‘How-To’ Guides – Page 2

Want to Sign Up for Spotify’s Free Distribution?

Spotify just announced a new beta feature that enables independent artists to upload their music directly to Spotify. Here’s how the registration process works right now. The action is happening through the ‘Spotify for Artists’ serv…

Now You Can Change Your Apple Music Profile Photo — Here’s How

Apple is very slowly making changes to its Apple Music for Artists service to make it more useful for artists — and on par with customization that other streaming services offer. Apple Music artists can now upload and change the bio and profile photos …

So You’ve Landed on a Spotify Playlist. Now What?

Spotify playlists can jump-start a career. But you’d better feed the beast right, or your slot could be short-lived. Last time we checked, there were more than 2 billion playlists on Spotify alone, with roughly 2 million new ones are added every…

5 Ways To Greatly Increase Your SoundCloud Plays — As Recommended by SoundCloud

Your music not only has to sound good. It has to look good on SoundCloud, too. On SoundCloud, there are a plethora of ways for artists, labels, and curators to garner streams for their tracks. A few of those methods include being adde…

3 Ways to Find Awesome Band Members

Finding band members that are reliable and talented seems to be the biggest struggle for musicians looking to start up a new project. In my experience starting up my own band, great musicians are all too often horrible band members. When piecing togeth…

Lil Pump Just Voided His Major Label Contract and Kept the $350k Advance

Lil Pump’s non-favorable contract with Warner Bros. Records is up. Lil Pump, an overnight rap sensation with his smash hit “Gucci Gang,” inked a non-favorable contract deal with Warner Bros. Records when he was underage. Now that the…

Notice: Artists Have Less Than 60 Days to Opt Into Facebook’s Direct License

Indie artist or self-published songwriter? Here’s how to get paid for your songs on Facebook, Instagram, and Oculus. In an attempt to avoid copyright issues on its platform, Facebook has entered into major deals with music labels and publishers….

Now You Know Everything About Recording Deals

Before you sign a major recording deal, read this post. You’ll thank us later. The Big Three Contracts Contract 1: License to Distribute a Single Album This first contract is a basic license deal for a single album. The artist receives a sum of m…

Now You Know Everything About Recording Deals

10 Ways to Dramatically Boost the Money You Make from Streaming

Streaming is quickly becoming music’s most profitable frontier. For many artists, that means skipping gatekeepers and developing a direct following. But with so many different streaming music platforms out there, the digital rights management p…