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Bluesky Oct 1, 2025 4:04pm · pitchfork.com

It is a sweet time to be Oklou. Pitchfork caught up with her on one of the hottest days of the summer to sip neon citro…

It is a sweet time to be Oklou. Pitchfork caught up with her on one of the hottest days of the summer to sip neon citronnade, talk about her debut album and its upcoming deluxe edition, and bask in the softness of new motherhood Read our cover story: pitchfork…

Bluesky Sep 30, 2025 3:19pm · pitchfork.com

Presenting the 100 best rap albums of all time

RSS Sep 15, 2025 6:10pm · Payusnomind

Substack vs Beehiiv vs Kit (2025): Best Newsletter Platform for Creators

Substack might be the number one newsletter management service for creatives. One major reason for that is the price - you can’t beat free! But, it also has a ton of great features that integrate Podcasts, Live video streaming, and messaging.…

RSS Sep 6, 2025 9:46pm · Payusnomind

Ultimate Indie Artist's Guide: Tools You Need, Lies You Don't

In this guide, we give our best pick for every tool and service you'll need to launch and optimize your career as a music artist.  No lies, no affiliate hustling, only an honest breakdown of what we think are the best options and why.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:49pm · Payusnomind

Web3 Music Monetization: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization

NFTs: Digital Ownership or Digital Illusion? What Is an NFT? NFT stands for non-fungible token. At its core, it's a digital certificate of ownership that lives on a blockchain - a decentralized, public database maintained by computers around the world.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:43pm · Payusnomind

Digital Real Estate: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization

Digital Real Estate - B2B When we talk about digital real estate, we’re not talking about directly monetizing music. Instead, it’s about leveraging the value that music creates.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:40pm · Payusnomind

Selling Music Royalties: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization

Advances: Monetizing the Monetization There’s monetizing your music, and then there’s monetizing the money your music earns. In recent years, fintech platforms have introduced a new model of music financing: catalog advances.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:34pm · Payusnomind

Monetizing Music Through Licensing: Ultimate Guide to Monetization

Licensing How your music earns money from TV, games, covers, AI, and more Music licensing is one of the most powerful yet misunderstood forms of monetization in the industry.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:30pm · Payusnomind

Selling Music Direct: Ultimate Guide to Monetization

Direct Sales Selling music today is a charity. Music fans are donating to support your career, not because they need your music, but because they want to see you continue making it. Here's why. Vinyl records served a purpose and solved a problem.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:20pm · Payusnomind

YouTube Monetization: Ultimate Guide

YouTube Monetization YouTube has always provided artists with expansive opportunities for monetization. In its early days, creators could integrate direct ads from their partners, having YouTube manage the delivery of impressions and track views.…

RSS Sep 1, 2025 1:17pm · Payusnomind

SoundCloud Monetization: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization

SoundCloud has quietly built one of the most artist-friendly monetization systems in the music industry, especially for independent creators.…

RSS Aug 15, 2025 6:08pm · Payusnomind

How to Go 100% Independent as an Artist — Own Your Website, Links, and Revenue

Let's talk about becoming completely independent as an artist. No music distribution, no Spotify, maybe even no YouTube. Total digital control.…

Bluesky Aug 11, 2025 2:48pm · pitchfork.com

No Joy's Bugland is named Best New Music 🏆

Bluesky Aug 10, 2025 10:27pm · pitchfork.com

The Sunday Review ☀️ Toni Braxton's Secrets Today, we revisit the R&B diva’s 1996 album, a blend of grown-up pop and …

The Sunday Review ☀️ Toni Braxton's Secrets Today, we revisit the R&B diva’s 1996 album, a blend of grown-up pop and sultry quiet storm that reconciled Braxton’s soul roots with a sexier, more youthful edge

Bluesky Aug 10, 2025 10:20pm · pitchfork.com

The members of U2—Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.—have each shared their own individual statements o…

The members of U2—Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.—have each shared their own individual statements on Israel’s ongoing starvation of the Gaza Strip

Bluesky Aug 8, 2025 3:33pm · hornyhorsey.bsky.social

Still settling into the new place but wanted to throw on my suit and be cute for my bf 😘❤️

Bluesky Aug 7, 2025 4:13pm · pitchfork.com

The kind of music you make when the future is uncertain and you want to keep the end at bay for as long as you can

Bluesky Aug 7, 2025 1:31pm · pitchfork.com

Perhaps the most interesting frictions in the Ethel Cain universe play out in the relationships between the character, …

Perhaps the most interesting frictions in the Ethel Cain universe play out in the relationships between the character, her author, and their shared audience

Bluesky Aug 7, 2025 4:30am · sterlewine.bsky.social

Over at @pitchfork.com, I review No Rain, No Flowers, the album where the Black Keys recover from a tumultuous year by …

Over at @pitchfork.com, I review No Rain, No Flowers, the album where the Black Keys recover from a tumultuous year by steering toward the middle of the road. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

RSS Aug 7, 2025 12:28am · Payusnomind

Ad Budgeting: Why Artists Quit Too Soon

Let me start by saying this isn’t a sales pitch. I’m not trying to convince you to pay for an advertising service or to advertise at all. This is information I’m sharing because, for some strange reason, I wake up thinking about this stuff.…