Under the current “pro rata” model held true in Spotify and Apple, money from your dedicated fans goes into a giant pool that's paid out to artists based on their share of total streams. This mostly benefits mega stars.Read More

Content ID will track your content across the platforms so you earn every time somebody uses your music, especially on visual media platforms where fans create content using your audio which helps widen your reach and engagement.

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This year, the lights on the various performance stages in China have been relit for artists.

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In this blog we’ll take a look at ambient music and the possible reasons and outcomes of its rise in China.

 

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What you didn't know about China's music market might surprise you!

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How do the biggest streaming services in the World compare and what does that mean for independent artists.

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The genre of afrobeat music has subtly made waves in China’s music market. While Asian music lovers and afrobeat don’t seem like they go together, the genre’s rhythms and melodies have been inspiring for Chinese audiences and followers.

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More than 15,000 kilometers from Jamaica, a thriving Chinese reggae community has found popularity in China’s Yunnan province.

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The power of your reach is defined by the people you connect with and the tools in your hands.Read More

The results are in. Playlisting your music on NetEase works and here are the charts to show.

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Copyright infringement is always a current topic as our technology evolves our policies and behaviours struggle to catch up. See how well your grasp of copyright infringement is and see if you have any blind spots.

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The tuning system we use in basically all of the Western music we hear around us is designed to be flexible so you can sing or play a melody in any key and it would sound more or less, in tune. But, it is not perfect.

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What is Metaverse? How this will impact musicians. What is China doing with Metaverse? Social app Zheli has already surpassed WeChat as the most downloaded app this year. What's going on?Read More

China's unique music market ecosystem is bound for growth. Now exceeding South Korea at number 6. Social internet behaviour is unlike anywhere else in the world. With the highest amount of people per-capita all connected via mobile the possibility of going viral is unlike anything known before.Read More

Music has the power to build us up, heal us, and supercharge our brain - quite literally!

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Short video platforms are the new radio where music can go viral. Artists are getting 10s of thousands and 10s of millions streams a week on Douyin in China.Read More

Musicinfo has partnered with music copyright management company in China to provide exceptional sync licensing for all distributing artists.Read More

Listening to unpleasant music can provoke strong responses. What kind of responses and why? Learn more about the interesting topic from this brief overview of the recent study "“I hate this part right here”: Embodied, subjective experiences of listening to aversive music" (2022) conducted by Henna-Riikka Peltola from the University of Jyväskylä and Jonna Katariina Vuoskoski from the University of Oslo. Check out the original article if the topic interests you!Read More

Your music is in China now, or is it? But how is this possible? Learn which distributors distribute to China.Read More

Sync-licensing is not just a trend it is a strategic move to have your music available to new music libraries. Cinema productions from China keep gaining acclaim in the Global Market and China remains the world’s largest film market. Make your music available for sync-licensing this year like a Tiger!Read More