Independent Artists Music Headlines & Industry News
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Spotify is bringing independent labels into its upcoming fan-made covers and remixes product through a new licensing agreement with Merlin, expanding a generative AI project that had initially been announced with Universal Music Group. The agreement, announced August 4th, gives artists on labels covered by Merlin’s Spotify deal the option…
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Notes.fm has raised $5 million as the music-fintech startup expands from finding missing artist royalties into distributing new releases itself. The move puts Notes earlier in the life of a song, before incomplete credits, registrations or ownership information have a chance to turn into missing money. Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco…
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Spotify is expanding Fresh Finds from a discovery playlist into a yearlong artist-development program that offers emerging independent musicians everything from recording time and production software to tour opportunities and six months of therapy. Called Fresh Finds Forward, the program launched September 17 and is expected to support roughly 10,000…
