On September 20, Spotify made a shock announcement that may now enable indie artists to bypass music distributors corresponding to CD Baby, TuneCore, and Stem to add their songs on to the platform.
The new add characteristic shall be out there the Spotify For Artists part the web site the place 200,000 artists are at present on.
While the brand new direct add characteristic continues to be in Beta mode and solely out there to sure customers proper now, this may increasingly trigger a much bigger ripple within the music trade than anticipated.
Spotify's Competition
While some music distributors are inclined to cost $20 for the entire 12 months and don't take a royalty, Spotify is right in considering that many artists might in truth add their music on to Spotify and never fear in regards to the different streaming platforms. As Apple Music touts 40 million songs on its platform and Spotify has only a mere 30 million, the brand new characteristic might drastically improve the quantity songs on Spotify as a complete. Let alone the dramatic impression this transfer might have on SoundCloud.
While Spotify continues their battle within the streaming music house, it's going to be fascinating to see what the long-term results are this new transfer.
More on Spotify Direct Distribution with my podcast collection, The Music Marketer.
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