We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/spotify-fresh-finds-forward-independent-artists Spotify's Fresh Finds Forward: what the new programme for independent artists actually gives you https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/spotify-fresh-finds-forward-independent-artists Spotify will invite about 10,000 independent artists a year from its Fresh Finds playlists into a 12-month programme of studio time, software, therapy and promotion. There is no cash in it, the biggest perks are US-only, and the real prize is the editorial attention that comes with membership. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryspotifyindependent-artistsplaylistsartist-development https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/spotify-for-artists-pitching Spotify for Artists pitching: the deadlines, the rules and what a pitch can and cannot do https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/spotify-for-artists-pitching Spotify for Artists lets your team pitch one unreleased song at a time to Spotify's editors, and video pitching is rolling out too. Here is every rule Spotify itself publishes: the 7-day deadline, who on your team can pitch, what the form asks, how Release Radar and This Is pins work, and the things a pitch will never do, as we read Spotify's help pages on 24 Oct 2026. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers spotifyplaylistsrelease-planningworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/release-timeline-checklist A six-week release timeline: pitching editors beyond Spotify through your distributor https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/release-timeline-checklist Spotify lets you pitch yourself a week before release, but Apple Music, Amazon Music and Deezer editors mostly hear about your song through your distributor, and distributors want weeks of notice. Here is a six-week plan built backwards from the deadlines distributors publish, as we read them on 24 Oct 2026. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers release-planningworkflowsplaylistsdistributionspotifyapple-music https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/pitching-spotify-editors-500-characters Pitching Spotify's playlist editors: what to write in the 500 characters https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/pitching-spotify-editors-500-characters Spotify lets you pitch one unreleased song at a time to its editors, and a pitch made 7 days out puts that song in your followers' Release Radar. Here are the rules as Spotify states them, the fields that matter, a template and three invented example pitches. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsspotifyplaylistsrelease-planning