You’ve finished a music video. Should you simply upload it to YouTube, or should you use a music-video distributor? They are not necessarily the same thing. Uploading your own YouTube video This gives you direct…
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Spotify Codes are scannable images that open content inside Spotify. They can link to a song, album, artist profile or playlist, making them useful on posters, merchandise and physical promotional materials. They work best when…
You may have seen a calculator claiming that one Spotify stream is worth a precise amount. Real royalty calculations are more complicated. Spotify does not simply attach one universal cash value to every play. The…
Spotify has taken another major step towards launching its planned AI-powered covers and remixing platform. The streaming service has signed a new licensing agreement with Merlin, allowing independent record labels and distributors represented by the…
Snapchat has launched a new music discovery feature that allows users to share the Spotify songs they are listening to directly through Snap Map. Called Now Playing, the feature lets Snapchat users connect their Spotify…
Music Artwork Sizes for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Social PlatformsArtists often create one piece of artwork and use it everywhere. That can produce blurry profile images, badly cropped text and thumbnails that make no…
Want to know how to change your Spotify username? Spotify does not currently provide an option to manually edit the permanent username attached to your account. However, you can change your Spotify display name, which…
Getting your music on Spotify playlists can make a real difference to a release. A good playlist placement can bring new listeners, trigger algorithmic activity, build social proof and help your track keep moving after…
Spotify is expanding beyond music, podcasts and audiobooks with the launch of Articles, a new audio format that turns long-form magazine journalism into narrated listening experiences. The company is testing the feature with more than…
Spotify is preparing to adopt Apple’s HLS video podcast technology, a move that should make it easier for creators to distribute video podcasts across both Spotify and Apple Podcasts. HLS, which stands for HTTP Live…
