Coldwave Blog - Music Tips For Independent Artists

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...

By Jorge Brea Originally from SymBlog . As a distribution company, our efforts have gone beyond just the delivery and fulfillment for record labels and artists. We’ve branched out into various other services (Publishing Administration, Neighboring Rights, etc.), but of course, being that the word “distribution” is in our DNA and literally, our company name, it’s our core business. An aspect that goes hand-in-hand with distribution is the marketing of products, labels and artists. We receive hundreds of requests in a given week that our team works hard to pitch to the different partnerships that we have. A lot of the requests are great and even when they aren’t, we try our best to educate our clients to take proper steps to where their products can be considered and featured. We wanted to take a moment to give direction and educate as many people who want to read this regarding the featured release process as it pertains to various different online outlets. We feel that...

What Items to Include for a Beatport Feature Originally posted by our partner Symphonic Distribution -  http://symphonicdistribution.com/ Looking at the Beatport store, most artists and labels think, “I want my release featured in a banner!” Here’s some good news: all Symphonic Distribution clients can be considered for these placements. Releases spotlighted on Beatport are there based on editorial decisions made by Beatport—these are not paid placements. In order to be considered for featured placement in the sought-after site you must remember to complete a featured release form in the content portal for us to be able to review all the details. Timing in KEY! Remember to deliver your release to us at least 4 weeks before the release goes live. In addition to having the details in time, Beatport will be looking at what promotional efforts the label or artist are implementing. So what exactly are they looking for and what do you need to send us or your music distributor? ...