My first pick this month is a photo of Forever Can Wait, a Southampton based band who've made it onto the Red Bull shortlist to be one of the acts chosen to play at Download Festival in June (apparently...
Right Chord Music is delighted to introduce you to The Red Red, a Hampshire based company consisting of Jake Hawkins and Rob Luckins. The Red Red was founded with a simple aim to produce outstanding videos for outstanding music. ...
In this article, we discuss the real challenges facing Spotify and suggest two simple ways they could improve their perception among unsigned artists without changing the royalty structure... Hint don't sponsor Barcelona FC.
Spotify announces Barcelona FC sponsorship
This week Spotify...
Historically one of the biggest barriers to Country music was the very name Country music, but when you remove the genre tag good music rises.
The Country Music challenge
For previous generations of UK music fans Country music has been perceived as naff, and...
Yesterday I had a hugely frustrating phone call with PlaylistSupply. The telephone call was set up with the hope that Right Chord Music would endorse their service. After 10 minutes I ended the call concluding they are part of...
Rob Bridge is a photographer that works with musicians. In The Art of The Image, he critically examines music photographer to highlight how to stand out from the crowd.
So the UK festival season is over. Time for bands and...
Mark Knight, founder of Right Chord Music explains why Apple Music fails true music discoverers and unsigned bands.
I've always been a firm believer that when it comes to music consumption people broadly fall into three groups.
Listeners
Active Listeners
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The music sound-tracking our arrival in 2011. Listen on Spotify here:
1. Tall Ships - Chemistry
2. The Duke Spirit - Everybody's Under Your Spell
3. The Joy Formidable - I Don't Want To See You Like This
4. O. Children - Ruins
5....
Earlier this week it was announced that Amazing Radio would no longer be broadcasting on DAB radio after failing to secure acceptable terms for an extension to their contract with Digital 1. The news was initially met with unified...
Record Store Day is the one day of the year when over 200 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture.
Special vinyl releases are made exclusively for the day and many shops and...
The Takeover returns this October and becomes the first online music conference designed to support the challenges faced by independent artists. Tickets are on sale now from DICE.
The Takeover
Back in May, Right Chord Music launched The Takeover, an online...
PledgeMusic and Help Musicians UK have teamed up for this years Emerging Artists Fund and are offering 24 artists or bands the chance to receive funding from Help Musicians UK when you run asuccessfulPledgeMusic campaign. The aim is to...
