How important is, in your experience, to build a community or network with other artists? And where do you start with that? submitted by /u/Frankie_Breakfast

Please donate to victims of the California Wildfires *plus resource for makeup artists who lost their kits in the fires* Hi everyone, I haven’t known what to do as far as helping with the fires. I’ve felt useless since the other day after I was done dog sitting near the Eaton fire. My purpose was to keep those dogs and my friends’ house safe. I did that, but now that I’m home in my own bed I feel like poop. I have very limited resources but abundant in my creativ…

Taylor Swift Is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century Chart submitted by /u/billboard

Which popular artists have had the most success with cover tunes? I was looking at Linda Ronstadt’s hits today and she has covered quite a few songs. Her beautiful voice made them amazing. When Will I Be Loved Blue Bayou Just One Look Tumbling Dice Tracks Of My Tears Love Is A Rose Ooh Baby Baby Carmelita submitted by /u/Slither_66

Apple Using Shazam to Predict 50 Breakthrough Music Artists This Year Apple today launched a new Shazam Fast Forward 2025 website that will spotlight 50 music artists who are poised to have a breakthrough year. The list of artists will be revealed on a genre-by-genre basis over the next five days, starting with dance/electronic artists today. Rising artists in the Latin, Country/Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B genres…

Spotify showed porn videos in search results for some popular artists Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeA Reddit user posted a screenshot overnight of a Spotify search that brought a surprise: a pornographic video tucked into suggested results for the rapper M.I.A. Here’s a NSFW link to the thread. The video shown in their screenshot didn’t appear for us, but we found others after scrolling through dozens of…

What’s the most wrong thing you’ve heard people say about artists? My friend – who doesn’t listen to rock or metal music and cant even tell the two apart – said that Metallica is “basically the same” as System Of A Down, except more younger people listen to SOAD… What have you guys heard? submitted by /u/RefrigeratorParty502

Top 25 artists I discovered this year Top 25 artists I discovered this year- Futurebirds Widespread Panic* Siouxsie and the Banshees* Thin White Rope Renaissance The Vandoliers Electric Wizard Pylon The Pogues* Elf Power Centro-Matic* Isobel Campbell Dreams So Real Kobanova Meat Puppets* Whiskeytown Oh-OK The Silos Mark Lanegan Great Lakes Nicholas Mallis and the Boreal…

What shows had particularly good song selections, that introduced you to artists you might otherwise have never discovered? I’m rewatching The Leftovers and I’m once again loving its song choices. So many genres and eras, all fitting so well to each episode’s theme and the show’s overall story. I’m especially grateful to The Leftovers for introducing me to Iris DeMent. “Let the Mystery Be” was such a great choice as an opening song. submitted by /u/Scienscatol…

New Report Alleges Spotify Is Using Ghost Artists to Minimize Royalty Costs submitted by /u/ebradio

Kate Bush joins campaign against AI being used without artists’ permission submitted by /u/cmaia1503

Kate Bush joins campaign against AI using artists’ work without permission submitted by /u/ebradio

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘The Penguin,’ ‘The Substance’ and ‘The Deliverance’ Lead Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations submitted by /u/NewmanBickle

TIL you can see more than your Top 5 Artists on Spotify Wrapped Discovered this by complete chance when trying to share a song with someone. When you share a song by an artist, if they happened to be in your top artists of the year, you will get an additional screen to swipe through and it’ll say what number they were. A bit tedious, but a fun little game to play trying to guess your top 10! submitted…

Ex-FEAR FACTORY Singer BURTON C. BELL Calls SPOTIFY ‘Evil’, Says DANIEL EK Is ‘Reaping In Billions Off Backs Of Artists’ submitted by /u/Puzzleheaded-Dig7475

Question For The Artists. What do you guys use to carry your art supplies? So, I’m going on a little study aboard trip to Japan. The organization were going with (Ef Tours) gives us these little backpacks, but I wanna see what others use. I’m only really tryna carry watercolors and graphite. submitted by /u/Dinomation_YT

Ticketmaster is the UnitedHealthCare of Artists Enabled by the monopoly of Ticketmaster, hot artists like Kendrick Lamar are now following Taylor Swift’s lead by selling out massive stadium venues with standard prices over $400 for nosebleeds and $1000 for anything within 200 feet of the stage. It’s disgusting out of control greed and capitalism. This new trend will kill off thousands of ar…

Spotify Wrapped dropped today. I’ve made a little website called Spotify Unwrapped to allow people to see how much money Spotify pays to artists on your behalf. submitted by /u/spacecadet06

Trade group: Artists Make $8 in Profit From a $100 Concert Ticket submitted by /u/Old_Pen9843

Which singers would you say are vocally mediocre but nonetheless great artists? As the title suggests: which singers do you think are mediocre vocalists but strong artists? I personally think Madonna is a great example for this. Her vocal prowess is often understandably criticized by many, to the point where people claim that she can’t really sing. She’s not necessarily bad but definitely underwhelming compared to her rival…