TuneCore Artists Nominated for O Music Awards – Vote Today!
The O Music Awards are coming up, celebrating the best in digital music. Artists, app-makers, and even cats are nominated for a variety of awards including: Best Artist Instagram, Digital Genius Award and Fan Army FTW.
The nominees have been announced and now it’s up fans to cast their votes. It’s great to see so many TuneCore Artists (past and current) up for awards. The awards air on June 19th, so let’s show our support and vote!
And now for the nominees…
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Why You Need TuneCore Music Publishing Administration & ASCAP, BMI or SESAC
One of the most common questions we’re asked is: I’m already affiliated with ASCAP (or BMI or SESAC or SOCAN). Do you replace them? Do I need TuneCore Music Publishing Administration if I’m already affiliated with one of these Performing Rights Organizations?
The short answer to that question is: YES, you need BOTH!
So let’s dig a little deeper and explain why you need both…
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TuneCore Announces Hiring of Creative for Music Publishing Administration
Peter Rogers Joins TuneCore Music Publishing Administration to Drive Synch Licensing Efforts.
TuneCore announced today the hiring of Peter Rogers to head its Music Publishing Administration in-house Creative. TuneCore Publishing Administration registers songwriter compositions with hundreds of global societies and digital stores, and then collects the revenue from the artists’ music downloads and streams in over 60 countries.
View PostJoshua Radin on His New Album + the Freedom of Independence
Today marks the release of Joshua Radin’s fifth studio album, Wax Wings, released independently by the singer-songwriter through TuneCore. We got a chance to ask Radin a few questions about his new album, why his independence is important to him, and the role social media plays in his marketing efforts…
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New Music Tuesday: May 7, 2013
TuneCore Artists are releasing tons of new music every day. Each week we check out the new TuneCore releases and choose a few at random to feature on the blog.
Is your hit next?
View Post6 TuneCore Artists Heading Into 'The Voice' Live Shows
We’ve made it through the Blind Auditions, the Battles, and now the Knockouts. And tonight, NBC’s The Voice is going live.
The remaining 16 contestants will begin fighting it out live for the title of The Voice.
So here’s where we stand with TuneCore Artists competing…
View PostWe Now Distribute to WiMP!
We just added a new store for distribution: WiMP.
In case you’re only familiar with WiMP as a synonym for ‘coward’ or ‘scaredy cat,’ we’re talking about the music service available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Poland.
It’s a music service geared toward helping users discover new music, and it offers downloads (in Norway only) and streams (all territories).
Through local country editorial teams, WiMP provides daily recommendations, playlists and other artist features for their 350,000+ paid subscribers. They also work with local news and music media sources to integrate their content and give artists more opportunities for exposure.
WiMP is available on all popular devices, so you can find new music no matter where you are.
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iTunes Turns 10! We're Bringing Back Ringtone Credits to Celebrate.
iTunes hit the big 1-0 yesterday, and we want to celebrate. TuneCore distributed its first album to iTunes back in 2006 (oh, how young we were!), One More Road for the Hit by Frank Black and The Catholics. Since then, we’ve distributed over 2.6 million releases to iTunes.
Though iTunes started by selling singles and albums, they later added ringtones to the mix…
Get Your Ringtones on the iPhone through TuneCore
In celebration of iTunes’ 10th birthday, we’re bringing back our ringtone credit multi-packs with special discount pricing for a limited time. Ringtones are a great way to get your music heard by more listeners and grow your fan base.
Check out the special pricing:
