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Discovery Mode lets an artist team flag songs for some of Spotify's algorithmic listening, in return for a 30% commission on recording royalties from those streams. This guide sets out the mechanics as Spotify's own help pages describe them, a simple way to judge the trade-off for one song, and the criticism, as we read those pages on 24 Oct 2026.
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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.
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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.
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Bandcamp waives its 10 to 15% revenue share on 6 November and 4 December, but payment processor fees still apply and the window runs on Pacific Time. A step-by-step plan for timing, merch and bundles, with the sums worked out and a note on where the Stripe payout switch stands.
Industryvia Bandcamp
We spent a month writing practical guides on releasing music, from registering a song to reading the statement that pays for it. This is the short version, in the order you will need it, with each step pointing back to the guide and the official page behind it.
Industryvia Spotify for Artists
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