A musician releasing music independently this year, will spend somewhere in the region £2,000 on a single release cycle. This is by the time all of the distribution fees, analytics subscriptions, PR retainer’s and the paid social advertising are taken into…
On the 30th April 2026, Spotify announced a new badge verification scheme for ‘human’ artists. The programme, launched under the name Verified by Spotify, is described by Spotify’s own newsroom headline as “a Signal of Authenticity and Trust for the Artists…
Ron Perry, who runs Columbia Records, one of the largest record labels in the world, recently went on record with some remarkable statements. Earlier this year, he told Billboard that TikTok “made things go faster for a small period of time”…
About two years ago an artist came to me for consultancy about her career situation. She had signed a management deal eighteen months earlier with someone who had a genuinely good contacts list and probably genuinely good intentions. Labels, booking agents,…
On the 28th April 2026, BMG and Concord announced plans to merge into a single company. The new combined entity, will be majority owned by Bertelsmann at roughly 67% with Great Mountain Partners holding the remaining 33%. Current projected revenues of…
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