If someone uses your music in a YouTube video, you may be able to get paid for it — even if they uploaded the video to their own channel. The main way artists and rights…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from 2–4 October 2026 with another enormous free lineup. Despite its name, the festival hasn’t been strictly bluegrass for a very long time. The 2026…
“Fast Car” isn’t really about a car. It’s about escape. The narrator dreams of leaving poverty behind with somebody she loves. The fast car represents the possibility of another life. They leave. For a while,…
Yamaha has revealed the B200A, a new compact soundbar designed to bring Dolby Atmos audio to smaller TVs, gaming setups and rooms where a large home cinema system simply doesn’t make sense. The Yamaha B200A…
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…
“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…
Rockaway Beach will once again kick-start the UK’s festival calendar in January 2027. The independent indoor festival returns to Butlin’s Bognor Regis with The Charlatans, The Twilight Sad, SPRINTS and Getdown Services leading the lineup.…
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…
