Celebrate and support these indie record labels owned by women
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, this Hyebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a post from last year that shined the spotlight on seven independent record labels owned. Continue reading
Everything Spotify just launched for Artists + a new home feed built for ‘deep engagement’
“Welcome home, artists,” declared CEO Daniel Ek as he kicked off Spotify’s Stream On event Wednesday. “Spotify is open for business.” Spotify unveiled a new mobile home feed on Wednesday. Continue reading
25% of artists earning $10K+ on Spotify are self-distributed, as total payouts near $40B
Spotify shared some stats at today’s Stream On event that independent musicians will find both sobering and hopeful. Spotify shared just how much competition there is, but with 914,000 songs. Continue reading
RAYE grows an audience by making music that matters
From making music that in her own words “meant nothing,” UK artists RAYE rose to success in 2022 by using her newly found voice to release songs that touch upon. Continue reading
How indie artists should plan their music releases this 2023
2023 is already proving to be the year of artist independence. With independent artists and calls for a more artist-centric industry making headlines, the time is ripe for artists to. Continue reading
TIDAL drops direct artist payouts after they paid new artists even less
TIDAL is ending a much-watched test designed to spread streaming payments more equitably after it resulted in smaller payments to emerging artists. In January, UMG partnered with TIDAL to develop. Continue reading
Help Independent Tracks Succeed (HITS) Act reintroduced in Congress
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in Congress designed to help independent musicians, technicians, songwriters, and producers by allowing them to deduct 100% of recording expenses in the year incurred. Continue reading
How Madison Rose is building a sustainable indie pop music career
Brooklyn-based Pop artist Madison Rose is helping to pave the way for independent artists looking to build sustainable music careers. by Alejandra Arevalo from Chartmetric From moving across the country. Continue reading
DistroKid adds ‘Mixea’ AI-powered music mastering service
D.I.Y. music distributor DistroKid adds to its growing toolkit with Mixea today, an AI-powered mastering tool designed to make music “radio ready” by optimizing bass, compression, stereo enhancement, eq, limiting,. Continue reading
How sister-duo Neoni grew from ‘zero’ to mainstream success
With a little help from the Chartmetric Artist Plan, Nashville-based Alternative Pop sister duo Neoni managed to break into the top 1 percent of artists worldwide. Rutger Ansley Rosenborg from. Continue reading
