Shifting the Money Talk: 8 Pieces of Advice All Independent Musicians Need to Hear

[Editors Note: This blog was written by Cheryl B. Engelhardt, and it originally appeared on her music industry blog, Living On Gigging. Cheryl is a singer/songwriter (with multiple releases via TuneCore!), founder of sonic branding company CBE Music LLC, and editor/founder of In The Key Of Success, a resource site for artists pursuing creative careers.] Shifting the […]

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Wednesday Video Diversion: September 30, 2015

It’s the last day of September! Or maybe you’ve just discovered the perfect musical distraction to keep you from whatever it is you should be doing on a Wednesday afternoon? Either way, we encourage you to celebrate the most mediocre of weekdays with a great round-up of videos from TuneCore Artists after the jump… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgnT6jWFe4] […]

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Spotify Rolls Out New "About" Pages

Spotify keeps on expanding its offering to music fans and independent artists alike! Late last week, the streaming giant announced that it’d be rolling out new “About” pages on its interface. 75 million active music fans already got to enjoy the accessibility of finding their favorite artists’ discographies, bios and ‘Related Artists’  – a feature […]

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Getting Social: 7 Tips for Tweeting a Live Event

[Editors Note: This article is written by Bob Owlsinski and was originally featured on his Music 3.0 blog. As an artist, tweeting at live events – whether it’s a peer’s show or your own – is a great way to engage with your fans who follow you, connect with others at the event, and show […]

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Latest News From TuneCore Music Publishing

Greetings from Burbank! We’re popping in mid-month to give you the latest happenings from our Music Publishing Administration office – songwriter highlights, sync and creative, placements and news. Check out below what we’ve been up to, and if you haven’t looked into what TuneCore has to offer, read more about our Music Publishing Administration services! SONGWRITER […]

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TuneCore Partners With TapInfluence: Helping Artists Connect With Brands

TuneCore is excited to announce a partnership with influencer marketing leader, TapInfluence, to give brand and agency marketers unprecedented access to the TuneCore Artist community for sponsored digital campaigns. The partnership will offer TuneCore Artists another channel to monetize their talents. TapInfluence is an influencer marketing platform used by the world’s best brands to identify and collaborate with […]

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What Really Happens When You Master a Track?

[Editor’s Note: This blog is written by Steve Reble, and was originally featured on the LANDR Blog. LANDR’s Instant Mastering tool can help you fine-tune your next single, EP or album and is available through TuneCore before you distribute!] The challenge of home producing is that, what you want your audience to hear, is rarely what they will hear. When I […]

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Top 3 Reasons You Aren't Getting the Gig

[Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jhoni Jackson, an Atlanta-bred music journalist and venue-owner currently based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was originally featured on the Sonicbids Blog.] Not getting a gig you’re pining over can be incredibly frustrating. It’s especially disheartening when you can’t figure out why you’ve been turned down, whether you never received […]

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Instagram Introduces @Music Account

As you know, we’ve been doing our best to help TuneCore Artists shape and strengthen their social media marketing strategies here on the TuneCore Blog. Social is an increasingly important element of promoting your music and brand, and connecting with your fans. Instagram – now owned by Facebook – has become a major way independent […]

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From the TuneCore Community: Artists Weigh In On Using LANDR Instant Mastering

Mastering is a key part of the music making process that often goes overlooked, misunderstood, or simply avoided for feasibility reasons. TuneCore continues to offer professional mastering services, in which your songs are sent to engineers at Universal Mastering Studios, but in order to provide multiple solutions for artists, we recently introduced MixGenius’ LANDR Instant Mastering service. […]

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