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How Touring Boosts Your Spotify Streams and Followers with the Right Booking Agent Music Strategy

Touring boosts Spotify streams and followers. With the right booking agent music strategy, live shows drive fan engagement, streaming growth, and sustainable career success.

· By Unchained Music Team · 14 minutes
Is Sampling Legal?
Production & Music Industry

Is Sampling Legal?

Learn the legal essentials of music sampling. Discover licensing steps, risks of unlicensed use, and best practices for clearing samples in your music.

· By Unchained Music Team
Legato Labs and Unchained Music Partner in Order to Redefine Music Licensing
Production & Music Industry

Legato Labs and Unchained Music Partner in Order to Redefine Music Licensing

This strategic partnership brings together the expertise of Legato Labs in blockchain-based intellectual property licensing with the extensive music distribution network of Unchain

· By Unchained Music Staff
Master Recordings: A Guide To Ownership and Rights
Production & Music Industry

Master Recordings: A Guide To Ownership and Rights

Discover the importance of keeping your masters in the music industry and their significance as a tool for making money in the industry.

· By Unchained Music
Mastering Spotify Algorithmic Playlists
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Mastering Spotify Algorithmic Playlists

Learn how to get featured on Spotify playlists, optimize your profile, build a fanbase, and use playlists to grow your music career.

· By Unchained Music Team
Music Industry Basics: Understanding Master Recordings
Production & Music Industry

Music Industry Basics: Understanding Master Recordings

Discover the importance of owning your own songs and masters in the music industry.

· By Unchained Music
Music Marketing 101: 10 Proven Strategies to Elevate Your Success in the Music Industry
Production & Music Industry

Music Marketing 101: 10 Proven Strategies to Elevate Your Success in the Music Industry

Discover the power of effective music marketing to boost success for independent artists. From a strong online presence to strategic content creation, learn the top 10 strategies.

· By Unchained Music
Navigating the Legal Implications of AI-Generated Music & Copyright
Production & Music Industry

Navigating the Legal Implications of AI-Generated Music & Copyright

Explore the intricate interplay between Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry as AI-generated music raises critical questions on copyright.

· By Unchained Music
Pressing Vinyl: What Are the Options?
Production & Music Industry

Pressing Vinyl: What Are the Options?

Discover the various options available when pressing a vinyl record, from vinyl sizes and weights to color variants, packaging, and mastering choices.

· By Unchained Music Team
Real Artists. Real Work. Why We’re Evolving Our Content Policies at Unchained Music
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Real Artists. Real Work. Why We’re Evolving Our Content Policies at Unchained Music

Updated content policies from Unchained Music prioritize real artists by restricting generic, AI-only, and unverified UGC content.

· By Unchained Music Team
Record Label Contracts Explained: Pros and Cons
Production & Music Industry

Record Label Contracts Explained: Pros and Cons

Learn about the pros and cons for a record deal and label contract in order to enable your decisions as an artist in the evolving music industry.

· By Unchained Music
The Best Self-Serve Advertising Platform for Independent Artists: Digital Promotion with Unchained Music.
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The Best Self-Serve Advertising Platform for Independent Artists: Digital Promotion with Unchained Music.

Promote your music with Unchained Music’s self-serve ad platform. Create targeted campaigns on YouTube, Spotify, TikTok, and more.

· By Unchained Music Team