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

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.

11
1.9K

Smartist University

Online courses aimed at anyone looking to get into artist management, marketing and tour management. Learn how to get on the radio, go on profitable tours, get your songs placed in film and TV, get signed to that record label, or that agent, or that publisher, and advance your social media game.

59
1.1K

Rotor Music Videos

Rotor makes it fast and simple to create music videos, promo videos and lyrics videos. Choose from over 6000 stock clips or upload your own. Choose from over 40 different video edit styles, designed by music video directors and visual artists, to suit all music genres.

Tweeten

Tweeten is based on TweetDeck which means it offers a powerful, column-based interface that helps you keep track of everything that’s happening on Twitter without needing to hit the refresh button. Tweeten enhances the TweetDeck design to offer a much cleaner and intuitive experience.

35
1.5K

Digital Release Blueprint

Digital Release Blueprint : 2022 Music Marketing Strategies. Online music marketing course from Benjamin Groff. You’ve just made your single, EP or album, now what? 70 video modules telling you exactly what to do when from 5-6 weeks from your release date all the way to release day and post marketing activities.

DISCO

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

21
2.3K

Splits App

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

12
1.1K

Identifyy

One platform to unlock your music’s full earning potential on social video platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Sign up for free and upload your music. Verify your music metadata. Once approved, Identifyy do all the work to identify, claim and monetise your music in videos on YouTube, Facebook, & Instagram.

0
1.1K

Music Journalism Insider

Music Journalism Insider is a newsletter about music journalism. Todd L. Burns highlights some of the best stuff to hear, read, and watch every week and publishes news about the industry, interviews writers, editors and more about their work.

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 […]

8
4.4K

Music Ally Podcast

Music Ally’s podcasts analyse vital music business topics in detail, as they emerge. In the short-form Music Ally Focus podcasts, Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow break down important music business news – in under 15 minutes. The longer-form podcasts are discussions with industry experts sharing their cutting-edge knowledge.

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, […]

56
2.2K

Podcast Distribution Guide

One of the most important steps to increase your podcast’s reach is to distribute it to additional places that people are listening from or places where people are looking for podcasts to listen to. A comprehensive guide from Podcast Insights to the best podcast directories for 2021 that you can submit your podcast to so […]

Easy Digital Downloads

From MP3s to eBooks, to WordPress plugins, to PDF files and more, we make selling digital products a breeze. Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin is simple to use and free to download. Monitor all there is to know about how your product files are being downloaded by your customers.

15 Ways to Incorporate Gaming into Your Music Strategy

In this guide, from Cherie Hu you’ll see the framework she created to understand the wide variety of roles that gaming can play in the music industry today. After several years of tracking and research, she’s tallied up at least fifteen different kinds of music and gaming partnerships. Full guide as Google document.

DistroLock

DistroLock makes it harder for anyone (who’s not you) to upload your original music to streaming services. Upload your original songs to DistroLock and we create the acoustic fingerprint. We secure the fingerprint. We note that the audio is “locked” when music services ask. Only you can unlock it. We also register your audio with […]

Artist Lockdown Challenge

The Artist Lockdown Challenge is a free digital strategy course that gives musicians 30-minute tasks over 30-days. 15+ hours of assignments to improve your digital presence. Exclusive guest lessons by successful marketers, managers, and experts in the music industry.

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.

Tapeline Cassette Duplication

Originally formed in 1985 as a small audio tape copying service for local bands and musicians. Tapeline still service many well-known clients and can offer the following services: cassette duplication, blank audio cassettes, pre-recorded audio cassettes, tape mastering, on-body printing and cassette side label printing. Free artwork templates.

25
1.2K

How To Release A Record

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

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.

61
4.4K

Dublin Vinyl

Dublin Vinyl is a modern vinyl record pressing plant based in Dublin, Ireland and servicing the world. Home to two brand new, state-of-the-art fully automated record presses, the WarmTone from Viryl Technologies. 12-inch pressings only currently, in black and coloured vinyl in 140g standard and 180g heavyweight vinyl. From 300 units and 6-8 weeks turnaround […]

41
1.5K

Stationhead Live Radio Platform

iOS App. Become a DJ or talk show host. Stationhead transforms the traditional radio model. Feature 45M+ songs, through Stationhead’s patented technology stream music directly from your Apple Music and Spotify accounts. Any host can earn financial support from your audience through in-app tips.

SongShift Playlist Transfer App

SongShift is an iOS app for transferring playlists across music services. Supports Apple Music, Deezer, Discogs, Hype Machine, LastFM, Napster, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube. Transfer your favorite music between services to keep your meticulously created music library intact. All for free.

48
1.1K

The Ultimate Spotify Guide

Free eBook from Symphonic Distribution, ‘The Ultimate Spotify Guide for the Music Industry‘ will teach you everything about verifying your artist profile, analysing the data Spotify gives you, customising your profile, expanding your reach with playlisting and more.

9
1.3K

BandLink

The BandLink service helps artists, bands and podcasters route fans to their preferred digital venues via short links and smart mobile-friendly landing pages integrated with social feeds. It also gathers valuable fan audience data for further analytics and retargeting.

59
1.7K

Pyramid Tracks

Pyramid Tracks is a Swedish royalty free music company specialising in alternative, retro and obscure royalty free music. It is the first catalog of its kind to have such a unique take on royalty free music licensing. License any track from only $19.99 with two very simple licensing options. Used by brands, film makers and […]

Music Managers Forum

The world’s largest professional community of music managers. Since its inception in 1992, the MMF has worked hard to educate, inform and represent UK managers as well as offering a network through which managers can share experiences, opportunities and information.

42
2.3K

Devolution Designs

Devolution has grown into a full-service, music-focussed design agency and we are now able to offer extensive packages for our client’s projects. Over 15 years of experience designing for the music industry, creating cover artwork, logos, graphic design, branding and websites.

IMDB Pro

Find industry contacts & talent representation. Stay connected with contact details for over 300,000 film and entertainment industry professionals and companies including music supervisors credits and contact details. Premium service with free 30 day trial. Apple iOS and Android apps.

Music X Green

Music X Green is a directory to create more visibility for organisations and initiatives that make the music industry greener, less impactful on the climate and ecology, and more sustainable overall. By making it easier to find and share best practices, organisations, products, and research, I hope we can accelerate the progress towards our sustainability […]

Micro-Chop Newsletter

A newsletter dissecting beatmaking, DJing, music production, rapping, and sampling. Created and written by Gino Sorcinelli.

AceShells

Aceshells produce cassette tapes with duplication and printing services for record labels, bands, musicians and other audiophiles. All cassette tape duplication is done in real time using high quality Sony, Tascam and Teac equipment direct from CD master. Minimum runs from just 20 cassette tapes. Maximum runs are up to 500 cassette tapes.

SoundCloud Playbook

The SoundCloud Playbook is a comprehensive resource that will help you get the most out of your SoundCloud experience, with instructions and tips on everything from setting up your account, to finding your audience, to making money from your work.

37
2.1K

Making Vinyl

Making Vinyl’s networking platform provides opportunities for vinyl record makers, their consumables suppliers, content developers, turntable manufacturers, record stores and the record label to do business and learn from each other.

27
1.5K

Bounce Boss

File sharing and audio collaboration service. Sending files only takes a minute. From this one simple step, Bounce Boss organizes and creates your project, then sends a professional invitation to your collaborators. They will even see a waveform visual of the file you uploaded in the email itself.

IMS Music Industry Insider

The weekly Industry Insider – created by IMS and Record of the Day have teamed up to create a digest of global electronic industry news, across the full spectrum of the genre, to help you get straight to the stories that matter. Industry Insider will follow the template of Record of the Day but focus […]

16
1.4K

Squared Roots

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

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.

Songstats

Songstats provides you with a comprehensive overview of how your music is performing across the most important streaming services and download stores. The Songstats mobile app sends push notifications when your tracks are added to major playlists, reach new milestones, and chart in different territories and genres.

1-800-Dubplate

One off 7/10/12 inch vinyl records cutting. 1-800-Dubplate own and maintain a VR-T560 Lathe which uses a stereo cutter-head and diamond stylus which cuts grooves into the PVC discs in real time. Also catering for artists, bands and record labels looking to manufacture their music in small limited edition runs.

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.

12
1.9K

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.

Bandcamp Download Card Customiser

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

6
1.2K

Sentric Electronic Music Publishing

Sentric Electronic is a publisher specifically formed for the producers and songwriters of the electronic music industry. Are your tracks played in sets or streamed on digital platforms? Has your music featured on radio or been used on Youtube? Then you are owed publishing royalties. Sentric Electronic gives artists control to claim their income globally, from […]

Retro Style Media

Retro Media specialise in the supply of the more unusual and unique CD, DVD, cassette and packaging options to allow your discs or cassettes to really stand out. In addition to the largest range of vinyl CD colours in the world, Retro Media are also the only supplier of vinyl DVDs and mini 8cm vinyl […]

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.

59
1.9K

Dizzyjam

Upload your band image or logo, then you can start selling your merch to your fans straight away. It takes two minutes, and you can start making money from your merch with no hassle, stock issues, colour or design worries. Dizzyjam set a base price which covers the cost of the item, plus costs. You […]

53
1.7K

Infinite Catalog

Catalogs of all shapes and sizes — run by record labels, managers, artists and publishers — use Infinite Catalog’s all-in-one software and service to get royalties done, keep everyone in the loop, and get everybody paid.

TuneCore UK

Send your music to more than 150 digital stores across 200 countries and territories around the world. Get daily sales trending for iTunes, Amazon, Apple Music, and Spotify, and keep every penny of what you earn from downloads and streams. From £12.99 per year for unlimited releases. Social media, music publishing admin, merch and manufacturing […]

44
2.1K

Eddy App

Eddy is a royalty accounting solution for independent labels and artists. Automate your artists statements and reporting with fast contract and repertoire import and powerful and transparent analytics. Ingest your label’s repertoire, configure your contracts, import sales reports from distributors, access consolidated revenue and royalty statement reports.

64
1.4K

Splits App

12
1.1K

Curve

Curve is a complete royalty accounting system for record labels and music publishers. Complicated royalty deals to profit shares, rate escalations, US. mechanicals, black box revenue distribution, music publishing and masters.

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.

33
2.7K

YouTube For Artists

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

6
1.8K

Good Splits

Good Splits is a free accounting tool that allows musicians and managers to quickly and easily calculate royalties from any music distributor, so they can pay their collaborators even faster.

Tunecore Fan Reviews

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

3
2.5K

Digital Music Distribution Comparison

8
4.4K

WebsiteForDJs

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

Transistor

Record your audio and upload it to Transistor. We help you distribute to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and many more. Choose a design and we’ll automatically generate a website for your show.

TuneCore Social

TuneCore Social is your all-in-one solution for social media management with the capabilities of multiple apps all in one place to simplify social media for artists on the go. With TuneCore Social, you can plan, upload, and schedule with intelligent social posting so you can focus on real-time fan engagement.

3
1.3K

The Mastering Show

The Mastering Show is a podcast all about audio mastering, hosted by mastering engineer Ian Shepherd. Every week Ian brings you information, news & discussion on all topics related to audio mastering, including hints and tips on getting the most out of the mastering process, and suggestions for mastering your own music.

Podcast Cover

Editable Podcast cover design templates, ready to use 3000×3000 pixels, Instagram 1500×1500 pixels and YouTube thumbnails 1280×720 pixels. 101 designs bundle for less than $30.

All Good Record Shops UK

All Good Record Shops online directory is database of where to buy music, either in a physical store or online, broken down by region, genre and format. The website provides a searchable directory of over 500 record shops in the UK and Ireland. It also includes links to individual artists’ online shops.

Sound Exchange

SoundExchange provides royalty solutions for sound recordings and publishing. The organization collects and distributes digital performance royalties on behalf of over 245,000 recording artists’ and master rights owners’ accounts. SoundExchange has collection agreements with counterpart organizations in countries around the world.

BeatBread

Get funding, keep 100% ownership of your masters. Advances from $1,000 to $2,000,000. Get an advance up to 8x your annual streaming income. Keep 100% ownership of your masters, publishing, touring, merch and synch.

Ramp T-Shirts

The simplest, clearest, quickest t-shirt pricing and ordering on the internet. For startups, bands, teams, conferences, and more. We deliver your products anywhere in the UK, US or EU completely free of charge. We’re based in two offices in Europe, and print our t-shirts in several locations in the USA, as well as two locations […]

TuneCore Direct Advance

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

Fanbace

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

Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing.

Lobster Distribution

Lobster Distribution is an international vinyl distribution company based in London. We stock a wide range of releases, from the freshest Lobster Theremin titles to little known gems and everything in between.

Doodooc

Doodooc.com is generative music visualizing platform, providing a high-quality and cost-effective solution for music makers to create unique animated visualizations based on deep audio analysis. We offer a variety of ready-made templates which enable music creators to generate customized video clips for their music in minutes.

Videobolt

Videobolt uses your songs to generate great looking music videos that get viewed on YouTube and noticed on social media. Videobolt’s music visualizers use powerful technology to analyze your track and match the animation to its key, tempo, and beat frequency.

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).

Tully App

Tully was created to allow recording artists and songwriters to write and record ideas, store creative content and distribute their music all within one application. With guided workflows, structured asset management, templated industry contracts, publishing and licensing support, Tully provides a 360 suite of tools for artists and to manage and grow their careers.

flatlay photography of wireless headphones

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.

Royalties Calculator

We take the number of Spotify listeners for any artist, and calculate the estimated royalties based on the price-per-stream rates. If you’re an artist check the royalties pay you receive matches up. If you’re a label or publisher see if the royalties you pay your artists matches with this.

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.

18
2.3K

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.

Tapedub

German based Tapedub is an audio cassette duplication lab for small runs of cassettes. We offer real time and high speed tape duplication for record labels, bands and other audiophiles. Worldwide shipping.

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.

1
1.8K

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.

27
1.3K

Ampled

Ampled is a co-operatively 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).

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.

54
1.4K

LabelRadar

LabelRadar is the most efficient way to get your demo in front of the right people in the electronic music industry. LabelRadar streamlines the demo submission process across the music industry, helping artists get heard while also allowing labels and promoters to review new submissions in an efficient and addictive way.

Lyric Catalyst

Lyric Catalyst Adobe After Effects templates will give you everything you need to make a stunning lyric video. All the templates are well organised, easy, intuitive and allow DIY musicians to create lyric videos from professionally designed templates using a simple drag and drop interface.

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.

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.

25
68.5K

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 […]

33
16.1K

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 […]

39
6.1K

Digital Music Distribution Comparison

8
4.4K

Artist Management ToolKit

61
4.4K

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.

23
4.1K

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.

10
4.1K

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 […]

15
3.6K

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.

51
3.5K

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.

64
3.5K

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.

16
3.4K

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.

41
3.2K

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.

3
3.2K

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.

64
3.2K

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.

45
3.1K

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.

46
3.1K

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 […]

3
3.1K

Smart links for music marketing artist marketing and tours promotion

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.

21
3.1K

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

43
2.9K

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.

54
2.9K

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.

16
2.9K

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.

27
2.9K

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.

14
2.9K

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.

41
2.8K

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.

54
2.8K

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.

46
2.8K

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.

17
2.8K

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.

24
2.7K

Spotify For Artists

33
2.7K

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.

31
2.7K

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.

25
2.7K

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 […]

44
2.6K

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.

27
2.6K

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.

32
2.6K

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.

4
2.5K

Tunecore Fan Reviews

3
2.5K

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.

58
2.5K

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.

5
2.5K

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.

8
2.4K

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.

48
2.4K

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.

63
2.4K

Music Marketer’s Toolbox 2022

18
2.3K

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.