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Building a team for success in the music industry
Production & Music Industry

Building a team for success in the music industry

How to find the team you need to make your musical vision come to life.

· By Ryan Ferris · >10 Mins
Vinyl Record Pressing in the UK: A Step-by-Step Guide for Artists on How to Press Your Music to Vinyl
Production & Music Industry

Vinyl Record Pressing in the UK: A Step-by-Step Guide for Artists on How to Press Your Music to Vinyl

Learn how to press your music to vinyl in the UK. Discover the best pressing plants, costs involved, and how to prepare your tracks for vinyl pressing.

· By Unchained Music Team
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Best DIY Touring Tools for Independent Artists (2026)

Discover the best DIY touring tools for independent artists in 2026 to book venues, engage fans, and grow careers.

· By Unchained Music Team · 5 Minutes
A Guide to Creating Engaging Vevo Music Videos for Your Audience

A Guide to Creating Engaging Vevo Music Videos for Your Audience

Learn how to create, upload, and promote engaging music videos on Vevo. Grow your fanbase, increase visibility, and start earning royalties across platforms like YouTube.

· By Unchained Music Team
Essential Guide to Signup for Vevo: Start Sharing Your Music Today

Essential Guide to Signup for Vevo: Start Sharing Your Music Today

Creating an official Vevo artist channel helps elevate your music videos with professional branding, global distribution, and royalty earnings.

· By Unchained Music Team
Understanding UGC Content Platforms: A Guide for Musicians
Production & Music Industry

Understanding UGC Content Platforms: A Guide for Musicians

UGC platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts let fans use your music in their videos. Learn how UGC distribution works and how to qualify.

· By Unchained Music Team
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Spotify's AI Song Descriptions: A Consent Problem

Lorde called out Spotify's AI-generated song summaries for getting her own track wrong. The bigger issue is that no opt-out exists.

· By The Independent Music Brief
Pressing Vinyl: What Are the Options?
Production & Music Industry

Pressing Vinyl: What Are the Options?

Discover the various options available when pressing a vinyl record, from vinyl sizes and weights to color variants, packaging, and mastering choices.

· By Unchained Music Team
A home music studio with a drum kit, a laptop and instruments ready for a practice session.
Unchained Best Tips

How to build a practice routine that survives a busy week

A practice routine built from four blocks, a click-based drill set, and a short version for bad weeks. Specific times, tempos and increments, no pep talk.

· By Unchained Music · 11 minutes
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Release identifiers explained: what an ISRC is, what a UPC is, and why you need both

What an ISRC identifies, what a UPC identifies, how each code is built, who assigns them, and what happens to your codes when you change distributor.

· By Unchained Music · 14 minutes
A DJ controller in a dark room with its performance pads lit in blue and pink.
Production & Music Industry

How to find the key and BPM of any song

Find a song's key by ear, in your DAW or with an analyzer, read the BPM without falling for half time, and convert any key to Camelot notation.

· By Unchained Music · 12 minutes
A musician writing on a sheet of paper at a desk, with an acoustic guitar and a keyboard behind them.
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Split sheets explained: agreeing songwriting splits before you release

What a split sheet is, how writing splits differ from master splits, how to decide percentages, and how to fill one in before the session ends.

· By Unchained Music · 12 minutes