Coldwave Blog - Music Tips For Independent Artists

Originally from Beatport's Zendesk . by   Julie (Beatport) - August 17, Thursday, at 14:23 Coldbeat: "...Well, before we get into the post itself I would like to give a few words about this blog post. Since the last Beatport genre changes, is important for us to understand which are the genres currently being accepted on Beatport via distribution. Both, genres and sub-genres, are listed below..." * *As of August 14, 2017 Beatport will be adding three new genres to the store:       Leftfield Bass*  ( incl. sub-genres:  Deep Dubstep; Juke / Footwork; Global Bass )       Garage / Bassline / Grime  ( incl. sub-genres:  Garage; Bassline; Grime )       Trap / Future Bass  ( incl. sub-genres:  Trap; Future Bass; Twerk ) *Please note that Leftfield Bass will be a curated genre only and cannot be delivered as a primary genre via XML.  Also, all sub-genres will be exclusively assigned by our...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by  Joe Pacheco . Most artists often think of Spotify as a place where fans listen to music, but it is more than that these days. Yes, fans rely on streaming services such as Spotify more and more every day but need the same interaction from social media platforms such as Facebook to stay updated and continue being listeners. Here are some reasons why Spotify is important for artists to maintain their fans! Spotify playlists Curated playlists on Spotify are a really big deal in staying relevant and continuing to be discovered. Here are some reasons why playlists are important for musicians to maintain: •    Creating playlists as an artist will show fans what songs and artists you enjoy listening to and be something fans can follow and interact with you through. •    Update your playlists often so you always stay active on follower’s feeds. •    Following and listening to your Discov...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by   Sean Davis . Labels, bands, and artists, as a once great Morty said, “Get your shit together.” I don’t mean that in an abstract sense, though. I mean it literally. Make sure the lifeblood and history of whatever artistic endeavour you are involved in has their shit together. The times we have encountered disorganization from any one of these groups is startling so we might as well talk about the basics. Here’s why file management for artists is important. Keep local/cloud copies of all files pertaining to your label/band, including: Contracts Audio Images Data Pictures of dinner napkins with lyrics written on them If you are ever in a situation where we as a distributor need these files for whatever reason, it is great to have everything categorically filed away for easy access. This keeps you ready for the future to respond quickly with your assets. In a promotions sense it’s great to have all of the ...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by Ta'Rikah Jones . So you’ve created an awesome electronic music track but you’re not sure where it should be featured? No worries, we’ve created the infographic below to help you out! Here are the online music stores for your music by genre! If you want to increase the probability of your music getting featured, click here . If you’re not sure how feature placements in stores work, click here . Ta'Rikah Jones Symphonic's Marketing Coordinator, love discovering new music, shopping, yoga and reading!

Blog post originally from the   SymphonicBlog . Written by Jorge Brea . As technology is growing and becoming much more accessible all over the world, more Record Labels and Artists are getting their Music Production hats on and releasing music to the world. The thrill of seeing the material out on platforms such as Beatport, iTunes, Google Play, and others is a great feeling but then the artist and record label begin to realize there is not enough attention that is needed and begin to ask, how can I get featured and get a banner on Beatport or iTunes and others? As a distributor of hundreds of thousands of releases, we don’t ever want to promise anyone that he or she will receive features because it would be dishonest and bad business. We will instead tell you that we will work extremely hard and WE WILL submit any release that you want to be featured for consideration to digital service providers worldwide such as long as it fits the specifications set forth by our partne...

Post originally from the SymphonicBlog Written by Jorge Brea For those of you who weren’t already aware, I used to be a DJ under the moniker “Viro” with vinyl releases, CDs, and some gigs here and there. Even today –although I’m not as great as a lot of the talent out there – I still dabble with music production simply because making music and DJing is quite fun for me. Even the company I founded is very much tied to DJing with the amount of awesome dance music we’ve been able to distribute since our inception in 2006. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time nowadays to sit down and produce a track or DJ, but I still have fond memories and oftentimes I miss some of those great moments, which is why it’s always a great piece of fun for me when I get a chance to write about EDM and its going-ons. Forward to today, DJing, despite its huge growth with the rise of EDM, technology, and individuals having more access and ability to be able to produce without needing a studio, has ...

Blog post originally from SymphonicBlog . If you’ve ever found yourself doing the Gangnam style or even the Harlem Shake, these are great proof of the impact of music videos. In addition, with YouTube becoming one of the largest websites in the world, which actually caters to videos, it’s a great source of exposure and a revenue opportunity. Once you’ve decided to make a music video, then its time to distribute it. There are some solid offerings in the market, such as the ones Symphonic offers, which allows you do deliver your music to the top music video destinations, like Vevo, iTunes, TIDAL, and more. Before you decide on a distribution outlet, you will need to make sure you have certain details in place so you are prepared ahead of time and can deliver your music video in a timely manner. We’ve put together some video distribution tips for your next release. • Send your video distribution request at least 2 weeks prior to your wanted go live date to allow our video partne...

Originally from  https://beatportops.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/223805367 . by  Julie (Beatport) - Tuesday at 14:03 Coldbeat: "...Well, before we get into the post itself I would like to give a few words about this blog post. Since the last Beatport genre changes, which you can see clicking here , is important for us to understand which are the genres currently being accepted on Beatport via distribution. Both, genres and sub-genres, are listed below..." Listed below are all genres currently accepted via delivery to Beatport and their respect ive sub-genres: Big Room E lectro Melbourne Bounce Moombahton Progressive Breaks Bass Dance Pop Tropical House Future Bass Deep House DJ Tools loops Acapellas Battle Tools Drum & Bass Liquid Jump Up Jungle Deep Neurofunk Bass Dubstep Deep Bass Electro House Complextro Electronica / Downtempo Ambient Downtempo Bass Funk / Soul / Disco Funky / Groov...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Beatport has created new genres to distinguish EDM and underground electronic music. You may already know that Beatport has been working hard on the re-classification of their genres. Here’s what you need to know about the new Beatport genres: - Two new genres will be added to the store, “Big Room” and “Future House“ - Pop/Rock is becoming Dance, which is already in effect - Chill Out  has been phased out as a genre and merged with Electronica to become Electronica/Downtempo - Nearly all 4/4 music from Electronica Top 100  will be classified as Deep House - Electro House will be phased out as a genre and become the sub-genre of Big Room - Progressive House will remain as a main genre but it will be realigned as Progressive in the style of Sasha/Digweed - EDM style Progressive will be merged into Big Room - Incoming Electro House content will be mapped to Big Room | Electro House. And incoming Electronica and Chill ...

Post originally from the SymBlog . BandPage is no longer Spotify’s exclusive partner for selling your merchandise and VIP experiences. You can now use Merchbar, which has the largest selection of artist gear on the Internet, to sell your merchandise on Spotify. The option for selling merch through Spotify is still fairly new in the scope of the company, but it is a vital feature that all artists should be taking advantage of. Given the low percent of royalties that musicians are making of streaming, this new integration now gives independent artists the potential to reach new fans discovering their music through browsing or suggestions, and sell direct to them. The offering does not stop at just selling merchandise, but popular artists have been selling VIP experiences through Spotify that can be a great revenue generator. For instance, Maroon 5 and George Clinton who have offered to call your voicemail and set your new greeting message for a quick $250. (Not saying this is wha...

Most informations were originally from a Symphonic Dist .'s e-mail and from the SymBlog . First, a personal note from me, Coldbeat. Coldbeat: "-I've recently been talking with a few artists about this subject, but it seems that most people don't have a full understanding on how STEMS work, and what are this new format of music file, hell.. I'm still not fully aware. But let's see what we know and what information we have so far. Most people will associate the word "STEMS" to remixes, right? Because those pieces you get from the Original Mixes, in order to reorganize them and make your own version of the song, those files are usually referred as STEMS. You're not wrong, those are the STEMS. But this new music format created by Native Instruments (I'm assuming) is quite different from those STEMS you're used to know from the remix packs and remix competitions. So, let's see what we know so far." About STEMS. Native Ins...