Releasing Music With DistroKid Tutorial For Beginners

[@AudioTechTV]

Next check out how to claim your official artist channel on KZbin by clicking here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zFlZWIeJ6EbpY

[@Eddie_Sto]

I just signed up last night. Happy anniversary. Nov. 13, 2023. Still figuring this shh out

[@EMP1264-c1j]

love this channel' no half hour talking' before getting to the point'. gives so much and asks for nothing' Top Notch Info'

[@sizex1966]

Thank you for your energy!!!! Guidance & Protection Mannerz & Respect.

[@orkankaradag9658]

What should be done to upload a song with a video clip to KZbin? Should we not select KZbin Music at all when uploading songs from Distrokid? If we don't select it, will KZbin Music still create a channel? If not, how do we connect it?

[@AudioTechTV]

You need to select KZbin when uploading. Check out this video to see how to take control of the channel that KZbin makes for your music so you can also upload videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5zFlZWIeJ6EbpY

[@ElementX90]

hey man, love your content, am a new musician trying to upload on Distrokid but I don't know my way around the music copyright protection, any knowledge on how to obtain the music copy right license? thanks

[@jaymusik1235]

Hisbis exactly what i needed

[@AudioTechTV]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

[@jaymusik1235]

@@AudioTechTV My God bless you bro, thank you for the information.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

Hopefully soon! One of these days I'm going to have to actually call a mix finished instead of recording a new song! 😁👍

[@AudioTechTV]

That’s the point I get to. “It’s finished enough”. And then I just cal it either demo or single that way if I ever decide to go back and do more mixing I can release a different version.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

@@AudioTechTV With me, it's recording the final lead vocal mostly. I'm recording original songs I sang at my wedding in 1991, and some written in the following years. I sang them onstage for nearly 30 years with bands, but now recording them, for some reason, I'm changing the arrangements, and rewriting the lyrics. In general, I'm just overthinking everything, and finishing nothing! Edit - I like the two new songs, but I've got to sort out my Spotify account, can't seem to log in to leave my email address. The preview sounds great though, something a bit different. 👍

[@TheTonyTitan]

@@AudioTechTV fucking genius bro! I'm gonna have to steal that idea and finally put this stuff out there! Thanks for that gem 💎

[@kevinmontano6992]

Thank you so much for this info!

[@AudioTechTV]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

[@jamiesagle2303]

Thank you! SO helpful!!!!! :)

[@AudioTechTV]

Glad it helped. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

[@0000song0000]

Can you make a video on copyright? I assume we have to have the song registered before doing distrokid, right?

[@billhinsperger8120]

Great video man just wondering when adding all these distribution platforms Apple, tic tok, instagram exc… do you have to create a page for all of these before u upload a song? The first song u uploaded u just answered no to a bunch you weren’t sighted up for, does it automatically make u a page? Say fir Spotify ? Or fo u have to create these pages before you upload a song?

[@AudioTechTV]

If you don’t have a page already setup then it will create one for you on all of the sites.

[@billhinsperger8120]

@@AudioTechTVthanks nan one other thing wat about a video for the song? Is there an option? Especially for KZbin?

[@AudioTechTV]

@billhinsperger8120 I think DistroKid has another service for videos. You can upload videos to an artist page on KZbin and then you merge that page with the one that DistroKid creates. It’s called an official artist page and DistroKid makes it easy to do that. But unless your channel is monetized, you won’t make money from the video that you upload. You will make money from the video that automatically gets created through DistroKid. It’s just your album art and song but the royalties from KZbin and these basic videos are the highest out of all the services. So when you share your song, share that basic YT video.

[@billhinsperger8120]

@@AudioTechTVthanks buddy I will use your link for the sign up, I didn’t see in your video where snd when u pay snd where you put your banking info? Ohh and can you not charge for your songs? As an option? I’m in Canada my buddy said he has to fill out forms for tax if your charging money? Or do u do they st the end of the year?

[@MrNimbus53]

So doing all this your song will show up on your youtube channel, spotify account, etc? And if you didnt make a spotify account yet, does it make it for you?

[@AudioTechTV]

Yes it will make a Spotify account for you and once your song is posted on there then you can claim that Spotify account through DistroKid and customize your Spotify artist page with your bio, & header artwork plus it gives you the verified artist badge which looks a little more professional.

[@MrNimbus53]

@@AudioTechTV And this applies to any other platform that you dont have like KZbin for example? (Thank you so much for the quick answer!)

[@AudioTechTV]

Yes. It will make all of the artist channels and pages on all of the sites that you choose to release your music on. On KZbin it gets posted to what they call a topic channel. It would look something like “your band - topic” if you have an existing KZbin channel for your music then you can apply through DistroKid to get an official artist channel on KZbin. This will combine the topic channel with your own channel that you set up plus it gives you some additional features on KZbin and allows you to customize it the way you like.

[@selimsiyami]

Could you explain what do you mean you already have an instagram setup? Do you mean you have an instagram account and you paste the url or you setup something special for distrokid? So what should we check (yes or no) for the first time release as a new artist. Thank you!

[@AudioTechTV]

It’s the same Instagram page that you have setup for your band or artist. If someone uses your song on Instagram it can be linked to your page if someone click on it.

[@selimsiyami]

@@AudioTechTV Thank you for your help🙏

[@mikesparks3398]

One thing I didn’t see is : did you have to format the music before you upload or is it just an MP3?

[@AudioTechTV]

You can use MP3 if you want but an uncompressed format like WAV or AIFF is preferred. I used a wav file.

[@mikesparks3398]

@ thank you. When I’ve uploaded to tunecore i had to go into like iTunes or something( lol I don’t remember) and reformat it

[@bookermusic]

This video cleared a lot up for me that I was stuck on, so thank you. I have a question about the artist page on Spotify. If I select that it's a first release for Spotify, etc, does it then create an artist page for me on there? If so, is that when I then go through the Get Access stuff with Spotify to claim it or do I need to do this before? I am very stuck on this. Thanks!

[@AudioTechTV]

If it’s a first release for that artist/band then they will create the Spotify page for you and then you can go in and claim it plus add your logo and any other customizations that you want on there. So you don’t need to have one first

[@bookermusic]

Brilliant. Thanks for the reply mate!@@AudioTechTV

[@salomovampz]

How many days will it be to be released? is it actually 5 days? What if I suppose want to release tomorrow

[@AudioTechTV]

Release times all depend on how busy DistroKid and the sites are. Some sites might get it tomorrow some may take a couple days and some can take weeks. Sometimes mine get release in a day or two on KZbin, Spotify, and iTunes. Sometimes it’s longer. There’s no way to speed this up. It’s best to plan ahead and schedule your releases in advance.

[@mlwsf]

so the legacy fee is $20 per song? Jay Zus!

[@kristianwilliamson7673]

If distrokid uploads to all platforms, do you have to have the platforms first with a actual access

[@AudioTechTV]

No. They will create them if you don’t have them. Also they have tools to give you access to them on Spotify, KZbin and more places.

[@bionysos41]

I just released 3 singles but my pricing should be 0,99$ but distrokid put in itunes 8,99$ and says those are EPs so do you know where i can correct this thing?

[@AudioTechTV]

You can contact DistroKid’s customer support and they should be able to help with that issue.

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

So how do you go about getting an IRSC for songs you write?

[@AudioTechTV]

If you use DistroKid they give you an ISRC for every song you upload.

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

@@AudioTechTV they " give" you an ISRC for each song? So you just upload a raw song you recorded in faith and you get one immediately? Or how does it work? Im hanging on each thread learning step by step or your video by video cause I am wanting to upload my music but totally new and clueless. Hey theres an idea for you on doing " that" video for people like me. Literally Fischer Price instructions for total newbies

[@AudioTechTV]

Yes you upload your music to DistroKid and they assign an ISRC for each track. It can take a few hours or a day before you see the ISRC.

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

@@AudioTechTV wow!! Thank you Gotta finish farm chores I will have more questions later, so glad your sharing your knowledge helping others, thank you so much !

[@michaeld2176]

Where do I get images

[@AudioTechTV]

I usually use pexels or pixabay for free images. Then You can edit those in whatever software you have or use a free online software like Canva or the Adobe free online editor. Canva has some free images too so you can check there as well.

[@HugoDaSilva7]

what file format do you use?

[@AudioTechTV]

For the audio? I always use .wav

[@HugoDaSilva7]

@@AudioTechTV Ok, Thanks

[@wyskay7593]

Why did you not post on Snapchat?

[@AudioTechTV]

I’m just not a fan of Snapchat lol

[@brookhavengroupllc866]

Skipped over Record Label

[@flagrantlyvivid7195]

A COUPLE of SINGLES?

[@AudioTechTV]

Yes 2 singles.