By Dwight Brown Your music is being distributed independently. You want to get it heard and sold. Now what? The process for selling music isn’t an exact science. But, if you follow these 7TIPS you stand a great chance of methodically making that first sale. And once you’ve done that, you can build on […]
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By Dwight Brown Trick or Treat! Our store partners are handing out a lot of treats and good news to TuneCore Artists this October. Apple Music, Spinlet, Spotify and MixRadio are growing, reaching more music fans, helping artists get discovered and finding spooktaclular new ways to stand out in a very competitive marketplace. 15 million […]
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Q.SIC is the first commercially licensed subscription service in Australia and New Zealand – or, in other words, it’s a streaming service that is used specifically by retail and business establishments! Let’s face it, when you’re out and about – whether you’re checking into a hotel or picking up some food at a local restaurant […]
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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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As many independent artists likely know, Apple announced the launch of its upcoming streaming service, Apple Music, at this years WWDC Conference. We’ve made sure to offer our Artists and prospective Artists the chance to read up about Apple Music on our robust Knowledge Base in the meantime, but there were still lingering questions from all […]
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This afternoon, Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, held a media event to announce the introduction of Spotify Now, a new platform within Spotify. Says Ek, regarding Spotify Now’s basic strategy, it’s “centered around a richer mobile music experience built around a Spotify users’ day, bringing them the music they love, when they need it the […]
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Here at TuneCore, we’re always exploring new ways to get our Artists’ music heard in new places by new fans. Part of that means aligning and partnering with great music services and stores. Today, we’re psyched to announce that we’ve added saavn (South Asian Audio Visual Network) to our list of digital music partners! Music […]
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TuneCore Growth Fueled by Creative Expansion, New Artist Services and Innovation New York, NY – January 27, 2015 – 2014 was a landmark year for TuneCore. Building upon its outstanding growth, the company today announced over $134 million dollars in 2014 artist earnings, up 11% from 2013 and totaling $504 million since 2006. Additionally, artist […]
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[Editors Note: This article is written by the TuneCore Music Publishing office.] As the world of digital content grows, the agreements between the societies and digital service providers around the globe also adapt. Sometimes faster than a drumbeat. That’s why artists, who want to collect all their potential songwriting royalties from YouTube, need someone on […]
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[Editors Note: This blog is written by TuneCore artist Ron Pope, and was originally featured in Billboard’s Op-Ed section on November 25th. Ron Pope continues our ongoing discussion on streaming music, but we love hearing your thoughts! We encourage discussion about how YOU feel about music streaming in our comments section.] I’d like to start by […]
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