You really need to stop asking people to pre-save your song on Spotify. Now, we’re not here to judge. We completely understand why the concept of a pre-save campaign seems appealing on paper. And we’ve ran our fair share of these campaigns in the past. This article comes from a place of love, not a place of

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The music industry is broken. It’s been broken for a long time — long before Napster showed record labels just how feeble their grip on music distribution really is.  That’s the bad news. The good news is that a lot of artists and tech companies decided they weren’t going to wait around for the same people

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The music industry has been enamored with streaming rates pretty much since Spotify’s inception. And it makes sense, given how streaming now dominates the recorded music market.  In fact, you might remember several years back when a site launched purporting to calculate money per stream rates for different platforms. (It’s still up, but we’re not going

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Spotify’s competitors have been hot on its heels over the past few years. And that’s ultimately a good thing for artists. Because it means companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google are all pushing each other to make better products not just for customers, but for content providers. But one of the smartest things Spotify ever did

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Most musicians and content creators have at least heard of Patreon by now. The company started in 2013 with the goal of helping musicians, YouTubers, and other people in the creative economy rethink how they interact with — and earn money from — their fans. And seven years later, Patreon’s mission is working. Patreon has more than

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