Sam Fender has become one of the biggest British rock artists of his generation, going from playing pubs in the North East of England to selling out stadiums, topping the UK albums chart and winning…
You walk into a coffee shop. Your song is playing. Does that generate money? Potentially, yes. Commercial businesses playing copyrighted music generally require appropriate public-performance licences. Those licence fees contribute to royalty systems for rightsholders.…
WhatsApp is making music a bigger part of Status updates, with users now able to share music clips lasting up to 30 seconds. The change doubles the previous 15-second limit and gives users more control…
Music used to have a fairly predictable life cycle. Release the single. Promote it. Hope it charts. Move on. Streaming, films, TV and TikTok have destroyed that model. A song can now become enormous: five…
The EFG London Jazz Festival returns from 13–22 November 2026 with ten days of performances across more than 60 venues in London. And despite the name, the festival stretches much further than traditional jazz. Who…
Music distribution usually feels easy until something goes wrong. Then customer support becomes one of the most important features your distributor offers. So how do you contact DistroKid? How DistroKid support works DistroKid operates primarily…
If fans are using your music in videos on YouTube, those uploads could be generating money for you. Many artists assume they only earn from videos uploaded to their own YouTube channel. In reality, music…
British singer Kyla originally released “Do You Mind”, with the best-known version produced by Crazy Cousinz. If the vocal sounds strangely familiar, there is a very good reason. Drake later sampled Kyla’s “Do You Mind”…
A PRO and a music publisher are not the same thing. For songwriters, understanding the difference can mean the difference between collecting one part of your income and collecting much more of what the composition…
Reeperbahn Festival returns to Hamburg from 16–19 September 2026, bringing hundreds of artists into venues throughout the city’s famous St. Pauli district. Unlike festivals built around a handful of enormous headliners, Reeperbahn has always been…
