Apple has introduced new features for Apple Music for Artists giving it a fresh new look and is now more artist friendly! Here’s a breakdown of everything new. A lot…
Facebook Introduces Music Revenue Sharing
Music rightsholders are now able to share ad revenue from videos creators post to Facebook containing licensed music.
Spotlight Interview: Young Gun Silver Fox
Upon the release of the duo’s fourth album, Ticket To Shangri-La, Young Gun Silver Fox’s Andy Platts talks about spearheading a yacht rock renaissance, streaming as a gateway to physical revenue and why artists can’t be in it ‘just to make music’ anymore…
What are Mechanical Royalties and the MCPS?
What are mechanical royalties? Music royalties are generated through the licensed use of musical copyrights. There are two copyrights associated with every record. One for the song as it is written…
YouTube Shorts Guide to Improve Your Campaigns
YouTube Shorts is a way for anyone to turn an idea into a chance to connect with new audiences anywhere in the world. This two-pager provides examples of how music…
What Do You Do: Fraser Ealey
This week, we spoke to Fraser Ealey – Absolute’s own Senior Label Manager, who looks after a diverse range of clients and campaigns from the phenomenal SIX: The Musical (Cast…
Why is Music Metadata So Important?
What is metadata? In short, metadata is the DNA for your release. It’s the information connected to your release used to identify artists, writers, tracks, genres, labels and so much…
How to Pitch Your Music on Spotify for Artists
A step-by-step guide for getting your music pitched on Spotify for Artists. Spotify for Artists is a great tool for managing your artist profile, seeing how your releases are performing…
Upload Your Lyrics with Musixmatch
We’ve put together the following guide to help you to get your lyrics uploaded or updated across all of the major streaming services. Musixmatch lets you upload lyrics for your…
Absolute Celebrates 50 Years of Pride
This year we celebrated 50 years of Pride and as the month draws to a close, we thought we’d highlight some amazing new releases from our LGBTQIA+ artists and share…
Guide to Get Started with YouTube Shorts
YouTube Shorts offers some unique opportunities to artists and musicians. No fancy equipment needed, and no limit on what you can create. Read on to get started using YouTube Shorts!
How to Pitch to Amazon Music Using Amazon Music for Artists
Pitch your new release to Amazon Music! Our step-by-step guide will ‘walk you through’ submitting your pitch using Amazon Music for Artists.