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

The EQL Directory

The EQL Directory seeks to bring the music industry towards gender parity by uplifting and promoting the work of women and gender nonconforming people. We include all women in our directory, including trans women and people who are non-binary. The searchable directory enables users to showcase their work, market their skills, and reach out to […]

The Music Manager’s Guide to Mental Health

The Music Managers Forum have re-published The MMF Guide To Mental Health for 2021. This new expanded version, is tailored specifically at the well-being concerns of modern day music managers and includes detailed chapters on areas including: stress management, imposter syndrome, anxiety and depression and alcoholism and drug dependency.

The Music Fund

Get fast cash for your music streaming royalties. Keep 100% copyright and creative control. Invest in your music career with upfront money, in exchange for as little as a 1% split of your streaming royalties for only 2 years. Keep 100% of your copyright and all earnings from future releases. No debt and no record […]

Music On Your Own Terms

Music On Your Own Terms is a podcast that aims to promote the entrepreneurial mindset, to help musicians be more proactive in their music career. Not only does this include techniques for becoming more successful, but also focuses on depression, anxiety and mental health in general, and ways in which to cope, or possibly overcome […]

Presave To Spotify

Pre-Save for Spotify campaigns that drive engagement, increase followers and grow streams for independent and major record labels. Pre-save to Spotify campaigns allow your fans to connect on Spotify and automatically add an upcoming album or single to their Spotify library when it is released.

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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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Deezer for Creators

Customise your Deezer artist profile so fans can get to know you. Add a bio and a photo, and use the highlight feature to showcase your new releases or tracks you want your community to easily discover. Get in-depth analysis into who’s listening for a closer look at your audience, and explore insightful data to […]

Spotify Playlist Sharing SubReddit

Hyper active Reddit forum for sharing Spotify playlists with 380K+ members. Includes a directory of Spotify apps and tools and a Wiki. /r/spotify was primarily created to share cool new playlists that you have made or found.

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Centralized

The world’s first automated digital manager for emerging musicians and managers, providing them with guidance, control over their careers and connection to the music industry. Manage your act easily and with step by step guides with explanations through everything you need to do to manage your music, setting up your foundation, playing shows, releasing music, […]

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Goje Music Distribution

The easiest, most accessible and affordable platform for African musicians to distribute their songs on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and our other 150+ partners across the world. Pitch your tracks to be placed on Spotify’s featured playlists and get verified on Spotify. Monetise third-party uploads of your music across YouTube as well as the videos […]

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Citizen Vinyl

Citizen Vinyl is a communal space housing a record press facility, cafe, bar, recording studio and analog art and record store located in the historic Citizen Times building in downtown Asheville. Our first record press is the LiteTone, manufactured by Viryl Technologies in Canada. Citizen Vinyl chose the LiteTone because it is ideally suited for […]

Soundgine

Thousands of producers and artists use Soundgine to sell beats, songs, voice tags, sound fx, voiceovers and much more. Sign up and start uploading your beats, songs, albums easily, organised with simple drag and drop. Sell your music and albums from your own store. Sell your songs on the Soundgine charts and marketplace, keep 100%.

30 Minute Music Marketing

30 Minute Music Marketing is the show for independent artists and DIY musicians who want to get better at marketing their music. The hosts tackle different topics week by week to help you get better at marketing your music and grow your audience.

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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Dunk Vinyl Pressing

Belgian pressing plant specialising in high quality coloured 12 inch 180g vinyl. Opened in 2018. Accepting small labels and bands to have their music pressed on vinyl with a manual press for highly customisable vinyl colours. Small runs of 100-1000 copies.

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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.

Vinyl Presents

Vinyl record pressing plant based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire opened in 2017, using four brand new VIRYL Warmtone presses. Lacquer cutting with Neumann VMS66, Neumann VMS70 and Neumann VMS80 vintage lathes. In house label and sleeve printing. 12 inch pressings in standard and heavyweight vinyl in black and coloured vinyl.

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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Musixmatch For Artists

Distribute your lyrics across all the major digital streaming services and social networks. Add, edit and sync your lyrics. Once verified they will be displayed as your official lyrics. Have complete control over your lyrics catalog, credits, profile, and more.

The Pop Disciple Podcast

Pop Disciple is a storytelling platform that explores the creative work of entertainment industry professionals. Listen to the podcast for exclusive, in-depth interviews with world-class music supervisors, composers, and business leaders in music and film.

CMU Insights

CMU Insights is a leading provider of professional training for people working in the music industry. We have courses covering music rights, the digital market, brand partnerships, artist deals, ticketing, fan engagement, music and social media, direct-to-fan, and the ways artist business models are evolving.

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Guide to Music Licensing & Contract Terms

How to understand royalties and other music industry terms. This is a cheat sheet for artists to understand how to build contemporary and competitive deals and for fans to have more of an understanding of the business behind their favourite music. Written by Jaime Silano at Vice.

Chop Shop Music Supervision

Three time Grammy Award nominee Alexandra Patsavas founded Chop Shop Music Supervision in 1998 and quickly earned a reputation for raising the bar in the quality of music selected for television series and feature films including including: “Wonder,” “Roswell,” “The O.C.,” “Gossip Girl,” “11/22/63,” “Mad Men,” “Without A Trace,” “Chuck,” “Rescue Me,” and The Twilight […]

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SonoSuite

SonoSuite empowers independent music businesses worldwide to manage their own digital distribution, catalog and royalty reporting. Whether you are a small record label or a consolidated music distributor with international projection, we provide the tailor made solution you were looking for.

DistroDirect

Run a fully featured and automated white label music distribution service. Your Artists, Your Brand, Your Website. Designed for any active music business, including labels, recording studios, producers, artist managers, music tech companies or collectives who want to offer more for their artists and generate additional recurring income.

Doors Open

Doors Open is a place for people to connect with companies and projects they believe in, and for independent music companies to find the staff they need to turn ideas into reality. Electronic music’s best jobs, all in one place. Sign up for job alerts from your favourite companies.

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Streamlabs

One simple, feature-packed streaming software with everything you need to stream to Twitch, YouTube and Facebook in seconds. Multistream to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and up to two custom RTMP destinations simultaneously. Reach multiple audiences with no extra effort and multiply your fan base.

Drooble

Receive deep insights from like minded musicians on your just finished or work-in-progress piece. Order Song Reviews and receive genuine feedback for your songs. Drooble empowers artists by providing them with an environment where they can exchange services, monetise their music skills and receive genuine feedback for their songs.

Music REDEF

Daily email newsletter focusing on music, tech, business and culture. REDEF create interest remixes for curious minds. An interest remix is a curated information stream with a specific industry focus wrapped with pop culture nuggets.

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Bandtwango

Bandtwango incorporates the best elements of crowdfunding and the traditional artist development process without all the hassle. Founded by music industry veterans, it all begins with a A&R process that ensures that artists who are serious about taking their country music careers to the next level get the attention they deserve.

Start-up Guide to Music Business

The Association of Independent Music’s Start-up Guide to Music Business provides an essential ‘How To’ on starting and growing a business working with and releasing music in the 21st Century. The free guide intends to help readers cut through the noise and distils the essential information needed to understand the various parts of the business […]

KitMonsters Skool

Kitmonsters is a thought-provoking music and tech site that features brilliant musicians, instruments and innovation, from new DIY bands and gear-makers to rising stars, expert experimentalists, and legendary producers. It’s independent, accessible, and inclusive.

Is It A Good Spotify Playlist?

This is a free tool to analyse a Spotify playlist to know if it has real listeners or not. This way artists do not waste time pitching to playlists that will not generate streams. The analysis is based on the Discovered On section from the artist page.

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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Music Tech Directory

The global Music Tech Directory allows music tech innovators to showcase their work, disclose ideas, connect with others, research competitors and identify new areas of growth. The Music Tech Directory also serves as an innovation database for musicians, artists and anyone who works in the music industry to assist in finding new tools and services.

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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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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Show4me

Concert and music album crowdfunding. Organize shows with no risk, connect with other music professionals and fans, set up and manage Artist clubs, share the latest news, videos, free tracks, photos. Sell music and merch directly to fans, pre-sell tickets to live online shows, build your music career.

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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Musicbed

Music licensing for video, film and advertising. Find the perfect song for your project. Discover a highly curated roster of label-quality musicians and composers hand picked for sync.

Gramrphone

Gramrphone is a one-stop audio streaming tool for Mac. Stream high quality audio from: Built-in microphone, interface or mixer, iTunes, Spotify or YouTube, Ableton, Logic or Pro Tools, BandLab, Beatport or SoundTrap, Hangouts, Teams or Zoom. Stream live to the biggest platforms: Bandcamp, Mixcloud, Patreon, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube.

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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Celebrate Records

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

Data Transmission Podcast

Data Transmission is one of the leading dance and electronic music websites on the Internet. In our weekly podcast, which has been running for ten years, we have some of the leading DJs in the house/techno sphere with new mixes every Monday.

The Unsigned Guide

The UK music industry contacts directory database online. From booking gigs to sending demos to record labels or planning your own EP release. The Unsigned Guide contains over 8,500 contacts spanning 50 areas of the UK music industry. Filter contacts by genre, UK towns and cities and more.

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Sober 21

From the Creative Independent Sober 21 is a compendium of essays by, and interviews with, sober musicians. It’s a free resource for musicians who want to begin the journey, or are new to the path of getting clean and sober from drugs and alcohol. Our goal is to help other alcoholic/drug-addicted musicians see the amazing freedom, and benefit to […]

EDMProd

EDMProd is committed to delivering quality educational content to electronic music producers all around the world. Master the fundamentals of electronic music production by making four songs in four weeks on the EDM Foundations course. Extensive free collection of downloadable electronic music production guides.

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UK Small Music Venue Index

Directory index of 300+ small UK music venues split into regions. The index lists addresses, venues website URLs, venue capacity and social media links. Directory submission area for venue owners.

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Rand Muzik

We press with Toolex Alpha semi-automatic machines, some of which are over 40 years old. We produce both 7″ and 12″ records and offer our 7″ records with small as well as large center holes. 12 inch records come in 140g or 180g options. Pressing is possible in one colour in opaque or transparent colours as […]

Interpress Vinyl

One of the most modern pressing plants for vinyl records in Europe, producing 7inch, 10 inch and 12 inch vinyl. From 100 pieces also offering picture discs in all sizes, colored pressings and 180g heavyweight 12 inch pressings.

Europress Vinyl

Italian vinyl pressing plant established in 2015 by the founder of Phono Press. Pressing 7 inch and 12 inch vinyl and in house record sleeve and packaging printing.

XDisc

Warsaw vinyl pressing plant established in 2002 running Pheenix Alpha AD12 fully automatic vinyl record presses. 7/10 and 12 inch (140 and 180gsm weights) in black and coloured vinyl options. Worldwide shipping and Direct Metal Mastering option.

Pallas Group

German vinyl pressing plant established in 1948. Pressing 7/10 and 12 inch (in 140 and 180gsm weights) vinyl records in black and coloured vinyl, picture discs, marbled, splatter and etched vinyl options.

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 […]

Optimize Your Streaming SEO

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

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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.

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.

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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Aslice

Aslice proposes a fairer music ecosystem for DJs and producers with a software-based service that facilitates easy and accurate reporting, empowering DJs to directly share earnings with producers. Aslice automates the process of performers uploading their playlist text files: DJs submit a playlist and share a small percentage of the gig fee.

The Digest

The Digest is a newsletter curated by Motive Unknown’s MD, Darren Hemmings, that goes out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 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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CD Star

Italian plant pressing vinyl since 2015. Producing 7 inch and 12 inch discs in classic black and also in many other colour variations, both solid and transparent, marbled and also picture discs. The 12″ discs can be ordered with a weight of 140 grams and 180 grams.

Optimal Media

German vinyl pressing plant with 25 years experience offering lacquer and DMM cutting. 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch vinyl be it a conventional black LP or an exotic special product with various weights, sizes, shapes and colours. Using original, tuned pressing machines and the technically refined new builds.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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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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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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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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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 […]

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.

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.

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

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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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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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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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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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

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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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

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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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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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UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors

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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

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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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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.

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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.