In a 2020 briefing, Apple Music announced spatial audio. A higher definition, surround sound option for listeners with certain products. Now, the music company plan to pay music artists more for including this technique within their music. Following Dolby Atmos…
Streaming giants Spotify have announced their new royalty system. They claim to have modernised it, which will add another $1 billion to the pot of both emerging and established music artists. Spotify have said they’re introducing new policies to their…
Music artists will have to wait even longer before they can start earning through Spotify now thanks to new changes. From 2024, they’ll need 1,000 plays minimum before their track can earn money. Spotify have confirmed that music artists will…
In 2022 alone, the US recorded music industry grew by $500M however, the music publishing industry almost doubled that. The US is in fact the world’s largest music market. 2022 saw a huge increase in music publishing. In fact, the…
PRS for Music saw record figures in 2022. Revenue growth was at 22.9% year-on-year and the figure sat at £964 million. Of that amount, £836 million came from royalties to be paid out. The British society PRS for Music collects…
You’ve created a track or album, and it’s just going to sell itself and become really popular, right? Unfortunately not. As much as we’d love this for you (trust us we’re routing for all of you), it just doesn’t work…
If you’re wanting to create video footage for your social media accounts, or you need something to add to your YouTube content, why don’t you take a look at a royalty free music site? Otherwise, you run the risk of…
You may not have heard about publishing royalties, but they are a big income stream for some songwriters. Get versed in what they are and how to collect them. As an independent artist, you may not be hitting the big…
