Avoiding mud in your mix with more precise reverb decay and pre-delay. Have you wrestled with getting the right reverb in your home recordings? Does your reverb start piling up … Continue reading
Author: Chris Robley
10 Things You Should Do as Soon as You Sign Up for Music Distribution
Preparing your music for a successful release. Whenever you release new music, you don’t want it to just be AVAILABLE on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. You want people … Continue reading
Songwriters & Publishers Get a Streaming Raise
CRB sticks by initial ruling on mechanical royalty increase. In 2018, the Copyright Royalty Board made an important decision regarding songwriters and publishers in the digital age. Streaming services should … Continue reading
The Five Things You MUST Bring to Your Next Music Conference
How to get the most out of your time at a music conference. If you’re serious about your music, you know you’re going to spend some combination of time, money, … Continue reading
The Spotify Algorithm: What Musicians Need to Know
Want your music to reach Spotify listeners through playlists like Discover Weekly and Release Radar? Then there’s something very important you should know about Spotify’s algorithm: Chasing vanity metrics can … Continue reading
5 Ways to Ruin Your Spotify Presence
If your songs do well on Spotify, it means reach and revenue. Sending the right signals to Spotify can lead to huge audience growth driven by personalized playlists like Discover … Continue reading
The Musician’s Latest Hamster Wheel (Is This What We Signed Up For?)
If the recent drama between Halsey and Capitol Records hints at anything, it’s that artists are sick of certain content and social media expectations. Here’s the gossip in a nutshell: … Continue reading
CD Baby Artists: Get Your Music on Peloton!
Peloton drives real music discovery. Like countless other people, I ordered a Peloton during the first full winter of the pandemic. Snow was piled five feet high. It was negative something … Continue reading
The New Way to Think About Music Videos
The traditional music video is dead (and that’s a good thing). The rise of TikTok and Reels coincided with the demise of long-form music videos. And yet many artists still … Continue reading
How to Price Your CDs
How much should you charge for your CDs? $5? $10? $12.99? $15.72? Let me say upfront that there’s no clear answer to this question. Your CD’s selling price will be … Continue reading