INDIE GUIDE

It is the aim of many indie artists to cut cost when it comes to filming a music video, without adequate funding, it is always advisable to invest more into promotion as you find ways to create good content at little to no fees.

As a musician or manager who is present on YouTube, you have probably heard about the term Content ID, mostly when it comes to royalties generation. You may have a fair idea but what really is Content ID and how does it work on YouTube for musicians and record labels on the platform?

Have you ever thought of how much you could make from streaming alone? For many musicians who desire to know more, this new record label deal simulator is an excellent tool for you to get a better understanding of how things work in all the different types of record deals, how much a musician can [...]

Preparing your release and delivering it in a suitable manner pose great benefit for independent musicians and music marketers. Music lovers and enthusiasts are always attracted to musicians who are actively giving them content in a way they can’t refuse. In this post, we will look at 5 great tools every musician or music marketer [...]

Audiomack is a digital music platform built for streaming and distribution of songs and podcasts. Audiomack is open to all artists and podcasters globally to sign up and upload their music for free. Audiomack has a solid system that produces high fidelity audio playback for amazing consumption by music lovers across the world. Who is [...]

Ditto Music and Distrokid are both music aggregators used largely across the world by independent musicians and labels to get their music to digital stores, including Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, BoomPlay and more.

What is Spotify Canvas? Spotify Canvas is an additional feature added by the platform developers to allow artists to upload looping videos for songs they upload to Spotify. This is a great feature for many artists, you can simply use this to generate more listeners. Benefits of Spotify Canvas Since the release of this feature [...]

Releasing your music in Africa as an independent artist has never been an easy task for many.

The Spotify Artist Wrap is the beautiful demonstration of your total plays, listeners demographics and other detailed analytics generated for artists annually on how they performed.