Apple Music now has the equivalent of pre-saves, and CD Baby will help you easily launch a “pre-add” campaign! Apple Music recently announced a pre-save feature (which they’re calling “pre-add”). … Continue reading
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What to do (and NOT do) in your streaming music promotion
How to promote your music on streaming platforms. Many independent artists are making a full-time living off the revenue generated from streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora. Making … Continue reading
The biggest myths about music streaming
Between conferences, emails, blog comments, and just hanging out with musician friends, I hear a lot of independent artists’ opinions about music streaming — both plus and minus. Some of … Continue reading
Find Which Spotify and Apple Music Playlists You’re In
The most important metric for streaming music success is now updated daily in your CD Baby members account The biggest predictor of a song’s success on streaming platforms — particularly … Continue reading
Apple Music, 30 days later: what you need to know
14 articles about distributing and promoting your music on Apple Music It’s been a month since the launch of Apple Music, the new subscription streaming service from the folks who … Continue reading
How to Link to iTunes Instead of Apple Music
You may have already discovered that some of the existing links to your music on the iTunes store now open up Apple Music as the default. If you hadn’t, go … Continue reading
A strolling tour of Apple Music
I’ve been looking forward to the interactive streaming aspect of Apple Music with excitement for a while now. As for the radio (Beats 1) and social networking (Apple Connect) features … Continue reading
Apple Music has launched: how to download it!
The 3-month free trial of Apple Music is now available Apple’s new music streaming service is here, but in order to start listening, you need iOS 8.4 on your device … Continue reading
Apple Music WILL pay artists during its free 3-month trial period
Over the past couple weeks, indie artists, distributors, labels, and label groups (such as Beggars, Merlin, A2IM, etc.) have been voicing concerns over Apple Music’s 3-month introductory trial period, during … Continue reading
“Apple Music could be great for indie musicians”
Tracy Maddux, CD Baby’s CEO, wrote a piece for Billboard about the positive impact Apple Music could have on the independent music economy. Tracy makes some good points in the … Continue reading