One of the major reasons for the headaches is independent artists are using a much more limited set of tools to manage these presences, versus the record labels, distributors and major artist management firms who have direct access into the platforms and much bigger arsenal of B2B tech to manage the artists digital music catalog.Īnother primary reason is that independent artists have to learn the business rules and logic of each platform.

I produce music with my group Funk Style Quality aka FSQ and so I’m interacting quite a bit with these digital music platforms and their artist service offerings. To jump to the specific questions list and skip the backgrounder, click here.Īfter attending these same panels at the conference in 2018, I wrote about how difficult it can be to manage an artist presence on multiple streaming services. But many of these music services seem to be lacking “artist services” for the independents - and we have questions about that. Music Business Association’s Annual Artist Workshops begin Sunday 5/5 at the MusicBiz 2019 Conference.

Amazon music artist profile