r/musicbusiness is a subreddit with 24k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses royalties, music, music distribution, music business, and marketing, and they frequently recommend/review music.
A professional community focused on music business, publishing, licensing, royalties, copyright, distribution (Symphonic, Distrokid, CDBaby, Amuse), artist management, music marketing, sync deals, record labels, contracts, streaming monetization, PROs (ASCAP, BMI), and the independent music industry.
For artists, producers, managers, and music entrepreneurs navigating today’s music business.
Popular Themes in r/musicbusiness
#1
Advice Requests
: "Forgot to register on BMI, the song became massive, can i recover the royalties from BMI ?"
40 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a distributor that gives u 100% of YouTube royalties"
16 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Has your music been removed from Tiktok for no valid reason? Im working on an exposé. Tiktok is deleting music credits instead of paying royalties. I have receipts."
8 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Are $2,000/song production rates standard, and how should I budget a $6k/mo cash flow?"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "New manager looking to make an impact"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/musicbusiness
#1
Royalties
: "Forgot to register on BMI, the song became massive, can i recover the Royalties from BMI ?"
24 posts
#2
Music
: "Ghost producing for others makes me happier than making my own Music. Anyone else feel this way?"
18 posts
#3
Music Distribution
: "What’s the Best Legitimate White-Label Music Distribution Platform for Professionals?"
15 posts
#4
Music Business
: "Is Belmont a good school for Music Business?"
12 posts
#5
Marketing
: "90’s style Marketing"
11 posts
#6
Distribution
: "Best Music Distribution Service"
11 posts
#7
Music Royalties
: "The 5 royalty streams most independent musicians never register for (and what it costs them)"
9 posts
#8
Manager
: "I would love to discuss acts who fired their Managers at the top of their game and only declined after"
8 posts
#9
Social Media
8 posts
#10
Music Promotion
: "Current best practice for promoting new music?Starting from essentially zero."
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/musicbusiness
Music
4 reviews
#1
Viberate
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Spotontrack
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Songstats
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/musicbusiness
#1
Question
: "Why Spotify's "Verified Human" badge may end up favoring AI farms with merch over real bedroom artists ?"
131 posts
#2
Discussion
: "The 5 royalty streams most independent musicians never register for (and what it costs them)"
49 posts
#3
Resource / Guide
: "The 3-Year Music Royalty Deadline You Don’t Know About"
12 posts
#4
Case Study
: "Has your music been removed from Tiktok for no valid reason? Im working on an exposé. Tiktok is deleting music credits instead of paying royalties. I have receipts."
4 posts
#5
Industry News
: "This is who owns UnitedMasters “Scam Music Company” Steve stoute"
1 post
#6
Announcement
: "We’re Erik and Marcos from Amuse’s Product and Customer teams. Ask Us Anything!"
1 post
Member Growth in r/musicbusiness
Yearly
+8k members(55.8%)
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Last updated: June 24, 2026