900+ Music Industry Tools, Tech & Resources

Phono Press

Italian vinyl pressing plant. 12 inch vinyl pressings available in black or coloured vinyl, standard (around 135g) or heavyweight (around 180g) and 7 inch vinyl pressings available in black or coloured vinyl, minimum quantity 250 pieces. With five Alpha Toolex record presses, in-house cutting and metalwork.

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YouTube For Artists

Find answers, learn how to best engage fans and drive your views and promote your latest news on YouTube. Learn the basics of creating, managing and monetising your channel and start connecting with fans. Get information about how your fans find your music, and what keeps them engaged with YouTube analytics.

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Brexit Business Guidance for Music SME’s

On 31 December 2020 the UK left the EU single market and customs union. In order to help your music businesses prepare for the new rules and regulations that will be applicable, as well as to help you continue trading with the EU without major disruptions, the Association of Independent Music have prepared this targeted […]

AudioTheme

Premium WordPress music themes and plugins for bands, musicians, and labels. Get all the AudioTheme WordPress music themes and plugins for one low price. Perfect for bands, solo musicians, songwriters and anyone that manages websites for people who make music.

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Soundtrap Studio

Soundtrap online studio gives you the ability to record, edit and collaborate on any device, anywhere you go so you can create a track whenever you feel inspired. Explore an extensive collection of beats, loops and instruments or connect your own instrument. Apple iOS and Android apps. Also have podcast creation tools.

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The Ultimate Guide to Music PR

New to Music PR? Whilst it will be harder to be heard, as long as you follow the elementary rules when it comes to music PR, there is no reason why you can’t achieve some level of coverage. In this 26 chapter guide, ‘The Ultimate Guide to Music PR’ you will learn the information needed […]

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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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Card Included

Card Included is a self-serve download card service from the makers of Limited Run. Use any site as your download page’s background or create a custom page. After paying, Card Included instantly send you a PDF of your cards. Service costs $0.01 per 20MB. If you have a 40MB file and want 500 cards, it’ll […]

Clampdown Record Pressing

Clampdown is a boutique record pressing plant in Vancouver, Canada. We specialize in short runs and custom colour vinyl including splatter, pressing both 7” and 12” records. Offer a split pressing vinyl deal. We are one of the greenest record pressing plants in the world.

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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.

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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OpTune

Optune was built with collaboration and communication in mind. We’ve made it easy for you to gather all of your booking data, and to share it directly with artists, agents, promoters, location managers and partners alike. Everyone works on the same platform at the same time.

Fanbace

Browse and select from the Fanbace curated catalogue of globally available products and start creating merch in a few clicks. Connect your store, social profiles and you’re ready to start selling. When an order is placed Fanbace takes over, manages production and fulfilment direct to your fan. No upfront investment in stock or minimum order […]

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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BBC Music Introducing Uploader

The BBC Music Introducing Uploader works on a very simply principle. If you’re a UK artist, you can upload your tracks and have them put in front of BBC radio producers from around the country. If a producer likes what they hear, they can broadcast it on the radio and suddenly that bedroom jam you […]

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.

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HereNow

Promotional one pages for bands and artists that use CD Baby for distribution. Your HearNow promo page is automatically populated from your album’s info on CD Baby, making it super-easy to update.

Distribution Revolution

Distribution Revolution is a report from the Association Of Independent Music and CMU Insights. It explores how the role of the music distributor has evolved over the last two decades as distribution companies have expanded the ways that they work with independent music businesses, increasingly moving into so called artist and label services.

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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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Soundplate Clicks

Soundplate Clicks music smart links and pages make it easy to promote music to all of your fans. Music smart links make it easy to promote your songs or albums online. Artist/Label pages bring together all your music, social media and more on one beautiful web page and Bio Links are perfect when you need to add multiple […]

Music Marketing Spending $$$ Smart

Five-part installment of “Decoded: Music Marketing”, series of posts from AWAL. What to know before you drop a dime on music. This visual framework makes smart spending easier. How artist development powers artist marketing. Setting up music marketing campaigns for success and the art of making smart music marketing ideas happen.

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Radio Tools

Track your radio and television airplay and take your promotion to the next level. Get real time insights with the world’s largest coverage of TV channels and radio stations. Monitor FM/AM, DAB, online radio, satellite radio and satellite TVs.

Production Services Association

The PSA is the largest trade association for people and companies involved in live production. We connect our sector with those that influence our work from the outside. We use our influence for the good of our members.

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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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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.

QR Codes for Musicians

Implementing QR Codes as a musician or artist is beneficial, especially when it comes to promoting your music or shows. Take a look at these creative QR Code ideas so you can make the most out of your marketing efforts. With the MP3 QR Code, you can stand out from your competition by printing the […]

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.

All My Friends Are In Bar Bands

Named after The Wonder Years song of the same name, All My Friends Are in Bar Bands was hatched conceptually as a podcast to go through musicians’ origin stories, personal touring experiences and reflections on both where they’ve come from and where they’re going. All My Friends Are in Bar Bands is coming to an end […]

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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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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 […]

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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.

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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Pandora Amp Playbook

Pandora Artist Marketing Platform is a suite of marketing products and programs that enable music makers with tracks playing on the Pandora streaming service to reach new fans, accelerate career growth and get deeper insights.

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Playlist Alert iOS App

The Playlist Alert App for iOS is aimed at artists, managers and labels. The app enables people to choose tracks and get notifications when they are added to Spotify-curated playlists, as well as tracking how they move up and down the running order of those playlists over time.

The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

A forum devoted to record-cutting deviants, renegades, professionals and experimenters. Discussions on vinyl mastering, lacquer cutting, plating and pressings and all points in between.

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Amplify

Free 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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Splits App

iOS and Android app. Seamlessly create split sheets in seconds to claim and protect your publishing ownership. Enter necessary information for the track you’ve just finished. Once everyone accepts, Splits will then create an agreement between all parties – ensuring security and transparency for all involved.

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Spotify Promo Cards

Spotify Promo Cards is an online tool that artists and podcasters can use to create personalised promotional graphics for songs, albums, podcasts and artist profiles. With just a few clicks you can generate assets sized perfectly for sharing on your social media feeds and stories.

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Lead Singer Syndrome Podcast

What is it like to be the lead singer of a band? Shane Told, frontman of the critically-acclaimed rock band Silverstein, brings you candid interviews with all of your favorite singers on this podcast. Is it really all sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll? Find out for yourself on Lead Singer Syndrome.

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AI Audio Generation

Top AI audio generation tools. AI audio generation covers all the tools that generate audio from any kind of input using AI. Very easy to use for presentation or related purposes. List of AI video generation tools.

SEO Guide for Musicians

Comprehensive free 128 page PDF eBook, A Complete Guide to SEO for Musicians, from Bandzoogle. Learn everything you need to know as a band or musician about how to optimize your web presence for search engines. A strategic marketing framework to apply to your band with detailed technical advice with concrete examples.

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Curve Pusher

Hastings, East Sussex based Curve Pusher is one of the UK’s leading vinyl record cutting and audio mastering houses, having been continuously mastering and cutting records for over 20 years. 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch vinyl record cutting and mastering for vinyl and digital.

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The Vinyl Factory

The Vinyl Factory is the only major pressing plant in the United Kingdom and once was home to both EMI and HMV manufacturing. The Vinyl Factory now presses over a million records a year. The Hayes factory is still powered by the utterly unique EMI 1400 Press, pressing standard 12”, 10”, 7” formats to coloured […]

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DMS Vinyl

At DMS we cater for large and complex vinyl printing orders as well as short run vinyl pressing for those on a more DIY budget. We offer high quality vinyl production runs from as little as 250 units in 7″, 10″ and 12″ formats, in black or a variety of colours and effects, etched, shaped […]

A Guide On Web3 Creator Platforms

This report on the creator economy aims to provide a brief introduction to the history of the creator economy and an overview of its latest developments to where we are today with the introduction of Web3 creator platforms. Included in the piece is an industry mapping of 140+ of the latest creator economy platforms.

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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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Music Copyright Explained

Music Copyright Explained is a free user-friendly PDF guide to how music copyright works in the UK. It explains how copyright gives music-makers control over the songs and recordings they create. It outlines all the key things music-makers and other creators need to know about music copyright and licensing.

Furnace Record Pressing

State-of-the-art 50,000 sq ft vinyl record pressing plant in Alexandria, Virginia pressing 7/10 and 12-inch vinyl records in 140gsm standard and 180gsm heavyweight in colour vinyl, as well as picture discs, splatter vinyl and effect vinyl. Running 8x Toolex Alpha, 2x Warmtone and 2x Semi-Auto pressing machines.

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Web3 Is Going Just Great

Web3 is Going Just Great is a project (and glossary) to track some examples of how things in the blockchains/crypto/web3 technology space aren’t actually going as well as its proponents might like you to believe. The timeline tracks events in cryptocurrency and blockchain-based technologies, dating back to the beginning of 2021. Created by Molly White.

Audioshake

AudioShake’s A.I. recognizes different components in a piece of audio and can take any song–even if it was never multi-tracked–and break it into its stems, creating new uses for the music in instrumentals, samples, remixes, mash-ups and more. AudioShake can create instrumentals in seconds for karaoke, sync licensing, and other uses.

Future Tools Ai Database

Future Tools collects and organises all the best AI tools so you too can become superhuman. Organising all of the amazing AI tools that are being released. Use filters to drill down to the exact tool you’re looking for. Also includes daily updated AI news collected via AI. Database of over 1100 tools, built by […]

Ai Music Marketing Course

Learn how Artificial Intelligence will deeply help you with your artistic career. Save hundreds of hours by using the tools available so that AI can act as your personal assistant. Learn specifically how to use AI for social media posting, email marketing, and content creation. Harness its power to create artwork including single and album […]

Bandcamp Artist Guide

This guide covers recommendations for how to achieve financial success on Bandcamp. Learn how artists use Bandcamp to sell 85,000 records each and every day. Followers are key to your success on Bandcamp. Notifications are sent automatically when you release new music or merch, and you can also message them using the Bandcamp Artists & […]

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Public Pressure

Public Pressure is a Web3 music platform. For artists: control over their music and revenue, with the ability to sell their music directly to fans and receive fair compensation. For labels: increased revenue and improved transparency, with the ability to reach Web3 communities and the metaverse. For fans: direct access to music from their favourite […]

IndieFlow

IndieFlow is an all-in-one management tool. Jumpstart your music projects, release and manage your music business. Distribute to all the major streaming services and always keep 100% of your royalties. Manage royalty splits, publishing admin and writing credits all in one place. Manage your booking, promotions, file management and post-release strategies.

Classic City Vinyl Works

Pressing vinyl records since 2017. 7 inch and 12-inch vinyl record manufacturing in Athens, Georgia USA with the cutting-edge WarmTone press from Canadian firm Viryl Technologies. Black and coloured vinyl options.

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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 $9.99 per single or album. Includes free UPC barcodes. Also, offer publishing admin services and sync licensing.

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Label Engine

Label Engine empowers thousands of labels and distributors to maximise their earnings and increase their global footprint. Upload your music instantly to Apple Music, Spotify, Beatport, iTunes, Amazon, TikTok, YouTube and hundreds of other digital stores. Label Engine’s royalty accounting system lets you process statements and pay your artists within seconds, not hours.

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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 […]

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TuneCore Direct Advance

If you’re using Tunecore for your digital music distribution you may be able to get a cash advance on your royalties if you qualify. Only artists whose earnings meet specific requirements are pre-selected for an advance. Qualification for an advance is based on sales history and projected sales from your digital distribution through TuneCore which […]

Viberate

Music data analytics built for industry professionals. Viberate unites talent discovery, artist monitoring, campaign planning and reporting on one intelligent platform. Get the most complete overview of an artist’s performance, including channel-specific analytics and synthetic metrics for easy tracking and comparison. Follow the Spotify playlist performance of every artist.

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Audius

Audius is a digital streaming service built on the blockchain that connects fans directly with artists and exclusive new music. Build a fanbase, share your works in progress and then publish your completed tracks for all the world to hear. Create, grow, and monetize, all without the need to graduate off the platform or sign […]

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Cassette Culture

A subreddit dedicated to the humble cassette. Before the rise of the internet, it was tape trading and DIY attitudes among bands and their supporters that drove the scene. And today, indie bands are rejuvenating the format by releasing new music on cassettes, there are now hundreds of tape labels. 63K + members.

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Stationhead

On Stationhead, global fandoms host streaming parties to celebrate an artist’s music. With Stationhead, fans can connect with their favourite artists in real time and participate in interactive music streaming experiences. This has created more engagement and loyalty between artists and their fans, leading to a significant increase in streams.

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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 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch vinyl pressings in all connotations, heavyweight pressings, picture discs and colour vinyl and all associated packaging.

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Tunecore Fan Reviews

Paid feedback and review 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 are available online or for PDF download.

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Gramrphone

Live stream music in high quality to over ten major platforms; without any additional software or hardware. Includes Mixcloud, Bandcamp, TikTok, Facebook, BandLab, YouTube, Twitch and Instagram. Live stream directly from your DJ software, DAW, CDJs or mixer and monitor the audio, without the complex configuration. For MacOS and Windows.

Jamvana

Jamvana deals directly with digital service providers such as Spotify, iTunes, Apple, Amazon, YouTube Music, and Beatport as well as collecting Content ID, audio fingerprinting, monetization and more. You’ll have access to royalty reports, trends, Smart Links and free ISRC and UPC codes. No commission and you keep 100% of the rights to your music.

Airbit

Airbit beats marketplace. Browse from the huge catalogue of hundreds of thousands of beats from some of the best producers on the planet. Pick a license that works for your needs and make the purchase. Use your new beats for your projects and create something amazing. Thousands of beats are offered for free download so […]

Spinamp

Explore, curate, share and listen to the growing public library of Web3 artists and minted music collections. Available as a web/desktop app and Apple iOS and Android apps. If you’re interested in building web3 music experiences using Spinamp infrastructure there are various dev tools here.

Twitch Studio

The free streaming software designed from the ground up, Twitch Studio takes the guesswork out of setting up and managing your stream. Twitch Studio automates your setup and configures your hardware for you so you can start streaming with ease. No additional plug-ins are needed. Get alerts, chat and manage your stream all in one […]

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100+ AI Tools

Misha da Vinci recently tweeted about 100+ Artificial Intelligence tools. She collated the tools together in one handy blog post. Included are tools for a wide range of categories: audio, chatbots, coding, copywriting, design, images, learn and organize, music, photography, product insights, sales, search, video, and writing.

AI Audio Generation

The Greatest Music NFT Podcast

The Greatest Music NFT Podcast Show, hosted by Billboard charting music producer Beeks Vybe. Every week, Beeks will discuss the latest trends in the web3 space and the music NFTs that are revolutionizing the music industry. He’ll be joined by some of the biggest names in the music industry, as well as tech experts and […]

Beatdapp

Record labels estimate up to 15% of their streaming play count reports are incorrect, leading to millions in missed royalties. Beatdapp track every stream in real-time to create an immutable record secured by a proprietary blockchain. Find out if an artist has engaged in streaming fraud. Simply submit an artist and track ISRC to receive […]

Aptone

Aptone is a SaaS tool for music producers that automatically manages its users’ sounds using cloud and AI. Access your samples in the cloud anytime and find them faster using meaningful tags.

We’ve Only Just Begun

The most comprehensive and up-to-date directory of all women and non-binary musicians, bands, DJs and music industry professionals who are either Irish or based in Ireland. Built to promote female and non-binary artists and give bookers, promoters, agents, radio programmers, labels and managers a direct contact with profiled artists for professional opportunities.

Playlist Push

Over 20,000 independent and major label artists use Playlist Push services to get their music on Spotify playlists and in TikTok videos. Pitch your song to independent music curators that manage organic playlists on Spotify — playlisting promo for all sizes. Promote your music by getting videos made from viral TikTokers. Submit your song to influencers […]

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Single Music

Artist, label and record store distribution tools for Shopify reporting daily to the Soundscan, OCC and ARIA charts. Drive traffic to your store with NFTs that unlock exclusive content and commerce experiences for your closest fans and followers. Turn your store into a subscription streaming service, pay-per-view platform, or ticketed livestream venue.

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QR Codes for Musicians

Lybro Records Pressing

Lybro Records Pressing Co. Ltd was established in China in 2020. The eight Newbilt vinyl pressing lines can press a capacity of 300,000 records per month. Choice of 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch (in 140g/150g and 180g weights) vinyl pressings in black, opaque and transparent coloured and mixed vinyl options.

Appetite for Distraction

Yash Bagal and Maarten Walraven dissect all things music and tech. They ask each other the hard questions around the trends that everyone talks about.

This Week in Music NFTs

This Week in Music NFTs newsletter is delivered to your inbox every Monday and is curated by Cooper Turley (aka Cooopahtroopa) with all the latest news and developments in the music NFT space.

Helping Musicians

The Helping Musicians Podcast is released every Monday covering socials / Tik Tok, music NFTs, Web3, and other generally helpful music shizz.

M-Tech Allegro II

The M-Tech Allegro II is a Chinese built steamless fully automatic vinyl production press developed in cooperation with the Italian MCS Sironi company with automatic and manual operation options, pressing 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch records. Also home to the next generation Vivace 1 cutting lathe.

Ziggy Ziggy Music

Ziggy Ziggy Music is a weekly newsletter from Billboard scribe Ben Brown covering developments and news within the Web3 music ecosystem including music NFT news and latest releases/drops from Web3 music artists.

PlayTreks

The all-in-one workspace for self-releasing artists and disruptive record labels. Protect, distribute and monetize your music. Manage your music catalogue from compositions to recordings, create albums and release to all major streaming and social media platforms. By creating NFT collections of your release catalogue effortlessly, you can enter the world of Web3 and unlock new […]

Purple Media

Chinese vinyl records pressing plant (since 2019) running Toolex Alpha automatic and M-Tech Allegro Line II pressing machines, offering 7 inch and 12 inch pressings in 140g and 180g weights in black and various coloured options. Lacquer mastering using Neumann VMS 80 lathe.

0xSplits

0xSplits is the decentralized protocol for secure and efficient onchain payments. From public companies to independent artists & collectives, forward-thinking teams use 0xSplits to build custom payment flows.

Liinks

Gather all your links, social media, music, videos, and more in one place. Create a page that matches your style and never worry about changing your bio link again. Use Liinks pages feature to organize all your content, and turn your profile into a mini yet mighty website.

How the TikTok Algorithm Works

Inside TikTok’s “For You” algorithm: a complete guide for artists and musicians. In this piece, Julie Knibbe digs down into how the short-form video recommendation works on TikTok, and what it means for artists and their teams looking to optimize their discoverability on the platform.

Royal For Artists

Get 10+ years of royalty revenue upfront by selling a portion of streaming rights to your fans. Keep ownership of the rest, plus any other royalties like downloads, synchs, and physical sales. You keep creative control. Your fans share in your success. They aren’t here to shelve your album, change your sound, or decide your […]

High Frequency

A weekly newsletter covering the emerging web3 music ecosystem. Artist interviews, round-ups of industry updates, experimental project features, and the occasional sound byte from members of Noise DAO delivered straight to your inbox every Tuesday.

Artist Web3 Strategy

If you’re a music artist aiming to enter the world of web3, it’s essential to have a clear strategy in place to ensure success and avoid burnout. In this post Nvack Collective outline a few key steps you can take to set yourself up for long-term success in the ‘web3 music industry.’

Fanbase Accelerator

An online course and group coaching experience for artists and managers. The Fanbase Accelerator is a self-paced course that gives you the tools to build a promotional plan that scales your music career. The system is built off 12+ years marketing experience at Interscope, Downtown Records, Atlantic, Spotify, SoundCloud, and YouTube Music.

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Corite

Fan-funded marketing and distribution platform. Corite lets fans get a share of streaming revenues by investing in the music they love. Invite your fans to get support for your next release, and use the money you raise to market your music and engage your fans. Get free distribution and share the revenue with your fans. […]

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

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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 […]

Digital Music Distributors Comparison

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Artist Management ToolKit

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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 2500+ active blogs and […]

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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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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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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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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.

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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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SoundCloud for Artists

SoundCloud for Artists platform allows you to submit your tracks for national airplay via SoundCloud Radio on SiriusXM. Start pitching now to get your tracks in the hands of DSP playlist editors, A&R execs, brands, music supervisors and more. Distribute your music to Spotify, Apple, TikTok, and more. Only on SoundCloud can fans directly give […]

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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3.4K

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.

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World Airplay Radio Monitor

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3.3K

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.

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3.3K

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.

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3.3K

Tunecore Fan Reviews

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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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3.1K

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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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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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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

Audiomack

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CD Baby

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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.