LANDR started life primarily as an online mastering platform. Today it also offers full music distribution. That makes DistroKid vs LANDR an interesting comparison because LANDR’s wider ecosystem extends much further into music creation. Pricing…
“Maps” is a love song about missing someone who is constantly somewhere else. Karen O wrote it about Angus Andrew, frontman of Liars, while the pair were dating and spending large amounts of time apart…
“Draw You Out” is about carrying somebody with you after they are gone. For Noah Kahan, that idea comes directly from Haymitch Abernathy and Lenore Dove in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Kahan…
Spotify is massively expanding its audiobook service, taking audiobooks from just 22 markets to more than 180 countries around the world by the end of 2026. The expansion will give more than 750 million people…
Tencent Music is testing a new AI-powered music platform called MusicBuddy, designed to help artists create, edit, release and promote music from one place. Unlike many AI music generators that focus primarily on creating a…
Post-punk is the easiest answer. It is no longer the complete answer. Fontaines D.C. began as a Dublin guitar band rooted heavily in: post-punk punk garage rock and spoken-word intensity. Then every album made the…
Your ISRC is one of the most important pieces of metadata attached to a released recording. If you’re moving away from DistroKid, organising licensing or simply building better catalogue records, you may need it. What…
Roskilde Festival has revealed the first 18 artists for its 2027 edition, led by Tame Impala. The Danish festival returns from 26 June to 3 July 2027, with almost 200 artists eventually expected across its…
Most independent artists do not have forty free hours a week to build a music career. That means the normal independent-artist schedule is not: Wake up. Write music. Promote music. Play show. Repeat. It is…
Facebook and Instagram aren’t just places to promote your music. They can also generate royalties. Every day, millions of videos, Stories and Reels are created across Meta’s platforms, many of them featuring music. For artists…
