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DistroKid Mobile App

DistroKid Launched a Mobile App

DistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights DistroKid, a DIY distributor, has launched a new mobile app that allows artists signed up to the service to upload new releases, access streaming stats, edit metadata and more from...

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DistroKid Pricing: Plans & Extras

I've been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP's. So not only am I very familiar with the platform, I'm very familiar with how much it costs to use DistroKid. DistroKid has plans ranging from $22.99 USD up to $1,349.99 USD per year....

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Spotify Marquee vs Facebook Ads

Is Spotify Marquee 10X BETTER than Facebook Ads?

Spotify recently released a study they ran claiming Spotify Marquee delivers 10x more listeners per dollar than social ads on average. Is it true? Spotify Marquee Study Here's how Spotify structured their study. They worked with eight labels and distributors over a several month period. Artists ranged from 300,000 to 16 million monthly listeners, and...

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Spotify Audiobooks Are Here

Spotify audiobooks are here, and they have some serious positive implications for the music industry if Spotify chooses to integrate them. Four months ago CEO Daniel Ek outlined Spotify's intentions to double down on audiobooks during Spotify's Investor's Day, and at least in the United States that day has finally come. While this is certainly...

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DistroKid Mobile App

DistroKid Launched a Mobile App

DistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights DistroKid, a DIY distributor, has launched a new mobile app that allows artists signed up to the service to upload new releases, access streaming stats, edit metadata and more from...

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DistroKid Pricing: Plans & Extras

I've been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP's. So not only am I very familiar with the platform, I'm very familiar with how much it costs to use DistroKid. DistroKid has plans ranging from $22.99 USD up to $1,349.99 USD per year....

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DistroKid x Bandzoogle Acquisition

DistroKid Acquired Bandzoogle

Distrokid, the awesome music distribution company, has official acquired Bandzoogle, my least favorite website tool. Don't get me wrong, Bandzoogle has great prices, great customer support and lots of templates. I just hate their awful website builder and lack of email automation features. Despite that brutal website builder, Bandzoogle has helped artists make $100M in...

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Deezer Artist Centric Royalties

Deezer's New ‘Artist Centric' Model

Deezer is shaking things up with how it pays artists by adapting what they're calling an ‘artist centric' model. This model has some controversy because it comes from the CEO of Universal Music Group Sir Lucian Grainge. Here's what they mean by ‘artist centric‘: The theory is that this will benefit ‘real' artists the most,...

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Apple Music Has Followers Now

Apple Music has finally added the ability for fans to follow their favorite artists on the platform. They're calling it ‘Favorites' instead of followers, but its the same thing. Favorites When listeners add your artist page to their favorites in Apple Music, the following happens: I think this is an awesome new feature, especially the...

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DistroKid Mobile App

DistroKid Launched a Mobile App

DistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights DistroKid, a DIY distributor, has launched a new mobile app that allows artists signed up to the service to upload new releases, access streaming stats, edit metadata and more from...

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DistroKid Pricing: Plans & Extras

I've been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP's. So not only am I very familiar with the platform, I'm very familiar with how much it costs to use DistroKid. DistroKid has plans ranging from $22.99 USD up to $1,349.99 USD per year....

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Spotify Marquee vs Facebook Ads

Is Spotify Marquee 10X BETTER than Facebook Ads?

Spotify recently released a study they ran claiming Spotify Marquee delivers 10x more listeners per dollar than social ads on average. Is it true? Spotify Marquee Study Here's how Spotify structured their study. They worked with eight labels and distributors over a several month period. Artists ranged from 300,000 to 16 million monthly listeners, and...

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Spotify Audiobooks Are Here

Spotify audiobooks are here, and they have some serious positive implications for the music industry if Spotify chooses to integrate them. Four months ago CEO Daniel Ek outlined Spotify's intentions to double down on audiobooks during Spotify's Investor's Day, and at least in the United States that day has finally come. While this is certainly...

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How Much Does Audius Pay Music Artists?

Audius is a blockchain based music platform with lofty goals. Their goal is a future where music fans directly support the artists they love directly, with no middle-man and instant payments. Artists upload music to the platform for free, listeners consume it and pay artists directly, and listeners can make money by sharing and engaging...

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