• Everything an Artist Needs to Know About Apple Music
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    Everything an Artist Needs to Know About Apple Music

    Apple provides a subscription-based music streaming service, but unlike Spotify and other services, it only allows verified artists to upload their music. This makes it a little harder to get your music on their service, but it ultimately legitimizes an artist in the listener’s mind. It is akin to having a record label instead of independently distributing your music. Your Earnings Depend on The Number of Plays Unlike CD sales of the past, or iTunes music, artists earn proportional to the number of plays, not sales. Additionally, Apple Music promotes popular artists which get a lot of listeners, further popularizing their music. Many artists employ a variety of methods to…