Getting your music featured on playlists can introduce your tracks to new listeners and help grow your audience. For independent artists, learning how to pitch music to playlists can therefore be a valuable part of a wider music promotion strategy.…
Reaching your first 1,000 streams on Spotify can feel like a huge milestone as a new artist. While there isn’t a shortcut to guaranteed streams, having a strong music promotion strategy can help you introduce your songs to new listeners…
When preparing to release music, you’ll encounter plenty of unfamiliar terminology. One term independent artists may come across is UPC. But what is a UPC in music, and do you need one to release your songs? Here’s what musicians need…
The well-known American pop-rock singer and songwriter, Ryan Cabrera has used PUSH.fm’s free music marketing tools to promote his upcoming track I’m Just Drunk. This Pre-save will make it much easier for all fans to locate his music on release…
For many independent artists, every release follows the same pattern. You finish a song, build a campaign, promote a pre-save, create content, share links, encourage streams and spend weeks trying to generate momentum. Then release day arrives. The campaign ends.…
Few things annoy music fans more than seeing a concert sell out in minutes, only to find tickets being resold online moments later for double, triple or even ten times the original price. This practice is known as ticket scalping,…
If you have ever listened to a hip-hop track and recognised a drum beat from an old 1970s funk record, or noticed a pop song using a snippet of a vocal from a classic movie, you have experienced sampling. Sampling…
In the old days of the music industry, an artist would spend months in the studio, disappear from the world, and then drop a five-track EP all at once. In 2026, that strategy is a quick way to get ignored.…
The Spotify for artists dashboard is both a blessing and a curse. It provides a mountain of data, but if you spend your morning staring at the “People listening now” counter, you are likely wasting your time. In an era…
Many musicians believe that expensive equipment alone is enough to achieve professional sound. While high-quality microphones, monitors, and interfaces help, the space you record in often has a bigger impact on the final result. Understanding and optimising room acoustics can…
