Industry News
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New Penalties for Artificial Streaming and How to Stay Safe.
In an unprecedented move to ensure the integrity of content on their platform, Spotify has recently introduced a new policy…
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411 On How to Spot Fake Spotify Playlists
Fake playlisting refers to the practice of creating or promoting playlists on music streaming platforms, such as Spotify, with the…
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ARTIFICIAL STREAMING: THE NEW MUSIC INDUSTRY PLAGUE
Artificial streaming in music refers to the practice of artificially inflating the number of streams or plays that a particular…
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A Brief History Of Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse…
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A Brief History Of Afrobeats
Afrobeat was developed in Nigeria in the late 1960s by Fela Kuti who, with drummer Tony Allen, experimented with different…
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A Brief History Of Hip-Hop
Hip hop is a genre of music that originated in the African-American and Latino communities in the Bronx, New York…
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Get Your Music Distributed on Time: Holiday Deadlines 2023
The end of the year is coming. Are your releases ready? Not only are the last six weeks of the…
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Why You Need UPC Code to Sell Your Music
A UPC is a 12-digit “universal product code” and is similar to a barcode or serial number. It provides your…
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Why Music Metadata Is Vital For You
Music metadata is the information included in audio files used to identify, label and present audio content. Metadata is used…
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What is an ISRC? How Your Music is Tagged and Tracked
An ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) is an internationally recognized code that is uniquely encoded to any recording such as…
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