the US and UK struggled to reach audiences around the world. Record labels controlled access to international markets, radio was overwhelmingly local, and getting…
If you have searched for “Unisound”, “uni sound” or “unison sound”, you may be looking for one of the simplest but most powerful concepts in music: unison. Unison happens when two or more voices or…
“Vargnótt” has quickly become the song most closely associated with VYRMA. But unless you speak a Nordic language, the title probably isn’t immediately obvious. So what does Vargnótt mean? VYRMA provides a simple official answer.…
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” became an anthem for an entire generation. The title began as a joke about deodorant. That contrast tells you almost everything you need to know about Nirvana. Kathleen Hanna of Bikini…
AI music is entering a new phase. Until recently, the biggest argument around generative music was whether AI companies had permission to use copyrighted recordings and compositions when training their models. Now companies are beginning…
