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Boost Your Publishing Income with New Metadata Fields

Vydia’s publishing division exists to help rights holders collect performance, mechanical, sync, print, and other publishing income. In order to ensure your compositions are registered and accurately accounted for, we have added additional metadata fields for you to fill out when setting up a release. The more information we have on your compositions, the more […]

Delivering Music to Social Media Sound Libraries

For a new and upcoming artist, delivering to multiple platforms can amplify the reach of their content. Social media has become an increasingly popular place for users to express themselves. By delivering music to social media sound libraries, artists allow fans to personalize their posts while reaching new audiences. Through Vydia’s platform, labels and artists […]

Vydia Named A Top Media Startup in the Music Platform Category

MDI Ventures hosted the 2021 Top Media Startup Summit after mapping out over 3,000 media startups and identifying the top 700 across 23 categories. We are excited to announce that Vydia was named a Top Media Startup in the Music Platform Category out of 169 companies, including other notable industry players such as United Masters, […]

Empowering Women in Music | Jessica Vaughn, Owner of Head Bitch Music

Some may know Jessica Vaughn as Charlotte Sometimes, JPOLND (the girl who got the big sync placement in Episode 6 of Netflix’s Bridgerton), the Alternative Pop artist LACES, or any of her other artist project names. But what you may not know is Jess is also the Vice President of Sync and Creative at Heavy […]

Differentiating Vydia’s Roles and Their Permissions

Interested in expanding your team to cover more ground in our platform? Vydia’s new user roles allow you to assign certain permissions to better manage your clients and their catalogs. Keep reading to learn which functionalities Label Owners, Label Admins, and Label Clients can access. Label Owner: Label Owners are the main administrative account […]

Access Daily Insights on Your Widget Dashboard

Vydia’s new Widget Dashboard provides you with quick access and easy navigation to features on our platform. Whether you want to review your label-level statements or check up on your conflicts, we have you covered. HOW IT WORKS At the top of your Widget Dashboard, you will find the following widgets: Label Storage Used […]

Why You Should Deliver to These New Destinations

Vydia is excited to announce our partnerships with three new delivery destinations; Amazon Music Videos, Pretzel Rocks, and Sounds on Snapchat! By delivering your content to these destinations, you will drive more exposure, reach new audiences, and ensure your music is available on all of the premium platforms. NEW PARTNER DESTINATIONS: Amazon Music Videos […]

Celebrating Black History Month | Anastasia Wright, Owner of IMG Agency & Records

Anastasia Wright has had an impressive career in the music industry, from her time working as an intern at Def Jam to the launch of her label, IMG Agency & Records. As a part of our celebration of Black History Month, we sat down with Anastasia to discuss her journey as a Black female entrepreneur […]

Vydia Partners with Propel Center, a New Global HBCU Headquarters for Innovation and Learning

Holmdel, New Jersey (January 13, 2021) — Vydia is proud to announce its partnership with Propel Center, a new global campus headquartered in Atlanta, GA that will support leadership and career development of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)s nationwide. Propel Center is a physical and virtual campus designed to support the HBCU […]

How to Upload a Spotify Canvas

All Vydia artists now have access to Spotify’s Canvas feature! When listeners see a Canvas, they are more likely to keep streaming (+5%), share the track (+145%), add to their playlists (+20%), save the track (+1.4%), and visit your profile page (+9%). Engage fans by creating unique visualizers for all of your previous and upcoming […]

Why You Should Track User-Generated Content

Vydia’s direct partnership with YouTube and its Content ID technology allows us to help you assert ownership and a policy (monetize, permit, or block) on each of your assets (e.g. sound recordings). Our new Claims Dashboard displays a list and corresponding data for all of the YouTube videos, or User-generated content (UGC), that use one […]

How to Report on Label Level Earnings

Calling all Label Admins! Vydia just released a new label-level reporting feature that allows you to download and view all creators’ earnings in one place, guaranteed to make it easier to analyze and share data. HOW DOES IT WORK? Log into your Vydia Dashboard and navigate to Royalties → Statements. From here, you will […]

Resolve YouTube Conflicts and Claim Your Revenue

YouTube Content ID is an automated system that enables copyright owners to identify & monetize on videos that include content they own. This means you have the ability to make money from anyone who uses your content without your permission. However, when multiple parties claim ownership on the same asset (i.e. Sound Recording), a conflict […]

How to Monetize Your Music Videos on Facebook

Facebook is the world’s leading social platform, reaching over 60% of internet users- that’s 2.6 billion monthly active visitors. Yes, you heard that correctly- billion. That fact alone is reason enough to publish and monetize Facebook music videos. Over the summer, Facebook announced the official launch of Facebook Music Videos. The new feature allows artists […]

Explore Your Fan Growth with Creator Analytics

Social media has grown over the years, allowing for businesses and artists to showcase their work to gain visibility. For an up and coming artist, it’s important to understand how fans are engaging with their content so they can track its success. With Vydia’s new upgrade to Creator Analytics, a user will find all of […]

Billboard Announces Vydia’s Partnership with World of Dance Records

“Technology company Vydia has signed a global administration deal with World of Dance Records, the newly established full-service record label and artistic brand management company from the World of Dance organization behind the NBC competition series of the same name. Vydia will service all World of Dance Records releases and U-Jam dance fitness compilations by providing the […]

Download & Send Reports in the Audio Analytics Dashboard

Vydia’s Audio Analytics Dashboard makes it easy for you to see granular audio streaming data. You can evaluate the overall growth of your released content and collect insights to share with your team. Filter your search, export the CSV file, and send to your contributors. Let’s take a look! HOW TO GET THERE After […]

Vydia’s New Creator Tabs Provide Instant Access to Spotify for Artists

Vydia has remastered how creator profiles are managed. Access and edit all of your creators on one screen, connect and sync your social accounts, and view creator metrics with a click of a button. Instant Access to Spotify for Artists is now easy to find so you can connect and verify your profile in […]

Akon’s Konvict Kulture Label Announces Partnership with Vydia

Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Akon, is one of the world’s most influential voices in music. Today, Akon and his team announced the partnership between his record label, Konvict Kulture, and NJ based distributor, Vydia, who offers labels, managers, and artists the infrastructure and technology to power their business. Empowering the team […]

Report On Your Album Revenue

Crafting, packaging, and releasing an album takes hard work & dedication. An artist devotes their time to fine-tuning their content and Vydia understands that this effort to craft just the right album should be uniquely recognized. Evaluating album data can help you identify which goals to target by understanding which marketing efforts gain the most […]

How to Use Vydia’s Royalty Center to Build a Better Future

No one makes it alone — it takes a village. When you get to the top as an artist, you want to make sure your team gets their share in your collective success. But it can be difficult to manage accounting and payment technology, especially when you’re collecting revenue from several platforms every month. That’s […]

Introducing Detailed Audio Analytics for Apple Music & Spotify 🎧

We’ve expanded our Analytics Dashboard to include detailed Audio Analytics for Spotify and Apple Music! Gather additional streaming data and insights to better understand listenership and audio consumption! Enhanced Audio Analytics View streaming data for all audio content in one place! Sort by Top Performing Content, Top Users, Top Creators, Top Countries, and detailed demographics […]

New Opportunities in Artist Monetization presented by Midem 2020

Moderator: Veronica Syntash SVP, CMRRA Panelists: Roy LaManna, Vydia / Darryl Ballantyne, LyricFind / Paul Wiltshire, Songtradr Session Description: With the current collapse of touring income, it is more important than ever for artists, writers, and rights administrators to maximize earnings from new sources. This session will explore non-traditional ways artists and writers can make […]

Vydia’s Response to Blackout Tuesday

In light of the recent events, Vydia took part in Blackout Tuesday and The Show Must be Paused. This was done to stand in solidarity with the Black community, which has given us and many others so much, but has historically not gotten much return. We feel our obligation as an organization has to be […]