Changing music distributor sounds terrifying. Artists worry they’ll lose streams, playlists or their Spotify history. Fortunately, moving away from DistroKid doesn’t automatically mean starting from zero. Keep the same recording The most important rule is…
TikTok isn’t just somewhere to promote your music. If your songs are properly distributed to TikTok, you can get paid when creators use your music in their videos. For independent artists, that means TikTok can…
You hire somebody to promote your song. A week later your streams explode. Fantastic. Or is it? Artificial streaming can threaten royalties, releases and even your wider catalogue. The difficult part is that artists sometimes…
Spotify for Artists says your song has 100,000 streams. Your distributor’s statement looks different. Has money disappeared? Probably not. You are likely comparing two datasets created for different purposes and at different times. Spotify for…
“How much does Spotify pay for one million streams?” It is one of the most common questions in music. It is also incomplete. The more useful question is: How much reaches the artist after everything…
