What is Zoom
Zoom’s popularity has gained it the rare moniker of being a ‘unicorn company.’ Naturally, you’re curious about that term. You’re probably asking, “What is a unicorn company?” A unicorn company is a privately held company that has attained a $1 billion dollar valuation in less than a few years of its initial operating date. […]
Do You Need To Copyright Your Music
A copyright is establishing ownership on any intellectual property such as a song. The moment your music is put to paper and or recorded, it is unofficially copywritten. You never to have worry about your ownership unless, there is someone who produces something remarkably like your song and who has also written the song […]
How to Market Your Music as an Artist
As an artist, you feel all you must do is create beautiful sounds and put them on a recording for others to hear and buy. We all know, the business of making and selling music is not that simple. The operative phrase is not, “If you build it, they will come.” The problem is, if […]
What is Spotify?
Spotify is currently the largest digital music streaming service in the world. It’s listed as having 381 million active subscribers. That includes subscribers in over 65 different regions including Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa, and Oceania in approximately 178 different countries. Spotify had its beginnings in 2006, when its founders, Daniel Ek and […]
Distrokid
DistroKid is an independent digital music distributor based in New York. It was founded by the 46-year-old computer programmer and serial internet entrepreneur, Philip J. ‘Pud’ Kaplan in 2013. It was a natural progression after he created the social networking site, ‘Fandalism’ for musicians in 2012. DistroKid gives musicians and other rights-holders a very reasonably […]
Jay Z
Shawn Corey Carter is Jay-Z, the 51-year-old hip hop artist, music mogul, and general entrepreneur. A Brooklyn, New York native, Jay-Z used his single parent upbringing to charge forward in life transforming his unfortunate beginnings by using his talent for rapping into very fruitful ventures. His first real world venture was Rock-A-Fella Records, which […]
Soundcloud
What is Soundcloud: Soundcloud is a leading music streamer. Soundcloud.com is both an online streaming service and a podcast platform. Founded in Stockholm, Sweden by Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in 2007. The company is now based in Berlin, Germany. Soundcloud.com had its first appearance in 2008. The service now offers both free and paid subscriptions […]
Email list For your Band
Email is free to use for promotion of your music/band. It is six times more effective in communicating with the public than social media platforms. It also gives you some degree of control over communications with your fan base. Plus, your email list can expand to any number. There is no limit. Email […]
Promote on Spotify
Spotify was founded in 2006 by two Sweds, Daniel Ek and Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon. The platform is available in 178 countries including the Americas, Europe, 40 African countries including South Africa and the island of Mauritius as well as Asia. That’s a huge audience to be exposed to (365 million users and 165 million […]
The Most Popular Music Distribution Sites
Over the years, digital music distribution has been popularized by these music streaming industry leaders: Amazon Spotify Pandora Apple Music iTunes Google Play You Tube Tidal Napster Deezer iHeart Radio Claro Música Media Net Saavn NicheStreem Anghami Claro Música streams music from Central American and South American artists, while Saavn streams Hindi songs, NicheStreem […]