She Rocks Awards 2024 Honorees: The Full List
This year’s list of well-deserved nominees for the She Rocks Awards has been released. Here are all the talented women being honored this January… via Celebrity Access The Women’s International. Continue reading
Luminate claims ‘consensus’ but Indies still want delay in Billboard Chart sales data changes
Luminate will proceed with changes in how it counts physical sales from independent music stores used to calculate the Billboard Charts despite significant pushback from the independent community. Yesterday, Luminate. Continue reading
Why Indie Musicians should fight Spotify’s ‘royalty theft’ [Tony van Veen]
Not everyone is reaping benefits from Spotify’s significant changes scheduled to take effect next month, and a Disc Makers CEO believes that independent musicians need to actively oppose it. Op-ed. Continue reading
The growth of O.N.E The Duo: A true independent artist success story
Symphonic shares the behind-the-scenes success story of helping to guide the growth of independent mother-daughter country music artists, O.N.E The Duo. by Randi Zimmerman of Symphonic Blog Here at Symphonic,. Continue reading
Bandcamp adds ‘Discover’ – a new way to shop for indie music and merch
Bandcamp has added Discover, a new way to search for vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and merchandise on the popular Indie platform. The update is the first since a messy late September. Continue reading
Apple eyes paying extra for music in a format Spotify doesn’t offer
Apple Music may soon pay all artists that release music in the Dolby Atmos spatial audio format a higher royalty rate than regular stereo mixes. “Listeners wouldn’t necessarily have to. Continue reading
DistroKid adds Android app as iOS app passes 500,000 downloads
DistroKid has launched its first-ever mobile app for Android. Earlier this year, the independent music distributor launched its iOS app, which has been downloaded more than half a million times.. Continue reading
US raises Physical and Download Royalties 3.3%, Streams get 0%
The US Copyright Royalty Board has announced that the minimum mechanical royalty rate paid on CD, vinyl, cassette, and download sales will rise on January 1, 2024, to $.1240 for. Continue reading
Brand Building for Musicians
All of the recent press about the juggernauts Taylor Swift and Beyonce reminded me of two popular posts on building brands for musicians that should resurface for this week’s Hypebot. Continue reading
Symphonic’s Women Empowerment+ Program doubled this year
As part of International Women’s Month, Symphonic launched the Women Empowerment++, a mentorship program aimed to further the progress of women throughout the music industry. 💪🚺 by Janette Berrios from. Continue reading
