You probably need to sign up for Spotify for Artists: https://artists.spotify.com/home. Source: almost 2 years ago

Check out https://artists.spotify.com/ if you want to know how it works. Source: about 2 years ago

You should be able to claim your Spotify artist page by heading to https://artists.spotify.com/ and following the steps there. Source: about 2 years ago

Both artists and managers can submit an artist to be considered for verification. First, you need to go to Spotify for Artists and click “Claim Your Profile.”. Source: about 2 years ago

Https://artists.spotify.com/ make sure you're not signed in to this page. Click on upper right to gain access to new artist page. Source: over 2 years ago

Ignore the major labels, there is a vibrant world of new music being released on indie labels! http://avant.fm. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Tl;dr: crapshoot as to whether you get featured, but worth it if you do. My personal experience with it was positive. I posted my site on PH over the summer (plug: https://avant.fm, a customizable feed of new releases from the best indie music labels). After a couple weeks it was featured for a day. Not sure how that happened, but someone with some pull "hunted" it I guess. About 30 other sites were featured that... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Super cool. Would love a "has lyrics" feature (for my player, https://avant.fm). Always wonder how hard that would be. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

> 3. Discovery is not a viable product I guess define viable? The future has got to hold more ways to interact with music than the main apps of Spotify, Apple Music, etc., which push music in a very specific, generic way. Mostly around top 40, opaque personalizations, algorithms and “algotorial”. We’re never getting back to a place where your identity is defined by which record store you go to. But... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago