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Metadata For Musicians: What It Is, Why It’s So Vital

Given its critical role in providing info that impacts how your music is stored, sorted, and identified, if your metadata isn’t in order, your music simply isn’t ready for public release. Here we break down exactly what metadata is, and why need to get it in order before dropping new…

Spotify Is Shutting Down Direct Distribution: What Artists Need To Know Now

Spotify announced yesterday that it is closing down its free direct upload system after less than a year, and forcing all artists to find an outside distributors within 30 days if they want their music available on the top streaming service. Here’s what artists need to know to avoid problems…

You Shouldn’t Go On Tour Unless You’ve Done These 3 Things

While the prospect of touring is hugely exciting for new bands, they may be unaware of the grueling realities of life on the road. That said, if you’re determined to hit the pavement and bestow your music on the masses, at least make sure you’ve first done these three things….

Soundcloud Pokes Spotify After Streamer Ends Free Uploads

Soundcloud had a bit of fun at Spotify’s expense after the streaming giant decided that it didn’t want to be in the music distribution business, after all. Spotify launched a service that allowed artists to upload new music to the platform at no cost, but yesterday announced that it’s shutting…

Chartmetrics: Artist Cross-Platform Performance, Ranks, Scores

Here we look at a detailed breakdown of how to do an instantaneous side-by-side comparison of bands and artists’ general performance through the utilization of Chartmetric’s massive data warehouse. ______________________________ Guest post by Josh Hayes of Chartmetric Update as of 2019/06/22: Cross-Platform Performance now also includes Apple Music as a…

Spotify [SPOT] Schedules Next Earnings Report

Spotify [SP0T] will share its second quarter 2019 financial results in a call with shareholders and analysts on Wednesday, July 31st before the market opens. Spotify stock has shown strength in recent weeks rising from a May 23rd low of $121.58 to a close at $145.29 on Monday. The company…

How To Write and Produce Music To Get The ‘Spotify Sound’ [VIDEO]

Spotify and other streaming services are changing more than the way we listen to music – they are changing the way music is written and produced. Here the Sound Field team uncovers techniques used to create successful streaming tracks and talk to James Sunderland and Brett Hite of Frenship about…

Spotify Ends Free Direct Distribution

Spotify has decided that it doesn’t want to be in the music distribution business, after all. Eleven months ago, the streamer launched a beta program that allowed artists to upload new music to the platform at no cost. Now, it has informed artists that will be shutting down. To keep…