Kaj Kadence (aka Kevin Michel) is a Brooklyn-born, North Carolina-based artist who is three mix tapes deep into his hip hop journey. He’s been using TuneCore for almost three years to distribute his music, and he’s got a lot to say about being an independent creator in 2015. Read our interview with Kaj as we […]
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Kero One is an LA-based songwriter, MC, and producer. Raised in the Bay Area, Kero released and pressed his first album Check The Blueprints in 2003, only to have it discovered in Japan by a DJ who exposed a wide audience to the soulful, jazz-filled beats and rhymes of an artist an ocean away. Releasing four full […]
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A couple of weeks back, TuneCore was honored by holding the title of official Music Distribution Sponsor of A3C Festival 2015 in Atlanta. We enjoyed 5 days of celebrating independent hip hop from all corners of the world, and it was amazing to see the outpouring of love from various artists who had their own […]
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It’s Day Two of A3C Festival 2015 and hip hop artists from all over have ascended to Atlanta to perform, shake hands, and, well, party! Before the festival kicked off, we reached out to some of our TuneCore MCs and producers to get a feel for how they’re planning on making the most of A3C this year, […]
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Aaaaand we’re off! A3C 2015 officially kicks off today in Atlanta and we couldn’t be giddier. Tonight we’ll be showcasing an insane line up of talented hip hop artists at The Music Room with the help of our friends at Swisher Sweets. Check out a sweet round up of videos from them and some other TuneCore […]
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A3C Festival (All 3 Coasts) is a huge, city-wide music event that takes place each October in Atlanta, GA. Dubbed ‘Hip Hop’s Biggest Stage‘, 500+ performances will occur over five days, giving hip hop artists from all over the chance to showcase their talents, network with their peers and industry professionals, and learn a thing […]
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Boston-based MC and producer Cam Meekins has gained a lot of music industry experience in a short amount of time. By 2012 he had dropped his third mixtape, signed a deal with Atlantic, and racked up over a million YouTube views. While Cam used TuneCore to distribute prior to his signing, we were psyched to have […]
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Last week, Billboard released it’s inaugural (anonymous) A-List Music Executive Survey – wherein “Billboard polled the top executives in music on a broad range of temperature-taking topics” – and if you’re into reading headlines, the big take aways were that today’s high-level industry players love Taylor Swift, hate rap and EDM, and have generally mixed […]
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Boston born and bred MC Michael Christmas (aka Michael Lindsey) has been making a lot of noise since the February 2014 release of his debut mixtape Is This Art? (via TuneCore). From blog love via staples like The Fader, Complex and XXL to sharing the stage with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Action Bronson, things have been moving […]
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Narcy (aka The Narcicyst, aka Yassin Alsalman) has been writing, recording and producing music for 15 years. Born in Dubai to Iraqi parents, Narcy moved to Montreal at a young age and would go on to spend much of his life immigrating back and forth between Canada and the United Arab Emirates and Dubai before settling […]
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