The feature will close at the end of this month.
If you’re an indie musician, getting your music heard just became a little more difficult, with Spotify announcing it’s closing its direct upload feature.
Spotify launched the beta program nearly a year ago. In a statement, the streaming giant justified the program’s closure by saying “the most impactful way we can improve the experience of delivering music to Spotify for as many artists and labels as possible is to lean into the great work our distribution partners are already doing to serve the artist community”.
Update: A note to artists about our upload beta program. https://t.co/qwPn5t7kWF
— Spotify for Artists (@spotifyartists) July 1, 2019
The function will close on Tuesday July 30 and no new artists are being allowed access. Musicians currently using the program will need to transition to another distribution partner (such as Tunecore) in order to keep their music on the platform. Play counts and placements in playlists will remain the same if the transition is done right, so don’t worry about losing those stats.
“We’re working with our distribution partners to help make this transition as simple as possible for the artists who uploaded music through the beta. At the end of this month, we’ll stop accepting any new uploads through Spotify for Artists, and artists will need to move their already released content to another provider,” a statement read.
For more info on the program, check out the FAQ.
