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

Soundcharts

Actionable music data to help you stay informed and make better decisions. Music charts, playlist, social media and airplay monitoring. Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram analytics. Real-time data from over 25,000 charts and millions of playlists

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Ampled

Ampled is a cooperatively owned, values-driven platform for artists. Artists post unique/unreleased content, demos, unreleased material, exclusive merch and more. Artists are directly supported by their community: No tiers and one egalitarian price: $3 per month (or support what you want beyond that).

Phil Taggart’s Slacker Podcast

The Slacker Podcast with Phil Taggart grills a new guest or band on their musical career to date with the sonic launch point being as early a demo as we can prise from their vaults. From here the conversation freewheels down a spaghetti junction of quirky anecdotes, hot takes and uncovers the journey each artist […]

EmuBands

Formed in 2005 and a Spotify recommended distributor EmuBands offer a simple one-off fee, retain your rights, keep 100% of your royalties worldwide distribution deal, with no repeat annual subscription charges and no unexpected recurring fees. Free UPC and ISRC codes.

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Scale By Stem

Royalty advances for independent artists and members of Stem Direct. When you take a Scale advance, we’re providing you with cash upfront in exchange for a fixed percentage of your future earnings until the advance is paid off.

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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Record Union

Release your tracks on Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram, YouTube and more than 15 global music services. EPK and Linkfire smart links are included free. Your tracks can be available on music services worldwide just 10 days after you submit your release.

Guide to Building Your Band Website

This free seven part course sets out exactly how every artist, musician and band can build a band website with WordPress. MakeitinMusic created this course as a series of posts and videos that you can access for free at any time so that you will be able to create your own music website even if […]

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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 […]

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.

Bandcamp Artists Power Users Guide

It’s not enough just to upload a release to Bandcamp and wait. The reason some people are raving about Bandcamp as a last download holdout is also because they’ve figured out how to make the platform work as an ecosystem. Here’s how to make that work for your own music – and partly by listening […]

Rostr

Rostr maps the largest database of artist teams including hundreds of thousands of relationships between artists, managers, agents and labels. Search thousands of music companies by type, city, state or country with one-click access to their rosters and info. Instant access to email, LinkedIn, address and phone numbers for thousands of booking agents and music […]

Green Touring Guide

A DIY guide (free PDF download) for artists, bookers and players in the music industry as an aid to more environmentally conscious touring. The guide is aimed at musicians, artist and tour managers, organisers, venues and booking agencies who are interested in the topic of sustainability in the band context. The guide covers all touring […]

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Beatchain Music

An all-in-one platform to help artists grow and engage with their fanbase and distribute their music online. Free basic and paid premium accounts available, with Apple iOS and Android apps. Worldwide distribution via Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play, Tik Tok and more. Keep 90% of royalties. Social media, marketing and analytics tools, website […]

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Penny Fractions

David Turner started Penny Fractions newsletter in November 2017 as a way to think through various record industry topics. The newsletter is delivered on Wednesday mornings to over forty-five hundred subscribers across the industry.

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Thematic

Thematic is a collaborative platform where creators can license music from their favourite artist in exchange for promotion. Use music from real artists in your YouTube videos for free. All of our songs are pre-cleared so you are able to fully monetise your videos without worrying about licenses, claims, or disputes.

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Young Freelancers Guide to Mental Health

The Young Freelancer’s Guide to Mental Health and the Music Industry looks at common challenges facing freelance musicians, strategies for meeting them, and how to access support. The guide was produced by the Music Industry Therapist Collective’s Tamsin Embleton together with the Musicians Union’s Young Members’ Network. Written by mental health experts, it covers, self […]

Vinylised

London based vinyl crowdfunding service. Vinylised collect pre-orders to reach a target you set to meet your minimum run. The commitment to mastering and press is only made once the target is met so there is no risk. Vinylised handle all the manufacturing.

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Ditto Plus

Premium music distribution and marketing services from distributor Ditto. Playlists and placement services, release strategies from brainstorming, campaign planning to promotion and distribution. Music video distribution, management and monetisation across Vevo & YouTube. Whether you’re an artist or a label, you’ll keep 100% of the rights to your music.

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SyncVault

SyncVault rewards content creators for adding great claim-free music to their content. Our mission is to provide the best music for all types of content creators. How do you promote your music when 60,000 tracks are uploaded to Spotify every day? Kick-start your campaign with our network of YouTubers. If you have 15k+ monthly listeners on Spotify […]

Inflyte Music Promo Platform

From the major labels to over 8,000 independent record labels and hundreds of international PR agencies, powering promo delivery for the world’s finest record labels and PR agencies since 2014. Inflyte provides secure promo delivery for nearly 50% of the biggest-selling labels on Beatport, many of whom also feature heavily among Resident Advisor’s Top 100 […]

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Streamline Podcast

The Streamline Podcast is hosted by Mike Warner, author of the ‘Work Hard Playlist Hard’ book and features interviews, tips, tricks, advice and news for creatives hungry to succeed. Whether you are a musician, manager, CEO or entrepreneur this podcast will inspire, inform and educate you.

Revelator

Revelator is a state-of-the-art platform for digital music to increase speed, accuracy and transparency of rights management, digital supply chain and royalty payment distribution so distributors, record labels, and artists can focus on being creative.

Mixkit

Download from a range of over 1200 free vertical stock video footage collection. Browse through urban lifestyle videos for your Instagram stories, to abstract footage for your vertical music video. All vertical videos are available to download for free

Cosynd

If you have created content with a collaborator, you need to have a written agreement in place. Cosynd is an essential toolkit that helps you to collaboratively create agreements that gets everyone on the same page about what they own and what they can or can’t do with your content.

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 […]

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.

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How to Build a Sustainable Music Career

Emily White’s book, ‘How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams’. For the first time, White has penned all of her best practices and advice for musicians looking to build a long term career into a single book (available in print and digital versions) while ensuring they aren’t missing any funds […]

Spotify Newsletter

A weekly digest of timely, must-read news about Spotify. This newsletter endeavour aims to focus on all things Spotify – from the innovation and streaming technology side of the business, to the impact the streaming service has on the music business, from execs and artists, to the listeners.

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.

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 […]

The Hustle Podcast

What does it take to maintain a career in music? We track down members of bands that flirted with stardom and find out what their lives are like now. How did it feel to get that first big break? What was fame like at its peak? What was the transition back into normal life like […]

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Tabs Out Cassette Podcast

All cassette podcast focusing on noise, weird, outsider music, experimental sounds and cassette culture.

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Picture Music Company

Nora Felder music supervision and music consulting services. Consultation services include : Demo, lyric and song evaluations, analysis of music catalogues potential for placement, aid in branding and marketing to music buyers, pitch assessment and advice on incoming placement searches.

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Spreadshop Band Merchandise

Spreadshop is an online shop system allowing users to create and sell custom merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies, accessories, and more) for free. Register, upload your designs to the customisable products and promote your brand. No need to worry about payments, production, fulfillment or shipping, Spreadshop have that covered at no cost to you.

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Music Metadata Best Practice Guide

Free PDF download. The Association for Electronic Music and Consolidated Independent have teamed up to provide an easy-to-understand guide on music metadata best practice. This is a high-level, straightforward and understandable introduction for any artist, manager, producer or executive who is new to metadata, and a reminder to those already working with it.

Radio Station WordPress Plugin

Radio Station Pro is a WordPress plugin providing a professional-grade system for broadcasters and webcasters to create and manage show schedules, show pages, and playlists on a WordPress-powered website.

Bandsintown for Artists

Bandsintown For Artists, the largest independent online tour promotion platform used by 560K+ artists, managers, labels and booking agents. From discovery to sales, Bandsintown helps artists build sustainable futures. Manage your fan relationships, actionable insights on your events, fans and more.

DJMonitor

DJ Monitor has been the global market leader in monitoring electronic music since 2005. Our tech-driven end-to-end services ensure the most accurate music usage reporting possible. We provide complete services for events and festivals, clubs and venues, broadcasting and streaming providers.

How to Publish Your Own Songs

In this article Soundcharts explore the pros and cons of music self-publishing and help you decide whether or not you should go that route. This information is relevant to songwriters, not to recording artists, although if you both write and perform, self-publishing can be very relevant.

KTS Productions

Manufacturing 8-track tapes in the 21st century. We are a sustainable business and taking these vintage 8-tracks from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and giving them new life. We mainly use gently used shells for our projects so there may be some minor imperfections in the shells.

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Bandcamp Artist Guide

This guide covers recommendations for how to achieve financial success on Bandcamp. Learn how artists use Bandcamp to sell 80,000 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 & […]

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.

Unminus Music

Unminus aims to be an ‘Unsplash for music’. All music published on Unminus can be used for free. You can use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from the creator or Unminus. Crediting isn’t required, but is appreciated and allows artists to gain exposure.

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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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New Music Business

Ari Herstand is the best-selling author of How To Make It in the New Music Business. In this podcast, he deconstructs the brightest minds in the music industry, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and strategies that listeners can use to run successful careers of their own. Ari offers straight talk with no fluff […]

Pentos TikTok Analytics

TikTok Analytics and monitoring made easy. Analyze any profiles, hashtags, videos, and songs on TikTok to understand the platform and to grow your business. Trying to engage with new customers? Get metrics for songs, hashtags, posts on TikTok to understand what content strategy is working.

DMG Music Clearances

When you need music clearance, you need it done fast, you need it done affordably, and you need it done right. Deborah Mannis-Gardner is the go-to expert for global music rights clearances, whether for samples for recordings; song usage in movies, television, and video games. DMG is known for clearing difficult copyrights from artists such […]

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Staks Musician

Staks Musician is a mobile-friendly, all-in-one solution to receive money for your gigs, studio sessions, merchandise, even tips and distribute it automatically between every band or team member.

One Submit

Paid music submission platform for artists and playlist curators for submissions to playlists, blogs, influencers, radio stations and record labels.

Music Marketer’s Toolbox 2022

Exhaustive spreadsheet (email req.) of 153 tools top majors and indie labels use to promote music from music marketer Amber Horsburgh. Find tools to replace repetitive tasks like pre-saves, ads, smart links, content creation, messaging bots, and merch customer service.

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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.

KTS Productions

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The Digest

The Digest is a newsletter curated by Motive Unknown’s MD, Darren Hemmings, that goes out twice weekly, summarising the need-to-know news in music, tech and apps. It is free to receive and now goes out to thousands of music industry professionals predominantly in the UK but also in the US and Europe.

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Landr

Distribute and earn royalties from 150+ platforms and stores including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora and more. Keep 100% of your rights. You can also earn money from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok with the track monetisfation feature. Free ISRC and UPC codes.

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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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Trac

Get your music on every streaming platform. Through trac, you can release music on all the most popular DSPs such as Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Tidal, YouTube, Amazon Music, Pandora, Tencent, iHeart Radio, and more. Free beginner and paid pro plans available with analytic tools. Artist keeps 100% of royalties.

Mike – Artist & Band Management App

Mike is an application that will give you the power to take charge of the business aspects of your music career. From goal setting to managing your finances, projects, and events, Mike will keep you updated, motivated and in control of your own destiny, leaving you free to create amazing music.

Spinnup

Spinnup was created by Universal Music to find new artists. From July 19th 2022, Spinnup is changing from an open DIY music distribution service to an invite only curated artist discovery and distribution platform.

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Vertigo Music

Vertigo creates revenue opportunities for artists like never before. By bringing together your fans into a collaborative listening room – known as the Artist Lounge – everyone streams your music at the same time. Each listener counts as one stream on Spotify Premium or Apple Music – depending on the service they’re subscribed to.

SongSplits

Say goodbye to the archaic way of doing things. The days of paperwork, emails and faxes are over. All of your song split documents, song credits, and collaborators are now all in one place, on one platform. SongSplits is 100% free to use for music creators all around the world. Create as many split agreements […]

Other Record Labels

Helpful tools, courses, and resources for independent record labels of all sizes and stages. Free Record Label Toolkit. A massive free resource for new and existing indie record labels. Including a sample recording contract, checklists, coupons, social media templates, and more.

Themes and Variation

Themes and Variation is Soundfly’s podcast about music and perspectives. In each episode, expert musicians and avid music lovers draw on their professional experiences and personal backgrounds to share unique insights and passionate opinions about songs they’ve selected based on their interpretations of a given theme. Free companion course.

Printful

Monetise your audience by selling merch on Spotify with no prior investments. Get access to 342 products you can design in minutes and add them to your Spotify profile at no cost. Put your logo on t-shirts, hoodies, posters, and more. Every order is made on demand. You’re charged only when your fans buy from […]

Splits

iOS 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.

BBC Music Introducing

Since its launch in 2007 BBC Music Introducing has been dedicated to discovering and supporting new music. The Introducing Uploader works on a very simple 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. Get played on BBC radio, […]

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The highest quality accessories, packaging and cases for vinyl records, CDs and DVDs. Music mailing envelopes and packaging for 7/10 and 12 inch vinyl records, CD and DVDs.

MusicInfo Distribution

Sell, sync and promote music in China and South Korea. With every release you share your audio to 50+ music and media services to a potential audience of over 800 million listeners in China. Each release can be an album of up to 50 tracks, an EP or a single. You keep 100% of the […]

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Record Label Business Template

A look at the eight elements that make up a record label business plan, and a work through the template providing examples you can edit for your own record label. Put together by Nick Sadler head of NSDMT management and author of the Label Machine Blueprint record label course.

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And The Writer Is

Every week, we sit down with an acclaimed and venerable songwriter to intimately discuss what happens behind closed doors in the music industry. There are millions of singers, thousands of artists, and only 40 top songs per genre at a time… this podcast is about the people who make them.

SoundBetter

Find recording studios, mixing and mastering engineers, singers, songwriters, and freelance music production pros by reviews, price, location and credits. Also offer Tracks, license hand-picked tracks and beats from top industry producers.

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SongRender

SongRender is a music visualizer maker that makes it easy to create music videos. Just upload your artwork and song, customize your waveform and export for social media. Export your video sized for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, or in full 1080p HD. With SongRender, you can play your video as you edit it — […]

Record Label Business Plan

Free easy-to-use record label business plan template in Powerpoint, Google Slides, and Google Docs. Includes a 9-chapter outline to help you organize the contents of your business plan, including prompts and section titles. A pre-made presentation file that allows you to easily copy and paste your own information, and a version of a fully completed […]

Pretzel

Pretzel is the world’s largest collection of Twitch and YouTube-safe music for creators. Easily license music for Twitch & YouTube. Artists add your music with a 70/30% revenue share.

Replay Heaven

Replay Heaven is a music production company, specialising in sample replays – accurately re-recording sound-alikes of existing pieces of music, making them sound virtually identical to the original. With our extensive range of recording facilities, instruments, arrangers and session musicians we can accurately mimic virtually any sample you want. Your track will sound the same, […]

Lickd Music Licensing

Lickd is a digital platform helping YouTube content creators legally use the music they love. We provide commercial music from real labels for licensing in YouTube videos without the fear of a creator losing their ad revenue to a Copyright Claim.

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DistroKid

Get your music into iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon, Google Play, TikTok, Tidal, iHeartRadio, YouTube, Deezer and tons of other stores and streaming services. Keep 100% of your royalties, get paid monthly. Pay only $19.99 to upload unlimited albums and songs for a year.

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Other Record Labels Podcast

Featuring practical tips for indie record labels, industry insights, and over a hundred long-form interviews with independent record labels. A podcast for the people who run indie record labels and for DIY musicians who self-release music. Hosted by Scott Orr.

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 (April 12 2022) 2-3 months for test pressings, entire order 2-3 months after the test pressing approval.

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Label Worx

The world’s largest independent digital distribution partner for indie electronic music labels. Our delivery network includes major DSPs alongside emerging platforms that cater for specialist sounds, so whatever your genre – we will make sure your music gets heard by the right audience. Our full suite of label services powers independent brands of all sizes.

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Mother Tongue Records

An independent record label, record vinyl pressing plant, worldwide vinyl distribution and online shop based in Verona, Italy. Using one pressing machine, the new Pheenix Alpha AD12 offering 12 inch (140g or 180g) and 7 inch (large or small center hole) vinyl, black or coloured vinyl options.

WMFono

Warsaw, Poland vinyl pressing plant, manufacturing since the 1990s. Working on vintage Hamilton production machines from the 1950s and 1960s. Pressing vinyl records in 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch vinyl in black, colour, splatter and picture disc. Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) or lacquer masters.

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.

Artist Management ToolKit

100’s 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 and a contact directory template.

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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.

Session

Session Studio is the must-have collaboration tool for music creators who want to manage their song rights, from the studio right through to release. Collect song info and files, all in one safe place. Immediate sync with co-writers and producers, handle split agreements and credits digitally. Share song updates with publishers and managers.

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DJMonitor

The Future of What

Produced by independent record label Kill Rock Stars. A weekly podcast and radio show about music and the recording industry hosted by Music Business Association president, Portia Sabin.

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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 […]

Memphis Record Pressing

Opened for business in 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis Record Pressing presses 12” vinyl records in 140g and 180g weights and can press LPs on a variety of colours and can also mix, swirl, and etch custom designs. All packaging and label printing needs can be handled in house.

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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 highlights the Music NFT landscape – providing insights for musicians, managers, labels, agents, fans and collectors alike. Written by Cooper Turley.

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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Original Works

Collect streaming royalties faster and get paid every day. Original Works enables creators and rights holders to register their creative work, create smart contracts with collaborators, license rights and content usage, receive royalties as they’re generated, and get paid directly to a digital wallet and manage your digital identity on the blockchain.

Fiverr Album Cover Designers

Hundreds of designers available on crowdsourcing website Fiverr.com offering CD and album cover design, mixtape covers and music artwork of varying quality and price ranges, from a fiver upwards to Pro verified artists running into the hundreds of £££.

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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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Artist Management ToolKit

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Digital Music Distribution 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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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.

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.

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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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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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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Musicto Playlist Submission

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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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NoiseTrade Music

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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.

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.

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 with tastemakers around the world. Showcase an album by creating a promo with your WAV or MP3 tracks, photos, PDF attachments, and YouTube videos. We automatically generate a professional-looking […]

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Linkfire Smart Links

Smart links for music marketing. Easily promote new releases, tickets, and merchandise. Get superior insights with plays, downloads and sales reporting. With more than 50 different music services supported, we make it painless to set up. We match tracks, artists and albums across music services based on ISRC and UPC codes.

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SubmitHub

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2.7K

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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2.7K

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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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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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. With our app, you can make updates and see your stats from anywhere. Available […]

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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.

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Amuse Music Distribution

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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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. Free and premium accounts.

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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. Rates from $15 for 40 fan reviews.

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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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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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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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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: Custom Record Sleeves

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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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.

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Vinyl Record Pressing Plants Directory

International directory of vinyl record pressing plants, brokers, lathe-cutting, lacquer mastering and record packaging services, from one off lathe cuts up to full service dedicated vinyl pressing plants worldwide.