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…
Slam Dunk Festival has unveiled the first major wave of artists for 2027, with Bowling For Soup, Simple Plan and Killswitch Engage at the top of a huge pop-punk, ska, emo and metalcore lineup. Slam…
“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…
The music industry has never made it easier to release a song. Making a living from those songs is a different problem. Distribution creates access. It does not automatically create demand. Music income is not…
“The Dead Dance” is about feeling emotionally dead after a breakup, then rediscovering enough joy to dance again. Lady Gaga has explained the song unusually clearly. A relationship ends. For a while, you stop believing…
“Orbiter” is about the people who keep Noah Kahan grounded when fame makes his life feel unfamiliar. The central image is wonderfully simple. Kahan is the astronaut. Someone he loves is the Moon. He circles…
DistroKid and Amuse both target independent artists, but their product structures differ in some interesting ways. Pricing DistroKid currently starts at $24.99 per year in the US. Amuse currently charges $23.99 per year for Artist,…
