Websites All Independent Artists Should Know 2025
In a digital and streaming era, artists can stay independent, take their own decisions and own their music.
The era of the independence in music has meant that an artist is left alone to handle most of the tasks. Luckily, we have Google and an unlimited amount of websites to help with your next release.
Whether you need a service to distribute your music, submit to blogs, create a website or everything in between, the internet is here to help.
Below is a list of websites we believe every independent artist should know that will benefit them going forward on their indie journey.
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Music Distribution
Artists do not need labels anymore in order to get their music on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, TIDAL, etc.
The services below will helps artists do that and make sure they get paid for your streams. Each service has different terms so make sure to read carefully.
TuneCore www.tunecore.com
CD Baby www.cdbaby.com
DistroKid www.distrokid.com
amuse www.amuse.io
SoundCloud www.soundcloud.com
Bandcamp www.bandcamp.com
Audiomack www.audiomack.com
Audience Analytics
Knowing who is listening to your music and engaging with you online is one of the most crucial parts of data an artist can have in the music industry. Their gender, age, location, and other artists they like.
NextBigSound www.nextbigsound.com
Spotify for Artists: www.artists.spotify.com
Apple Music for Artists: www.artists.apple.com
Shazam for Artists: www.shazam.com/artists
Pandora AMP: www.amp.pandora.com
Chartmetric: www.chartmetric.com
Submit Your Music to Blogs
Artists can email their music to blogs or use a service that connects them directly with a journalist or radio DJ.
These services below also give you feedback on your songs.
SubmitHub www.submithub.com
HumanHuman www.humanhuman.com/campaigns
Emusician www.emusician.com/advisor
Fluence www.fluence.io
StoryAmp www.storyamp.com
Music Licensing and Royalties
The services below help artist to collect their royalties every time their songs get played on the music platforms.
ASCAP www.ascap.com
BMI www.bmi.com
SESAC www.sesac.com
SoundExchange www.soundexchange.com
SongTrust www.songtrust.com
Graphics
All artists need covert art, flyers for events, and graphics for social media but everyone might not have money to pay a designer.
Canva www.canva.com
Promo Republic www.promorepublic.com
Lumen5 www.lumen5.com
Wavve www.wavve.com
Design a Website
Having a website is an important asset to have as an artist in the new digital world. See below websites for artists websites.
Squarespace www.squarespace.com
Wix www.wix.com
Bandzoogle: https://bandzoogle.com/sample-band-sites-2
Social Media Management
The services below artists to post to all of your accounts with the click of one button.
Hootsuite www.hootsuite.com
Buffer www.buffer.com
Publer: https://publer.io/
Project Management
The services below will help artists set due dates for themselves and team members, create multiple to-do lists, and so much more to track.
Freedcamp www.freedcamp.com
Basecamp www.basecamp.com
Trello www.trello.com
Google Drive www.drive.google.com
Email Management Software
An engaged email list can be one of the most powerful marketing tools and independent artist can have. The services help customize your emails for artists fans.
MailChimp www.mailchimp.com
Campaign Monitor www.campaignmonitor.com
Advice-Driven Blogs
As an independent artist, you need to keep learning. It’s that simple.
The Artist Guides www.theartistguides.com
DIY Musician www.diymusician.cdbaby.com
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