Music Industry Hacks – 750+ Music Industry Tools, Tips & Resources

SongShift

SongShift is an iOS app that transfers the music you love to the music provider you want. Shift your favorite albums, playlists, and songs with a few taps. Supports Apple Music, Deezer, Discogs, Hype Machine, LastFM, Napster, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal and YouTube.

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Metapop

Upload and share tracks, join communities and enter competitions. Upload tracks to your profile from works in progress to finished ideas. Free unlimited track uploads (WAV, MP3, etc.), get plays, likes, and comments. Download free STEMS and official sample packs.

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UK ISRC Registration

PPL is the appointed sole agency for ISRCs in the UK. The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) system is the international system for the identification of recorded music and music videos. Each ISRC is a unique identifier that can be permanently encoded into a recording or music video. Encoded ISRCs automatically identify recordings for PPL […]

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ProCards

Procards print your own download cards provide an inexpensive way to boost your records sales. Your cards are instantly available to download as a multipage PDF. Insert them into your record sleeves to provide free digital downloads with your vinyl, CD or cassette release.

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Radio Stations in the UK

Local and national radio directory for Great Britain & N. Ireland. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London radio stations, organised alphabetically. Radio station news, websites, frequencies and listen live links.

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Currents

Currents celebrates the context around music and embraces the playlist as a collaborative, expressive and ultimately human medium. Currents is a set of open tools that encourages and enables broad, sustainable and community-driven support for artists through regular subscriptions and tips. Our mission is to directly support artists and the music community.

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Horus Music

Horus Music distribute directly to over 100 different music platforms in 190+ countries and work with more stores in Asia and China than any other provider. Artist distribution deals cost £20 a year for unlimited releases and include free barcode and ISRC codes. Label distribution (for two artists) costs £30 a year for unlimited releases. […]

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MusicJet Smart Links

Create smart links to promote all of your music, tickets, merchandise and socials with unique smart pages and links and get detailed insights into your fan behaviour. Create and manage one or more artist smart pages from your single dashboard. Add all of your social pages, music streaming services as well as merch links and […]

Patreon For Musicians: The Ultimate Guide

In this ebook you’ll learn tactics to get more patrons. Strategies on how to market and promote your page and things you may not know about using Patreon for the first time. Advice on how to structure your membership page based on research. The best tool to help manage, track and fulfill merch on Patreon […]

Spotlistr Spotify Playlist Tools

Spotlistr converts anything to a Spotify playlist including YouTube playlists, SoundCloud sets, LastFM tags and top tracks, text files and Subreddits. Input a Spotify playlist link to get a plaintext version of the playlist and also remove duplicate tracks. Also have a simple browser based playlist cover maker using Unsplash images.

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Amuse Fast Forward

Fast Forward is a next-generation royalty advance service from Amuse. It analyzes your streaming data to calculate and pay out upcoming earnings when you release music with the Amuse digital music distribution service.

Top 100 YouTube Music Channels

Social Blade tracks user statistics for YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and Twitter, here are their stats for the top 100 YouTubers music channels. Includes subscriber numbers, video views, estimated monthly earnings and more.

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Digital Music Distributors Comparison

The most comprehensive and accurate digital music distribution review comparison piece on the web, from musician Ari Herstand. Amuse vs. AWAL vs. CDBaby vs. DistroKid vs. Ditto Music vs. FreshTunes vs. Horus Music vs. LANDR vs. OneRPM vs. RouteNote vs. Songtradr vs. Soundrop vs. Stem Music vs. Spinnup vs. Symphonic Distribution vs. TuneCore vs. United […]

How To Release A Record

How To Release A Record is an insider’s guide to independently releasing and promoting music. Created by Zach Hangauer of Range Life Records. Covers releasing on digital, CD, Vinyl and cassette and associated promotion, publishing, copyright and distribution resources and links.

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Matter Of Fact

Matter of Fact currently have three Newbilt machines that can press up to 30,000 records a month, in 12 inch format and numerous vinyl colours. Short run or a major project, Matter of Fact take care of every step of production, from mastering and lacquer cutting to GEMA registration, creating unusual prints and packaging, to […]

Rotor Music Videos

Rotor makes it fast and simple to create music videos, promo videos, Spotify Canvas videos and lyrics videos. Choose from over 1 million high-quality stock video clips — all included in the price of a download. Choose from over 150 different video edit styles, designed by music video directors and visual artists, to suit all […]

Sodatone

Digital music data and tracking. A&Rs can find the next big thing and track their own artists. Track streaming, social, touring, chart, and playlist data. Discover emerging artists you should be working with, through analytics and machine learning.

Fenix 360

A one stop artist-first platform funded and underpinned by Fenix Tokens. Fenix helps you find better ways to make money from your music and to find new fans from around the world. The Artist Dashboard on the Fenix 360 app lets you view sales, add products, control your social media and see all your band’s […]

Global Music Industry COVID-19 Response Tracker

A global map providing detailed information about music industry-related measures and initiatives in place across the world to combat the impact of COVID-19. Search the map or use the filters to search by type of initiative and country to find out what actions are in place at national and global level across music industry bodies, […]

Trapital Podcast

Level up on the business side of hip-hop. Hear behind the scenes stories from hip-hop’s top execs. Trapital founder Dan Runcie interviews hip-hop’s leaders in music, media, tech, and more. You’ll stay ahead of the latest trends and gain insights to take your career to the next level.

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Vampr

Vampr is the number one social platform helping creatives find people to collaborate with, create new music and monetise their work. Distribute your music on Spotify, Apple Music and all leading DSPs, keeping 100% of your royalties with Vampr Pro and sync licensing via Vampr Publishing.

Create a Killer Musician Website

Authored by music education platform Soundfly in association with music web hosting and design company Bandzoogle ‘How to Create a Killer Musician Website’ is a free short course that looks at best practices for putting together an effective, easy-to-update website and how your website fits into a more comprehensive marketing strategy for your project.

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How Do I Get A Record Deal?

Free ebook from Benjamin Groff. A detailed twelve step by step program and roadmap for your music to spread like wildfire and ultimately bring the labels to their knees to sign you and making a full time living from 1,000 core fans. The book also explores whether you even need a major label today.

The Music Industry Podcast

The Music Industry Podcast discusses all things relevant to this modern music industry and what artists can be doing to market their music to the masses. Presented by Burstimo’s Maddy and Alex, The Music Industry Podcast delves into all areas of the music industry from Spotify to live events, merchandise to social media, branding to […]

Tracklib

Tracklib is a subscription service where you get access to thousands of tracks from all over the world for as little as $5.99/month. This is real, original music, not loops or sample packs. To release your new song, you need a sample license. there are three price categories, and you know what the fee will […]

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social media house a 9 part masterclass for musicians

Social Media For Musicians

Cyber PR’s Social Media House free online course is designed to teach musicians and music entrepreneurs on how to leverage social media to create dramatic improvements in their online marketing strategy. The course is now available to take a la carte, so you can hone in on the specific areas where you want help.

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Band Theme

Band Theme harnesses all the power of WordPress giving you complete control of your website. Simple to use, full of design templates to get you started, and integrated with the very best music industry practices. Each template can be completely customised using the simple editor, no coding skills required. Complete with a comprehensive user-guide and […]

Build Your Own Music PR Machine

A look at how to be your own music PR machine from the Label Machine. Breaks down each of the steps with examples and handy tools to help get the job done quickly. If you follow this plan you will quickly create a personalised database you can use again and again to ensure your music […]

Squared Roots

Hand screen printed vinyl sleeve service. Offering printing on short runs of vinyl sleeves for 7″, 10″ and 12″ records. Also offer 320gsm digitally printed sleeves and die cut custom specials.

LabelGrid

LabelGrid make it easy to manage, deliver, promote and track your music and video catalogue from a central platform and scale up as you grow. With a simple content management panel, flexible delivery engine and cutting-edge marketing tools. Go the self-hosted route by using the WordPress plugin LabelGrid Tools for Record Labels and Distributors.

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Opulous Music NFTs

Opulous brings Decentralized Finance to the music industry, changing how artists access the funding they need and providing a launchpad for the first music copyright-backed NFTs.

The TikTok Guide For Musicians

This TikTok guide from CD Baby will show you how to harness this powerful social media tool to get your music heard and get paid when your songs are used. Learn how to get your music delivered to TikTok, the kinds of videos you can create, building a following and artists’ successful strategies using TikTok.

Repost Exchange

RepostExchange is a platform that specialises in SoundCloud playlisting services. Earn credits by reposting tracks you enjoy from other artists, spend credits on getting your own music reposted by the community. Discover, network and collab with like minded artists. Get featured in exclusive podcasts, playlists and charts.

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Repost By SoundCloud

Distribute unlimited tracks to all major music services like Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram and more. Access premium services to help you get paid for your plays on SoundCloud for $30/year or included in SoundCloud Pro Unlimited. Split payments with your collaborators with ease. Pitch your tracks to top playlists across major music services.

Reprtoir

Reprtoir is a CMS and business software solution designed for record companies and music publishers to support creative, commercial and administrative teams in the day-to-day management of data, and more specifically in the organisation of music content, contributors, rights, and royalties.

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Artist Management ToolKit

100+ of the most important systems, plans, templates and guides you need to start and run a successfully organised artist management business. Includes starting a management company guide, music business plan template, artist management agreement, artist on-boarding checklist, a contact directory template and much more.

The Lab Report

The Lab Report is an independent publication by Mega Labs founders Francis di Stasio and Justin De Marco focused on music in web3. A combination of a bi-weekly newsletter and original analysis covering innovation and the future of music and media.

WebsiteForDJs

Setup your own professional DJ website. We offer you tools to embed Soundcloud tracks, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, YouTube videos, YouTube and Twitch Livestreams, tour dates, releases, and much more with a few clicks.

Brexit Guidance for UK Musicians

The ability to travel and work freely and easily in the EU is of paramount importance to UK musicians. Here is Musicians Union guidance, resources and answers to common questions to help musicians understand how Brexit affects their ability to work in the EU.

Bandcamp Download Card Customiser

This tool is designed to help musicians, bands, and artists create 100% custom download cards for codes generated through Bandcamp. Requiring only the list of codes that Bandcamp provides through the “Export” option, there’s never been an easier way to generate printable download cards with total customization.

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Music Support

As a registered charity founded in April 2016, Music Support provide vital help and support for individuals in all areas of the UK music industry suffering from alcoholism, addiction, emotional or mental health issues.

Lisa Lashes School of Music

A first of its kind 12-week course covering everything you need to start out in the music industry. The course covers areas such as DJing, music production, events management and marketing skills and students will be taught by leading industry professionals and mentored by DJ Lisa Lashes. The course is currently running at state-of-the-art learning […]

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PlayTreks

Meet the growing demand for transparency in the music industry with Playtreks. Unlimited music data, free music distribution to all major platforms, airplay monitoring, blockchain NFT marketplace, copyright control, and NFT’s.

Celebrate Records

German vinyl pressing plant offering 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch vinyl pressings in black and coloured vinyl. Short runs from 250 pieces. DMM and Lacquer mastering services. Have been pressing vinyl since 2002.

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Corona Musicians – – Advice and Support from Help Musicians UK

Corona Advice For UK Musicians

This website was created following a discussion between Help Musicians, the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the Ivors Academy, the Musicians’ Union, the Music Managers Forum, the Music Producers Guild and UK Music. Our aim is to create one easy-to-use place where musicians can find all the help, advice and signposting they need to support them […]

The Aux Guide

The Aux Guide is a (printed and online) directory of labels, management, recording studios and plenty of other UK based music services. The guide contains hundreds of services that could prove to be vital for independent musicians up and down the country. Alongside the launch of our physical guide we’ll be adding over 3,000 contacts […]

Music At Northbrook

Music composition, production and performance courses and live sound and event production and music business courses. Northbrook offer music courses from college to university levels and are one of the longest running in the UK. Established in 1998, Northbrook students take advantage of 30 high spec recording studios.

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Vinyl Emergency Podcast

Interviews and anecdotes with musicians, album collectors, LP manufacturers and beyond about our connection to vinyl records. Hosted by Jim Hanke.

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How Artists are Going Viral on TikTok in 2022

Report featuring analysis of all 20 of TikTok’s weekly Top 200 Tracks by Country charts compiled by Chartmetric from January 1 2022 to June 30 2022. The ContraBrand study specifically examined all tracks released in 2022 which went on to become respective artists’ most streamed songs in their Spotify catalog, with a minimum of one […]

Re-Record Music Co.

Opened in June 2022, Re-Record is the world’s first climate positive vinyl record manufacturing company, based in The Netherlands. Offering 12 inch vinyl pressings in 180gsm weights and various colours. Records are 100% recyclable, and manufactured primarily using ocean plastics, gathered from dutch beaches and the North Sea.

Sonaar Music

Premium music WordPress themes for musicians, bands, record labels, WordPress developers and podcasters. Access all the 25 premium Sonar themes for $99 a year. Built for Elementor page builder. Ideal for WordPress music web designers and developers.

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Bridge.Audio

Google Drive x Soundcloud x DocSend for music and audio. Bridge.Audio is built for everyone working with audio files, from creators to managers, distributors, publishers and music supervisors. Add your music catalog to a secure cloud, along with all relevant files you need for your projects (videos, pictures, PDFs, and more).

Digital Music Distributors Comparison

Monostereo Vinyl

12 inch record pressings using 100% recyclable injection mold vinyl. No PVC or toxic phthalates (plasticizers). At least 95% Co2 reduction compared to the traditional vinyl manufacturing process – no use of natural gas for the steam process. 12-16 week turnaround.

Unsplash

All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free for commercial and non-commercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from or provide credit to the photographer or Unsplash, although it is appreciated when possible. Over 4500 images titled ‘Music’, brilliant resource for design inspiration.

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Mandolin

50% link in bio on steroids, 50% dynamic fan gathering place, Mandolin Fan Page is the last fan engagement hub you’ll ever need to build. Customize and create eye-catching Fan Pages with the intuitive Fan Page Builder, which features rich media, survey, contact capture, Seated and Bandsintown integrations, and more.

BBC Music Introducing: Radio Shows

Every week over 30 local BBC Music Introducing shows all over the UK play music they have discovered through the Introducing Uploader. Our family of local shows across the UK are at the frontline of discovering and playing new artists from their area and it could include you.

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TikTok Guide for the Music Industry

Download the TikTok guide for the music industry and learn: how to get your music on TikTok and how you get paid, tips to help develop your TikTok strategy, how to get more followers and TikTok’s algorithm. Free guide (email req.) from digital distributor Symphonic.

Soundiiz

Free Smart Links for music curators. With 40+ music services and retailers supported, direct your fans to the music platforms of their choice. Put the page link of your Smartlink on socials and websites to grow your fanbase.

Filepass

Filepass helps recording studios, mixing engineers, mastering engineers, podcast editors and many other audio business owners keep their projects organized. Your client needs to send 100GB of session files? No problem. Want timestamped feedback from all of the band members on their newest mix? Easy.

ToneDen

ToneDen FanLinks make it easy to drive more streams and purchases across all platforms your music is available. FanLinks make it easy to see exactly where your music is available, linking fans to the platform of their choice. ToneDen Playbooks will help you launch a targeted campaign to get your music in front of fans […]

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BeatStars

BeatStars is a music streaming and beat licensing platform designed for recording artists and songwriters to discover production music to record and write lyrics to. Artists can purchase and download high quality studio files for their next recording session and release their finished songs. Birthplace of Lil Nas X’s smash ‘Old Town Road’.

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Hype Machine

An MP3 blog index directory that lists 400+ music blogs sorted by categories, genre and countries. Hype Machine indexes hundreds of music sites and collects their latest posts for easy streaming and discovery. Also, have iOS and Android apps.

Vinyl Carvers

7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch one off vinyl (black or clear vinyl options) dubplate cutting service based in Hastings, East Sussex. The discs are everlasting, unlike traditional dubplates, so will not degrade with being played. Turnaround time is 2-3 weeks.

SongRocket

Pitch and submit your song to our carefully chosen Spotify playlist curators and music influencers. We have music influencers around the globe curating Spotify playlists for EDM, Rock, Pop, Drum&Bass, Trance, Techno, Lo-Fi, Hip-Hop, R&B and many more genres.

The Lab Report

Humans of Music

Former Rolling Stone editor Rod Yates sits down with some of music’s biggest stars and behind-the-scenes players and asks: How did they get where they are today? What made them who they are? How have they navigated the ups and downs of life and their career, and what have they learned along the way?

.Music Domain Names

.MUSIC provides global music community members with a global music industry standard for their music identity and their official website address: i.e. www.yourname.music. Anyone in the global music community can register their unique .MUSIC domain, including artists, creators, bands, groups, industry professionals, music companies and organizations.

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Songfluencer

Songfluencer strategically matches your music to key tastemaker influencers on music-forward social media apps like TikTok, Reels, Triller and more. Songfluencer’s proprietary software pairs your music with our social media influencers who create compelling content that exposes your music to millions of followers.

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Belgian Vinyl Pressing Plant

New vinyl pressing plant based in Belgium running two Pheenix Alpha vinyl presses offering 12 inch vinyl from 200 units. Plans to expand to six Pheenix Alpha presses by year end 2022.

Symphonic Starter

Symphonic Starter gives you the ability to keep 100% of royalties while accessing more tools and analytics than any other distributor. We help you grow your music, collect royalties and split payments all while you maintain the rights to your music. Get your music on 200+ service providers including Spotify, Apple, TikTok, Triller, Instagram, and […]

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Amplify

Smart links for music marketing. Brand your experience head to toe, with smart link and bio link pages built for music. Link to your music and content across all streaming platforms and elsewhere on the web. All tools are free to use for everyone, everywhere.

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New Artist Model

A whole collection of free musician resources, ebooks and webinars from Dave Kusek. Includes content marketing, business planning, merchandising, publishing, social media planning, email management, time management and music business hacks.

Gramrphone

Gramrphone (for MacOS) captures and streams high quality live music from any application or device on your computer. Stream live performances, listening parties and podcasts directly from, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Ableton, Logic, Pro Tools, BandLab, Beatport, SoundTrap and more.

Women In Vinyl

The Women in Vinyl podcast is meant to enhance and expand what the platform already exists to do, facilitate conversations with those working in the vinyl record industry. The hosts share interviews with record labels, pressing plants, cutting engineers and more for an inside look behind the scenes with those working in the vinyl industry. […]

AP Streaming Royalties Calculator

Streaming music services royalty calculator from the Another Producer website. With this music streaming royalties calculator, you can find out what the most common music streaming platforms are likely to pay you per stream. These figures are estimates only and should be considered merely as a guide.

Trendpop TikTok Hot 100

The Viral 100 is a free tool provided by Trendpop that shows the most viral sounds, creators, and hashtags on TikTok. We provide rankings broken down by weekly, monthly, and yearly periods, spanning back until 2018. Trendpop helps you discover influencers, track marketing campaigns, and grow your brand’s reach on social video.

HypeAuditor

In-depth Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch analytics for successful influencer campaigns. Over 10M influencers in the database. 35+ metrics for influencer vetting. Best in class AI fraud detection.

Smuzi

Smuzi – collaborative music video maker app for Apple iOS, designed specifically for casual and amateur musicians. With no editing skills required, just open your phone and start recording to create a unique collage of effects. Collaborate with others to make a video that’s absolutely yours.

Business Keeps on Dancing

The Business Keeps on Dancing Podcast, the Spotlight series will shine a light on the best in the business, and give listeners a rare opportunity to hear from the people behind the world’s biggest festivals, events and music brands. We will be interviewing everyone, from DJ’s, producers, festival owners, PRs, artist managers to music marketing […]

Music NFT Landscape

NFTs directly value creative work, without input from an intermediary. We’re witnessing the early stages of an audio movement – driven by scarcity, fandom and access. This article and infographic highlights the Music NFT landscape – providing insights for musicians, managers, labels, agents, fans and collectors alike. Written by Cooper Turley.

Key Production

Key Production has been at the forefront of vinyl record pressing since 1990 with thirty years of knowledge and experience, alongside partnerships with expert suppliers in the UK and Europe. 7/10 inch and 12 inch vinyl pressings in all connotations, heavyweight pressings, picture discs and colour vinyl and all associated packaging.

Linkfire Smart Links

Smart links for music marketing. Run a pre-save campaign to make a big splash on release day. Geo-customize every fan’s journey to your music—no coding required. Turn social media attention into meaningful engagement with a beautiful, highly scrollable microsite. Easily bring all of your content together, from releases to gigs to merch.

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Record Industry

With 33 presses, Record Industry is one of the largest vinyl pressing plants in the world and production capacity is 40 to 50,000 records per day. Pressing 12 inch on 140g and 180 grams, in black and various coloured vinyl options, 10 inch on 100g and 7 inch on 40g.

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Precision Record Pressing

Precision Record Pressing ranks as one of North America’s largest vinyl pressing plants. Newly engineered vinyl record presses are capable of creating an almost limitless combination of vinyl colors and effects. Pressings in 7 and 10-inch formats and 12 inch in 140g and 180g weights, picture discs and shaped discs.

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Music NFT Resource Directory

Music NFT resource directory from Dopr, an ever-evolving mapping of the music NFT ecosystem. Over 250 entries in the database, from creator tools, radio/streaming, avatars, labels, ticketing, royalties, research resources and more.

Tuneform

Tuneform is a website that allows you to create Spotify Canvas videos, music visualizers and static music videos directly from your browser. Create eye-catching visuals that react to your music and give your tracks the showcase they deserve on visual platforms like YouTube or Instagram.

RPM Records

Copenhagen, Denmark based vinyl pressing plant using the new Viryl Technology WarmTone record presses. 140g and 180g heavyweight 12 inch vinyl in runs from 100 units in black and coloured vinyl options. Current production time (August 31 2022) 2 months for test pressings, entire order 2 months after the test pressing approval.

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Viberate

Music analytics, streaming, airplay and social media monitoring for Spotify, YouTube, Beatport, SoundCloud, Instagram and radio airplay all in one place. Professional charts and artist comparison, industry trends and audience demographics. Track the stats of any artist.

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Band Theme

Rotor Music Videos

Sonic Wax Pressing

New Market Harborough, UK based vinyl pressing plant opened in early 2022 manufacturing 7 inch and 12 inch vinyl records. Eleven week lead time to test press (from 27 August 2022).

Complete Guide to the NFT Music Ecosystem

To help introduce even the most novice NFT enthusiasts to Web3 music, NFTNow have cooked up a guide to present a clear and straightforward overview of Web3 music, and all things music NFTs.

Royalties 101

Learn everything you need to know about royalties and how to manage them. Royalties 101 is structured as 12 lessons, plus some multiple choice tests along the way to test the knowledge that you’ve just gained. Each lesson will take you through an area of music publishing, building up your knowledge of the rights involved […]

Vinyl Postcards

Inspired by the vintage record postcards that were sold in the 60s and 70s, we redeveloped the idea of this format. We are able to produce the Vinylpostcard in vast numbers, tailored to your needs. Combined with the Vinylpostcards AR App, Vinylpostcards are the perfect music and related media format of the 21st century.

Optimize Your Streaming SEO

Understand how music discovery algorithms work and leverage this knowledge to maximise algorithmic consumption for your upcoming and existing releases. This course has been designed for independent artists and music professionals alike (from label managers to music marketers, playlist pitchers, artist managers, and so on).

Spotify Codes

A Spotify Code is a QR-like “scannable” tag that can be used to quickly share or access a piece of content within Spotify. Spotify Codes can be created for artist profiles, brand profiles, playlists, albums, and songs. If there is a Spotify URI, you can generate a Spotify Code.

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Sptfy.com

URL shortener service aimed at converting those unwieldy long Spotify playlist URLs into something short and user friendly eg: Sptfy.com/office-mixtape. Also generates a QR Code. Create a free account and view and manage all your short urls in one place, sort through them all easily, view your url statistics and share your urls through social […]

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Spotify Discovery & Promo

This is the place to celebrate the new and emerging artists you’ve probably never heard of. We welcome artists and creators promoting their work here. You can recommend content by sharing a link in a relevant thread, or you can start a new thread to tell us why we should check a certain track, album or […]

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Digital Music Distributors Comparison

Artist Management ToolKit

The Indie Spotify Bible

From the makers of the long running publication The Indie Bible The Indie Spotify Bible ebook contains the contact info for over 5000 Spotify playlists which are categorised by genre so you can easily contact the curators. Includes all available contact information including location, contact name and email, website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Kompoz

Kompoz allows musicians from all around the world to collaborate online to create new original music. Use GarageBand, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Studio One, Reaper or any other audio software to record your ideas, then upload them to Kompoz. Invite your friends to collaborate. Sell your finished collaborations on SoundBlend.

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Spotify Community

The official Spotify discussion forums and community blog with over six million members. Including the Rock Star programme, Rock Stars are community users who have proven themselves Spotify experts. They’ve helped countless users, posted great ideas, and shared their favourite music.

Musicto Playlist Submission

Free playlist submission service. Submit your music to a Musicto playlist on Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and Apple Music or apply to become a Musicto playlist curator. Playlists are distributed to Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Tidal.

Adobe Free Album Cover Maker

Make your album cover in Creative Cloud Express, and you’ll have a visual expression of your musical art in a matter of minutes. Get started for free. Browse through thousands of standout album cover templates or create from a blank canvas. Make your cover on-brand by uploading your logo and using fonts and colors that match […]

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Topsify

Topsify is a tool that you can use with Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube to access the Top 40 playlists in the United States and worldwide. Owned by Warner Music.

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NoiseTrade Music

NoiseTrade Music helps artists & labels meaningfully connect with fans through the exchange of free music for email addresses and postal codes. Join the NoiseTrade music community and manage your uploaded music, receive 100% of tips and get direct access to your fans through email data and blasts.

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Replace Cover

Free web-based app to create album cover art for your Spotify playlists. This only works with the Spotify desktop player. You can also change your playlist cover art on Apple Music, Soundcloud and pretty much every other music streaming service out there. Includes integration of Unsplash and their library of free photos.

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URL Genius

Paste a web URL into URLGenius to compose a new link for your marketing campaign. URLgenius opens the app on your visitor’s mobile device for iOS or Android to the destination that matches the URL. Edit link destinations by platform anytime.

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Soundee

Buy and sell and license beats and instrumentals online. All beats uploaded to Soundee will become instantly available for sale on the social Marketplace. This is a place where artists can discover your beats and where you can connect with other producers.

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Stemit

Stemit is building a brand new audio asset, song stems, from music that already exists, unlocking a valuable and previously untapped revenue stream for the recording industry and a new resource for artists. Stems are song components such as vocal tracks, drum beats, and guitar riffs mixed and mastered for standalone use.

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British Phonographic Industry

The BPI represents UK record labels, organise the @BRITs, @Classic_BRITs & the @MercuryPrize, co-own the @officialcharts & award UK music sales through the BPI Awards. As a trade body, we champion the interests of our membership which includes more than 400 independent music companies and the UK’s major record companies.

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Linkfire Smart Links

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MusicDigi

Get your music on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, TikTok, Google Play, Amazon, and more. Release unlimited music for $59.99 a year (keep 91% of royalties) on 100+ music services worldwide. Keep 100% of rights, free UPC and ISRC codes.

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Tunemunk

To submit your best songs to Spotify playlists, head over to one of the playlists that fit your genre the best on the Tunemunk portal. For Spotify playlist curators submitting your playlists to Tunemunk is completely free.

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Haulix

Digital watermarked music promo delivery. Haulix is a monthly subscription service used by artists and publicists as a secure platform for sharing new and unreleased music. Showcase an album by creating a promo with your WAV or MP3 tracks, photos, PDF attachments, and YouTube videos. Haulix automatically generates a professional-looking web page for your promo, […]

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Soundgizmo

Developed by the team at Synchtank, Soundgizmo is a website and catalogue management system built for small, fast-moving companies who don’t need big enterprise features or integration. Generate more revenue from your catalog with a core set of tools to help you organize, pitch and license your music.

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SubmitHub

SubmitHub makes it easy to contact music bloggers, Spotify playlisters, record labels and more. We give you all sorts of statistics and ways to filter who to send your music to. Editors at Spotify and Apple Music follow our bloggers and playlisters to discover the best new songs. There are currently 2000+ active blogs and […]

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Soundplate Playlists

Discover and submit music to Spotify & Deezer playlists, submit your own tracks and submit your own playlists. Free service built to help artists reach hundreds of independent playlist curators. Also have a playlist analyzer to quickly find some helpful statistics and information about any Spotify playlist.

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Super Music Vision

SuperMusicVision (SMV) is the vehicle for the creative and professional work of Los Angeles based music supervisor, producer and DJ Thomas Golubic, along with his talented group of colleagues.

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Canva Album Cover Maker

Canva’s album cover maker helps you design album covers to promote your music or audio, even without any graphic design experience. A library of album cover layouts has been created by professional designers, making it as simple for you as a few clicks to create a high-quality designs.

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SmartURL

SmartURL redirects users to specific destinations based on their country or device. After entering a default URL, users are able to specify to which country and device-specific URLs they want to direct their traffic. The Pivot smartURL creates a landing page where all users can choose their preferred retailer.

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Leland Music

London based music supervision, strategy and consultancy. Music people helping brands, ad agencies and film companies tell their stories. You probably already know our work.

Work Hard Playlist Hard

Work Hard Playlist Hard was always intended to be a resource for all artists, managers, labels and curators. Now, after the success of the the book, it has grown into a school. Everything you need is now here at the HQ: There’s live streams, courses, blog posts, and the podcast.

Spotify For Artists

Spotify for Artists gives you tools to develop your fanbase and reach your goals on Spotify. Built for artists and their teams, Spotify for Artists helps you to understand your audience, manage your artist profile, and celebrate new releases and milestones.

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YouTube Music Artist Channel Playbook

PDF download for the ‘YouTube Music Official Artist Channel Playbook’. This guide walks you through the basics of setting up an Official Artist Channel and how to use YouTube fully to engage with fans, drive video views, and promote concerts & tours.

UK Music

UK Music is an industry-funded body established in October 2008 to represent the collective interests of the recorded, published and live arms of the British music industry.

World Airplay Radio Monitor

WARM conducts real-time radio monitoring to report on what stations are playing your song. From small independent Japanese radio stations to college radios in Canada and national stations worldwide, we monitor radio airplay in 167 countries. With WARM you will always know when and where your music is being played – even on genre-specific stations.

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Streaming Music Platform Image Guide

How to claim and update your artist profile on all major music platforms. Complete image and artist profile guide, including tips and tricks for Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music, Beatport and Google Play Music. Put together by digital distributor Symphonic Distribution.

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RecordSleeve

Recordsleeve is the UK online market leader in short to medium run length printed record sleeves, producing authentic bespoke single sleeves and bespoke album sleeves from your artwork. Also print record label inserts for 7/10 and 12 inch vinyl.

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UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors

Non-profit organisation dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of the role of a music supervisor within the entertainment industries. The Guild is a resource for both emerging and established professionals, as well as the wider industry, providing knowledge of the craft and the evolving media landscape.

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Amuse

Getting your music out is free and easy with Amuse. Our free distribution lets you put your music on all major streaming services, while keeping 100% of your royalties and rights. Release and distribute your music, get discovered by our record label or boost your independent career by upgrading to Pro. Upload and manage music […]

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Tunecore Fan Reviews

Paid feedback and reviews service from distributor Tunecore. Get ratings, reviews, and advice from real music fans. Find out what others think of your songwriting, song arrangement, and overall sound before you release your track. Up to 225 fan reviews & comments. Interactive reviews and data, available online or for PDF download.

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Open Music Initiative

We are creating an open-source protocol for the uniform identification of music rights holders and creators. The Open Music Initiative dramatically simplifies the way music creators and rights owners are identified and compensated.

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Native Music Soho

Award-winning music supervision and production company based in London’s Soho. Native Music Supervision & Production are a creative music company made up of a combination of experienced music supervisors, producers and musicians.

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Hypeddit

An arsenal of music promotion and marketing tools. Create download gates, share downloads of your music in return for automatic likes, reposts, comments and followers. Submit your music to blogs, playlists, labels and other influencers. Grow fans on YouTube, Soundcloud & Spotify, Mixcloud, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Music Marketing Checklist

Checklist for marketing a new record, single, EP or album. Put together on a Google Spreadsheet by uber music marketer Amber Horsburgh of Deep Cuts newsletter fame. The exhaustive checklist of promotional activities goes through successfully marketing a record including best in class examples from Solange, Radiohead + others.

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DISCO

DISCO makes it easy to organize, search and share your music and other files, all in the one place. Artists, labels, managers, publishers, broadcasters and music supervisors around the world use DISCO to organize their files and collaborate with their teams and networks.

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Pexels

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and also easy to discover through our discover pages. Over 1500 images tagged music.

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Audiomack

Music streaming and hosting service aimed at artists, podcasters, tastemakers, labels and music fans. Free creators account includes unlimited storage and advanced private links and stats to help you measure engagement and build your fanbase. Discover new artists with Audiomack’s specially curated playlists.

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Qrates

Qrates is a marketplace where artists can create vinyl records and cassette tapes on demand directly for music fans. Crowdfunding on Qrates is a revolutionary way to release music on vinyl without the traditional financial commitments, backers simply pledge to crowdfunding projects by reserving your vinyl or cassette release. Starting at 100 records or 50 […]

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CD Baby

Make your music available on 150+ streaming and download services around the world, including Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Amazon, Pandora, YouTube, and Deezer, all for a one-time setup fee of only $29 per album and $9.95 per single. Also offer publishing admin services and sync licensing.