6 music royalties each impartial artist ought to know
When you’ve launched music to streaming platforms by means of a distributor like CD Child, you most likely know you receives a commission to your streams within the type of recording royalties. However do you know that those self same…
Psychopathic Information Launches a New Web site for the Insane Clown Posse’s Impartial Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) Promotion
Psychopathic Information founders the Insane Clown Posse’s careers have at all times had influences {of professional} wrestling since its existence from the way in which the longest reigning 2-time JCW World Juggalo Tag Staff Champions consisting of the shortest reigning…
The final word 30-day launch plan for impartial artists
Bought a launch arising and don’t know the place to start with promotion? As an impartial artist, you could be a one-person advertising group with a laundry-list of to-do’s — from claiming your profiles on streaming platforms and driving pre-saves…
How you can pitch Spotify editorial playlists: A step-by-step information for impartial artists
If you recognize your manner round Spotify, you is perhaps accustomed to editorial playlists. These curated playlists — organized by style, temper, music scene, and extra — rack up thousands and thousands of performs from listeners around the globe in…
Music Awards For Unbiased Artists
The Recording Academy simply dropped the important thing dates for the 2027 GRAMMY Awards. And if you happen to’re an unbiased artist studying this — considering the GRAMMYs are reserved for chart-toppers with main label budgets — it’s time to…
Straight discuss for impartial artists, from CD Child President Molly Neuman
The CD Child workforce just lately attended The Nice Escape, a music competition and convention in Brighton, England. Alongside CD Child artists taking the stage, our president Molly Neuman joined journalist Mark Sutherland for a keynote dialogue on what it…
Easy methods to write an artist bio (for impartial musicians)
“Writing about music is like dancing about structure” – Unknown Writing about your self is difficult. Writing about your music is even more durable. However that doesn’t make your artist bio any much less necessary. It’s usually the very first…
CD Child at Music Biz 2026: Contained in the conversations shaping impartial music
The CD Child staff not too long ago attended the annual Music Biz Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. One of many trade’s largest gatherings of the yr, the occasion brings collectively hundreds of pros from labels, distributors, tech firms, and extra…
Psychological well being assist for unbiased artists: 5 useful assets
As an unbiased artist, the strain to create, carry out, and promote can take a severe toll. Based on the 2025 MusiCares Wellness in Music Survey, almost 12 p.c of musicians surveyed reported severe ideas of suicide — a rise…
There’s by no means been a greater time to be unbiased – Spotify knowledge exhibits |
Yearly, Spotify releases its Loud & Clear Report, a year-long overview of financial traits specializing in royalty funds, profession paths, fan engagement, and extra on the platform. On this weblog, we’ve highlighted three encouraging takeaways for unbiased artists, together with…