Category Archives: Music Business & Industry

How to get your music on Beatport: approved distributors, label vs self-release, release prep and whether Beatport Hype pays off.

How to send demos to record labels as a house producer: pick the right labels, write a short email and follow up the right way.

This explains how traxsource charts work in more detail than the basics above. 📀 What a Chart Position Actually Reflects A Traxsource chart position is a sales-and-engagement ranking within a specific genre or sub-chart over a rolling recent window, not a lifetime total or a popularity contest separate from actual purchases. A track charting well […]

Here’s how to actually track whether a traxsource exclusive vs non exclusive decision worked out. 🎹 What “Exclusive” Actually Means on Traxsource An exclusive release on Traxsource means the track is available only there for a set period (commonly around two weeks to a month) before going wide to other platforms. It’s a distribution timing […]

Traxsource vs Beatport, in one line: Traxsource is the specialist store for house, soulful, deep and Afro house, where a smaller, focused DJ audience actually digs for this sound; Beatport is the biggest electronic music store, with far more traffic but far more competition across every genre. Bandcamp is the third option, where you sell […]