If you're still treating Bandcamp as an afterthought — a place to dump your music after it's already on Spotify — you're leaving real money on the table. In 2025, Bandcamp generated over $19 million in direct payouts to independent artists and labels through its Bandcamp
You made the music. You mixed it, mastered it, poured your heart into it. Now what? For a lot of independent artists, the distribution step feels like stepping into a maze. There are dozens of platforms, confusing pricing models, royalty percentages that seem designed to confuse you, and a nagging
🐐 What Is A Streaming Farm? Before there was Spotify streaming, there were radio stations who determined which songs would become popular anthems in the US and abroad. Radio DJs seemed to have a lot of influence and generated money from labels and artists "paying for plays" called payola.
UnitedMasters is a music distribution startup created by Steve Stoute, who was a music executive at Interscope A&M Records (owned by Universal Music Group). In 2017, Stoute received $70 million from investors such as Alphabet Inc. and Andreessen Horowitz to launch UnitedMasters, a music venture. UnitedMasters Pros and
This is by far the best time in history to be an independent musician, artist or rapper. Technology has made it easier and cheaper than ever to create new music, distribute it and promote it online. There are no excuses of not having the money to do this. But, with