Spotify is dramatically expanding its podcast monetization program, giving creators in more than 35 additional countries the opportunity to make money from their podcasts and video content. The Spotify Partner Program will expand into countries…
Creating your own virtual instrument has traditionally required a mixture of music production knowledge, software development skills and a considerable amount of time. Lunacy Audio wants to change that. The music software company has launched…
DistroKid Bank is where artists can see royalties that have been reported and made available through their DistroKid account. Think of it as the financial dashboard between streaming-platform reporting and your real bank account. What…
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” is practically a West Virginia anthem. There is only one slight problem. The road that helped inspire it was in Maryland. Co-writer Bill Danoff was from Massachusetts. And when the…
Brand partnerships are becoming a meaningful part of the independent artist ecosystem. UnitedMasters has made this particularly central to its positioning, and its current True Religion partnership combines independent artists, retail playlists, fashion and live…
If you’ve ever heard a slow Indian song built around poetry, longing, love and an expressive singer, there is a chance you were listening to a ghazal. Ghazal music has been part of South Asian…
Something interesting is happening in Indian music. Haryanvi music is growing incredibly quickly. Once primarily associated with listeners in Haryana and nearby parts of northern India, Haryanvi songs are increasingly appearing on streaming platforms, social…
“Hootie Frutti” doesn’t have a neat dictionary definition. KATSEYE essentially invented the phrase. It plays with fruit imagery, attraction and the familiar phrase “tutti frutti”, creating something deliberately playful and suggestive. The track appears on…
“Linger” came from Dolores O’Riordan’s first serious kiss. Unfortunately for her, what happened afterwards was considerably less romantic. The future The Cranberries singer was 17. She liked a boy. They kissed. She became completely infatuated.…
For decades, popular Indian music and Bollywood music were almost impossible to separate. Some of India’s biggest singers became famous through film soundtracks, with songs often released as part of a movie rather than as…
