Indie record label Stupido Records is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The work at the company is broad and colorful, but rarely boring.

The soulful and raspy-voiced artist Bee, whose real name is Bertta Seppälä, casually reflects on the events of the past year while having breakfast. It becomes clear that the past year has been the most significant of her career so far. Read the interview!

With her hit song Timanttei, Mirella rose to explosive popularity. Now she answers the phone in the middle of rehearsals for the Elämä Lapselle concert, her hair curled and her make-up ready for tonight's performance. She exudes a joyful, bubbling, engaging energy. Read the interview!

Last month, the first Finnish seven-inch vinyl in almost 30 years was produced in Kyläsaari, Helsinki, along with the first ever Finnish record pressed from biovinyl.

TikTok accuses indie collective Merlin of streaming fraud, and seeks to bypass Merlin's collective bargaining power by striking individual deals with independent labels. What does this mean for indie music creators and publishers?

Bomfunk MC's Freestyler and Darude's Sandstorm were released 25 years ago. Both songs continue to get remunerations from abroad

According to a recent customer and stakeholder survey, Gramex customer satisfaction has improved significantly. The Gramex Customer Satisfaction Index (NPS) in the survey, which ended in early October, was 43 points, compared to 1.34 in the previous survey. Customers cited an efficient accounting process and a renewed, more professional and ambitious approach as the reasons for the increased ratings.

Fall is an active time on the record release front. GramexPress rounded up some of the albums that have been or will be released this month, with sounds ranging from pop to metal and rock to rap.

On 15 October, Gramex paid out 7.3 million euros in the autumn distribution, compensating 9 215music performers and producers represented by Gramex in Finland. For the first time, more accurate international DDEX reporting was also piloted for some of the rights owners.

Gramex’s director Tuomas Talonpoika examines the importance of metadata in his “Music and the Metadata” -series.