Live entertainers saw much of their industry come to a screeching halt in early 2020. For musicians, comedians, magicians, and other performers who relied mostly on live shows to pay the bills, COVID-19 could’ve been the nail in the coffin.  But the pandemic didn’t just cripple the entertainers. It hit the wallets of the talent buyers,

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Rumors swirled this week that Spotify removed thousands of songs from the platform without warning. The alleged culprit? Fake streams and songs on playlists utilizing bots. Before you jump too far ahead and assume things, we need to clarify a few points. For starters, these rumors mostly stem from a blog article DistroKid founder Philip Kaplan

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When the music community found out Chance the Rapper (real name Chancelor Bennett) and his longtime manager Pat Corcoran (aka “Pat the Manager”) parted ways in early 2020, it kind of felt like finding out your friends who have been dating since the 4th grade are getting a divorce. When Corcoran sued Bennett for millions

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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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