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Selling your music through these platforms is much like consigning a vehicle for sale through a car dealership I think. They want a commission from you and you are supplying them with free inventory to sell. They really don't care to push the sale because they are not out anything while you wait for the salesmen to sell it. Usually they get paid before you do. It seems it becomes a waiting game that you never know what will happen and when.

Absolutely brilliant!

I am glad you brought this up. I had CDBABY for years, and then alas, a stupid scam label Bluepie made me take down my music with you, and put it with them, and I never saw a dime. Distrokid is a problem because they have AI and will not answer back. I did SONGTRADR starting in 2020 and I was very happy. But if I don't pay $49 a month to go PRO, all my music will come down again. They said I could do "Distrokid" for 40% off the 1st year, but since you are now saying it is going to be bought out, I guess I won't do that. The problem is, every time your music is taken down and put back up, you lose all your stats. My album "Everything in good time" has 3 songs that had anywhere between 8900 and 31000 streams, so I don't want to lose those stats. What should I do? I have to make the decision by Julu 8. Thanks!

Thanks guy

Nope. Definitely. Records may sound great when they are taken good care of, but they are not better than CDs which are also way more durable, convenient and trouble free.

No way in hell. Vinyl is limited as are CD's. The difference is that with CD's they can sample at higher rates to achieve great results. Analog tape changes this altogether. Analog is infinite and your limitations rely greatly on your record and reproducing equipment. If I had to pick one format, for me, it would be professional analog tape.

Thank u queen herbys How I make a lot of money selling my cds 💿 Tonyyy ima keep selling cds 💿 all my life Physical media forever

Always grateful for the information that you share!! 🙏

I would love to do this I just don’t know how from the web development side of it

The frequency response of vinyl has massive dips, peaks and roll offs at the high and low spectrum. Initially phono inputs have R.I.I.A. equalization to flatten out to a great degree this response. The EQ for vinyl will be adjusted further in the mastering mix, improved further by turntables amps and speakers that flatten out, thus improve the idiosyncrasies of vinyl. In the seventies and eighties I'd listen to classical music on Deutsch a Gramophone- brand records on a high quality stereo system, and was impressed with the natural sound, as if I was seated in front of the orchestra. The other day I listened to this brand, Deutsch, on CD, and was unimpressed. It was probably mastered to sound best on vinyl. Yet as I altered the EQ with my parametric equalizer, it sounded just as realistic or better than vinyl! Also there is emotional conditioning to the sound of the format one listens to for years.

I tried to release my independence music to CD BABY

The problem with this is if you are selling digital downloads for $20, why would you offer a hard copy of the same album for $5?

What is the name of the artist/band ? It looks like they got their ideas from music marketing manifesto. I would say it is over selling upfront .. .... I would send the CD and then having their email I would begin to build the persons trust and slowly ramp up the selling/marketing. Also is there any hits songs on that CD? Their is an endless supply of free music today ...but most of it is not very good...90% is very bad... just saying...

I've never run an online shop yet, so not sure how it works. But to cover the cost of the CD, is it possible to automatically add a dollar or two to whatever the shipping costs come out as?

To wind up paying $8 for a so-called free cd doesn’t seem very scrupulous to me I’m afraid there’s nothing free about it false advertising and very misleading

what if a record label buys distrokid or cdbaby? what happens then? do they own independent artists then?

I think the main reason people started saying the digital nature of CDs was negatively impacting the sound - was the low quality, small, cheap, stereo systems that MOST people played CDs on at home at that time. Not a lot of people experienced CDs on a "true hi-fi" receiver with big speakers - more likely an ultra-cheap boombox with tinny, tiny, speakers. In the late 80s-onward, the best sound system most people had was in their car - so the bar was lowered for what recorded music should sound like. People still had access to big home phono-stereos and turntables...so comparing that audio to car FM radio or a cd on a small boombox, people quickly got the idea that vinyl was the purest and best audio.

Thanks Tony!

Thanks

Do you have a link to the band?

Hi Tony! Thanks much for the video. This is exactly what I was thinking about some days ago. This is a great idea to give away all CDs I have, since it´s pretty hard to get some gigs for indie artists. Btw, at my last gig, I remember I offered 2 CDs for the price of 1. I think that was a great idea, too.

Great data for my team to put into action immediately. This is how you run a Music Business.. Thank you. I am going to test this out and have it operational tonight.

Great time

I love this! It's not obnoxious and it's very "value added." If they blow up, you have an autographed original initial pressing CD.

That's a great idea. I want to try it. Which online shop should I go to?

I'd give Holland an 8. and 8 is great. the Nurse and Campbell contracts were horrible, but he did far more good then bad.

Great video, we will try it!

Thank you Tony, it helps a lot !

Wow, that's a great idea.❤❤

People need to stop with the hate on AI and acting scared. Authentic art and music aren't dying, and AI isn't ruining everyone's lives or careers. Newsflash: AI has been around since the 50s! You're using it right now on your device, computer, phone, TV, and Wi-Fi Basically all electronic devices have artificial intelligence in them to make them actually work That TV show you're watching or that song you're listening to or that letter you're typing in on your keyboard it all is being done by a artificial intelligence When you stroke your keyboard to type in something You're not actually typing it into the computer yourself It's going through a wire through to the computer into its artificial intelligence and it's telling it what to do No different than prompting A AI in the technology out now. The only difference is that the media, government, music industry, and movie industry have been using AI to produce content for decades, and now it's available to the public. And let's be real, concerts are just a gimmick and a scam. You're just watching someone lip sync, and if you're okay with that, then that's on you. AI isn't going to destroy your life or anyone else's. I make my own art and music, and I don't care about AI one bit. It doesn't bother me because I'm not worried about becoming irrelevant. And can we talk about the hypocrisy? Everyone was stoked about Paul McCartney's AI-generated Beatles song, but now you're bashing others for using it? Come on. This technology gives people who can't afford to make music or art the opportunity to do so. It's not taking away from you or anyone else. You can still do your thing your way, and I'll do mine. I use AI for my album art and videos, but I still create my own music. It's not an either-or situation. And let me prove it to you - I've been making music for 25 years, and no one's ever really acknowledged it, even before AI was available to the public. It's not because of AI; it's because people are ignorant and disrespectful. They'll click on a song and exit out without even listening. It's not AI that's the problem; it's people. AI just gives others the opportunity to create that you've had all along because of your resources. Also your claiming this video that AI is going to destroy the careers of beat makers No it's not They literally use artificial intelligent digital sound packs and stuff to make beats There's no difference in between what they're using to make their own music and what people are using to make music with AI or art or any other type of thing with AI and plus most people who make beats don't even sell them to people because people don't buy beets really from people They rather make their own so that theory you just threw out there is nothing more than a conspiracy theory.

I was learning more about certain rights and recording for the reason that I do not own beats but I would like to own my lyrics . CZcams Copyright Exceptions Copyright exceptions are laws that allow you to reuse someone else’s copyright-protected material without getting their permission, but only under certain circumstances.

Well mixed recordings sound better than badly mixed recordings. This is a crucial fact that is hardly ever mentioned. Today with the mania for compression, all bets are off.

I have had my Bandzoogle website for about 10 years now and love it! I didn't know about the crowdfunding capabilities - going to research that for my next release.

A one way version of reality. You only put your finger on the negatives. As easily I can also point out all negatives on digital. There has been a musician who cooperated in playing a song on his guitar and singing. His song was both recorded digitally and on an analogue lacquer. The outcome was mind blowing playing this recording on high end audio gear.

I think the new logo that CD Baby has says a lot.

I have been with CD Baby for over 20 years. I brought them a record from 50 Cent and only made $3,500.00 from CDBaby. CDBaby steals money from their artists. I would love to see CDbaby go out of business. Warner should only give them $1 USD.

It means their trying to steal money from us. Has anyone noticed all payments are delayed right now?

What an amazing explanation. Clear, logical and fact-based. Music is very personal taste. If you like vinyl, despite of all its technical limitation, go ahead and enjoy it. If you like digital music, there is also nothing wrong with that.

Will it change for low-level artists? No. But probably. Thanks for the insight.

Our small label has distributed through CD Baby since nearly the beginning. Customer service used to be impeccable. Back in the day before he left the scene, I even used to occasionally speak or email with Derek Sivers (the founder). Now, It takes weeks to get an email response, if ever. Any problems or specific questions you have, you must handle yourself as best you can. I feel a strong nostalgia for the old CD Baby, and have no immediate intention of changing distributors, but it is not what it used to be. So it goes.

Thank you for info.

Indie Artists should release their music on their own website and forget the fractional pennies payments that posting your music across multiple streaming platforms pay. What's wrong with that?

It sounds better when I toss it out the window 🪟🤓

Performing live is NOT free. I appreciate what you're getting at but so many artists are pulling back from live performances because of the cost and time investment. Gas, tolls, flights, rental cars, parking, paying the band, paying the sound guy... it all costs money even if you don't pay yourself. Then there's the time is costs to book, promote, prepare, and get to the gig. Performing live is a full time job that often doesn't allow you to break even. I just wish this industry was more like being a plumber. No plumber does free work "for exposure." OK rant over!! haha, I'm still a full time musician but I don't want any newbies getting misled.

I think it depends. I like how older analog recordings sound on vinyl.

Thanks & I'm a subscriber to your show. I making adjustments to my music publishing philosophy by making the most of the music I already released on CD Baby. Keep doing your Disc Makers thing. DJ Hard

That's why I haven't bought into the vinyl revival. The last vinyl album I bought must have been around 1988. Since I got my first CD player, I never looked back. The only very few vinyl records I have bought in these last decades have been stuff that was never available on CD.

Great video my guy. I distribute all of my releases through CDbaby 💯

As a collector vinyl is nicer in my opinion. But to be fair to the vinyl format I believe the lower frequency issue on vinyl is in some part meet in the RIAA equalization (that gives us another problem though). And I think the CD distortion in treble with brick wall filters could give the vinyl format an upperhand in this area. Otherwise agree I agree with you :-)

Moved everything to United Masters last year and I don't regret it. Way better platform and UI.