The BEST and EASY Way to Distribute Your Music in 2024!

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.

[@alexanderentertainmentllc]

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!

[@user-of6er3gh5d]

You forgot to mention that CD baby takes a royalty cut for every song distributed… That is a very important mistake to highlight

[@seethisclip27]

Thanks for mentioning, can you explain better

[@fumziemusic]

@@seethisclip27 distrokid leaves 100% of royalties to you, cd baby keeps 9% leaving you with 91%. If you make actual money from music like me (not much) cd baby is more expensive because that 9% of royalties every year is more money than the subsciption cost of distrokid, for example. And the more money you make the more the difference is big. For example, an article showed that on 6000 dollars made in 3 years, the net money you get (factoring all the costs of the services) is 5891 dollars for tunecore rising artist vs 5450 on cd baby. Because that 9% matters a lot when making actual money

[@skaizoh]

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

[@arkoverload]

This is good to know! 🙏

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Loads of videos of people complaining about late payments

[@fumziemusic]

it's withdrawing. You can withdraw anytime you want, the money actually comes on delay from certain services like spotify, its completely normal and will be like this on any other music distributor. Other services withdraw the money to you every month, every quarter, or on request. Distrokid is the latter

[@sictric]

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

[@jorgaridya7085]

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.

[@victorsmith6429]

update ?

[@sictric]

@@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.

[@sictric]

@@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

[@phantxm706]

Update?

[@BobarrkaOfficial]

Good explanation 👍🏽💯

[@arkoverload]

Appreciate it

[@UB.S]

Is there any ways to be on KZbin Music/Google Play without having a KZbin Topic channel?

[@universalator]

Unfortunately I don't think so

[@Ecstasio]

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.

[@UB.S]

@@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?

[@shortcirkuitz]

@@Ecstasio you are correct but normally you have to have a certain number of releases distributed through a KZbin music partner that can be found in KZbin Services Directory for Music Partners

[@marylouprimeau]

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.

[@rodverse]

My former distributor is refusing to take down my songs can I redistribute my songs?

[@ZKM-le1qr]

Can you use them all at once

[@gospelinsanity]

Which is the best in your opinion? I'm new to all of this and want to make a choice.

[@arkoverload]

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

[@gospelinsanity]

@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. 👊🏼

[@arkoverload]

Good luck with the album release!@@gospelinsanity

[@gospelinsanity]

@amirkhostavan Thanks, bro! 🫡

[@SouLahtheLegend]

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 KZbin 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.

[@careymxsmith-thomas8134]

Why not just label this video as a long ass advertisement for distrokid

[@gwernovsky]

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!!!

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

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 KZbin vid copyrights. Maybe you could connect that to your website for some sales? ?

[@spaceengineer1452]

Distrokid change extra money for recording a cover. $18 per song (I’m Australian) why they change for covers, I don’t understand.

[@PersianRaver]

i'm searching for somewhere to cover beatport

[@seethisclip27]

8:10 CD baby benefits

[@dtcdiscipulostotalmentecom9137]

How is CD baby' s costumer service response , I heard it stinks...

[@ermanevcil]

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 KZbin artist channel.

[@dtcdiscipulostotalmentecom9137]

That legacy garbage is a deal breaker for dustrokid

[@Dvskey]

Helpful, keep up the good work🫂❤️