Guide
Pricing your single: what indie artists charge in 2026
We analyzed 50,000 releases on Sonari to find the sweet spot between conversion and revenue per fan.
May 21, 2026 6 min read
The Sonari Journal
News, guides & artist stories.
Pricing tactics, marketing playbooks, and interviews with artists making a living direct-to-fan.
Playbook
The IG → buy-link funnel that converts at 12%
A step-by-step breakdown of the story → preview → buy link flow that's outperforming everything else right now.
May 18, 2026 8 min
Interview
How NOVA RAE turned 10k followers into $40k a year
No label. No distributor. Just one buy link and a clear story. Here's exactly what she did.
May 15, 2026 12 min
News
Sonari adds music video sales & fan donations
Two of the most requested features ship this month — including a one-click tip jar.
May 10, 2026 3 min
Guide
Mastering for streaming AND downloads (without two masters)
An audio engineer's take on the loudness war in the post-DSP era.
May 4, 2026 9 min
Op-Ed
Why Spotify will never be enough — and what to build instead
$0.003 per stream is not a business. Direct-to-fan is.
Apr 28, 2026 7 min