The BEST and EASY Way to Distribute Your Music in 2024!
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2023
- From DistroKid's simplicity to CD Baby's comprehensive services, TuneCore's wide reach, and Landr's cutting-edge features-this video breaks down the pros and cons of each, helping you make an informed decision.
I've personally used all 4 services mentioned in this video (DistroKid, CD Baby, TuneCore and Landr) and think all 4 bring something to the music distribution and music creation table. - Hudba
I found your video very informative, and really gave me ideas as to which direction to consider in getting my music distributed, played on multiple platforms, and collecting royalties. Thank you!
How come nobody is mentioning that distrokid actually pays on a quarterly basis, they say it’s monthly but if Spotify takes 2-3 month and distrokid pays monthly that means you won’t receive those sales for another 3-4 months later
This is good to know! 🙏
Loads of videos of people complaining about late payments
I am new to releasing my music. Thanks for sharing this! I have 2 piano solo singles I released on CD Baby and just released a piano/flute album released through Distrokid. I want to release my next album and include the 2 songs already released through CD baby. I am not in it for the money but I don't like that CD baby takes so much compared to others. Should I switch my released singles over to Distrokid if I am including them in my next album? Or how does this work? Any suggestions.
I am currently recording cover songs. I can't find a very good answer to the question: What is the most economical way to release an album of cover songs? I understand that mechanical licensing is necessary, but I don't know about these pre-paid fees for digital downloads. Is one service better than another? thanks!!!
Yeah. I got a few cover on there. Got to pay a few bucks/year per song. Starts to hurt big if you don't sell a ton of them. There is a thing called "we are the hits" which covers CZcams vid copyrights. Maybe you could connect that to your website for some sales?
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Is there any ways to be on CZcams Music/Google Play without having a CZcams Topic channel?
Unfortunately I don't think so
As soon as you release a single track through any of these platforms, it is assigned a upc and isrc code and a topic channel will be automatically generated. Furthermore you can then claim it and become an authorised official channel so all further releases resulted to your artist page will be added to both your page and the topic page. At least that is how it works both with CD Baby and Distro Kid, I cannot speak for the others as I do not know.
@@Ecstasio unfortunately I use TuneCore and they don't offer the official artist channel anymore, it's "under improvement" and it's been for months... I don't see it's coming back anytime soon... Such a nightmare, any alternatives?
@@Ecstasio you are correct but normally you have to have a certain number of releases distributed through a CZcams music partner that can be found in CZcams Services Directory for Music Partners
Which is the best in your opinion? I'm new to all of this and want to make a choice.
I like both Distrokid and CD Baby personally. The difference is do you want a subscription service or would you rather pay per release? Gotta see which option works best for you
@amirkhostavan I'm about to release an album and I will be putting out a lot more music, so I assume subscription service would make more sense. Thanks for the reply, man. 👊🏼
Good luck with the album release!@@gospelinsanity
@amirkhostavan Thanks, bro! 🫡
I used to love Distro but I will no longer distribute with them. As of late 2023, they will ban your music if you use any kind of spotify promotion service! TuneCore is awful. I don't know how but they are somehow stealing royalties. I have a song with them that has thousands of plays on Spotify and thousands more on CZcams and have not earned even $1.00. I know that I won't earn a lot with that number of streams but based on distributing with other services like CDBaby and Distro, I have earned at least $40 with each of them. I am interested to give Landr a try but that price point is high.
I'm being falsely accused of fake streams by landr. their accusations are smoking mirrors with no wild proof when requested. as an artist i can't prove I am not. they are threatening to take down my music. honestly I'm done with self release. if a label doesn't pick up a track it doesn't get released. I'm looking now for a 3rd distributor to at least park my music
Distrokid just did the same to me with my lastest single. I requested support from them and they haven't responded. I contacted Spotify directly and they basically gave me the middle finger. The rep was really rude. So I decided to remove my music catalog from Spotify. Also looking for another Distributor because Distrokid won't stand behind the artist.
update ?
@@victorsmith6429 I transferred all my self releases to amuse. No issues yet. But something interesting. I logged into my song stats account went to a link called submit hub. Long story short I saw songs on playlists that were tagged as warning or something to that extent. Basically potential fraudulent activity all around a couple listed names or owners of those playlists. I contacted Spotify artist support. I was all motivated to share this info because we get accused with no means
Of proving innocence. They threaten to take down our music. We say but we are innocent. How do I prove this. Anyways. Spotify said they do not handle one on one cases. I responded. That’s a shame but I’m not surprised. It just proves the rumors that. You guys are the fraud. The ones making false accusations. You guys are music communists. And most of us do not have the funds to drag you through court.
I honestly wish people would drop their Spotify accounts so this company goes broke. Or a powerful legal team hears us and is will to do a class action lawsuit and expose these music criminals.
@@victorsmith6429 I transferred all my self releases to amuse. No issues yet. But something interesting. I logged into my song stats account went to a link called submit hub. Long story short I saw songs on playlists that were tagged as warning or something to that extent. Basically potential fraudulent activity all around a couple listed names or owners of those playlists. I contacted Spotify artist support. I was all motivated to share this info because we get accused with no means
Of proving innocence. They threaten to take down our music. We say but we are innocent. How do I prove this. Anyways. Spotify said they do not handle one on one cases. I responded. That’s a shame but I’m not surprised. It just proves the rumors that. You guys are the fraud. The ones making false accusations. You guys are music communists. And most of us do not have the funds to drag you through court.
I honestly wish people would drop their Spotify accounts so this company goes broke. Or a powerful legal team hears us and is will to do a class action lawsuit and expose these music criminals. I’m done releasing through public distributors. If a label doesn’t pick up a song. I drop it on SoundCloud for the fans and move on
i'm searching for somewhere to cover beatport
How is CD baby' s costumer service response , I heard it stinks...
Well, it takes long time, 3 weeks and so.. And depending on the problem, they can fix some stuff. They are however unable to fix my CZcams artist channel.
Why not just label this video as a long ass advertisement for
distrokid
Helpful, keep up the good work🫂❤️
Mahla Sangeet Distribution
Is the best
That legacy garbage is a deal breaker for dustrokid