The majority of an artist’s revenue comes from touring, selling merchandise, licensing their music for things like television, movies, or video games, and partnerships or side businesses. Streaming is often

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Spotify is reportedly offering advances and other enticements to independent artists and their managers in an effort to have them directly license music with the streaming music service, effectively cutting

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According to Midia Research, self-releasing acts represented a 2.7% worldwide market share, with combined revenues of almost $500m. These ‘self-releasing’ artists distribute through a raft of services that offer low

Continue readingAs artist careers grow, they need the right commercial partners to help elevate their businesses and make them more efficient.

It’s easier than ever before for unsigned, independent artists to share their music, whether that’s directly on to platforms like SoundCloud and YouTube or via digital distribution services like Tunecore

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In recent months, artists across the industry at every level have been embroiled in controversy surrounding payment and compensation. In an effort to turn these unfortunate events into a teachable

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