It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! In order to make sure you have all of your important releases out in time during this festive season, we have…
What Do You Do? James Kinnear, Double J Music
This month we were joined by James Kinnear from Double J Music. As well as running several busy record labels, Double J also curate a series of highly popular Spotify…
Spotlight Interview: Zuzu
Signing her first management and publishing deal with Big Life at just 15-years-old, Zuzu found herself thrust into the music industry at an incredibly young age…
The Stranglers achieve their best chart position in 38 years
We are thrilled to report that one of the great British bands, The Stranglers, enter at #4 on the UK Official Albums Chart with their brand-new album, Dark Matters. Making this their highest UK chart position for a studio album in 38 years, since Feline in 1983.
Embedding Music in Podcast Episodes with Spotify Music + Talk
Spotify’s Music + Talk format brings together music and spoken-word content to create a unique format that combines full songs and commentary together into one podcast episode.
What Do You Do? Chris Tams, BPI
This week spoke to Chris Tams, Director of Independent Member Services at the BPI, the UK music industry’s trade association. Chris has given us a great insight into what the…
Audio In Global Search On Instagram
Following Facebook’s announcement that music is now integrated into the search function on Instagram, we’ve broken down all the key bits you need to know!
Spotlight Interview: The Overtones
With their anniversary album 10 released July 30th – a year later than planned thanks to the effects of the pandemic – we sat down with Mike Crawshaw and Mark Franks from the group to discuss their career, their take on the music business, and the virtues of being independent.
Pride at Absolute
As Pride Month draws to a close, we’re taking a look at some of the glorious playlist additions and editorial support our LGBTQIA+ artists have received on streaming platforms!
What Do You Do? Eliana Medalie, Pitching & Retail Marketing
For the latest interview in our What Do You Do? Series, we sat down with our very own Eliana Medalie, who pitches all our releases for playlisting and editorial support across streaming services. She’s let us in on the best tips for getting your pitch perfect!
Artist Mapping on SoundCloud
Correctly mapping a release to your artist’s profile ensures that followers have access to all the artist’s music in one place. It also prevents the creation of duplicate artist pages…
Campaign Breakdown: edbl – edbl beats, vol.2
Welcome to Campaign Breakdown! We’re taking a deep dive into some recent artist campaigns – created by our independent artists alongside the team at Absolute, with little to no money spent – to analyse what works and how you can incorporate some new ideas into your next release.