Distrokid vs Tunecore vs CD Baby: 2023 Update

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[@memphbeats]

Whew I ALMOST went to DistroKid until I seen this

[@deshmukhshrut]

Only thing tunecore is missing, is the ability to keep songs live forever on stores.

[@Frapucheno]

Nah they deduct from your funds to keep your account active Just make sure you have $100 in your account each year you’ll be fine That weekly pay is so worth it Even if your music isn’t worth much

[@ktleemusic]

@@Frapucheno I suspect they mean that Tunecore still hasn't added a Legacy option for if you die. That is a weakness that I do think they should address asap.

[@alilshort7399]

@@ktleemusic I highly doubt you are going to die in a couple of months. Maybe start with uploading music and as you age, Tunecore will too and by that time they will probably add that option.

[@Payusnomind]

@@ktleemusic They automatically debit your account vs your debit card. If you die, your cards get canceled but as long as your releases cover the fee, all is good. If the releases can’t generate enough royalties to cover $30 a year, I don’t know what to say about that…

[@areal1tv189]

@@Payusnomindare you saying if you pay the one time fee to release the song long as they can take it from your account you’re good ?

[@Zemira.Israel]

Thank you! I will be updating my collaboration inquiry doc with this info to add to my fee! You always provide valuable info to the indie community! Also you helped me confidently switch over to Tunecore for my current releases because of your informative videos.

[@liedecay]

the main thing that diverts me from tunecore is their release renewal which makes you pay to keep your songs up, on top of your subscription.

[@Payusnomind]

Far as I understand, the release renewal fee IS the subscription fee. I don't think there are two fees, just one.

[@Kennyyrr2]

@@Payusnomindyoure still basically stuck paying that for life if u want ur songs up

[@jai2776]

@@Kennyyrr2I thought it was just if you wanted to keep getting money from them

[@melba-pf]

I recently passed to iMusician from Distrokid! So far price, delivery and support are excellent! Useful video and earned a new subscriber as well!

[@RyanlovesTh]

You will regret it

[@kenay]

@@RyanlovesTh fr

[@j5545]

Why​@@RyanlovesTh

[@NewJayqwe2]

This was very impressive, thank you so much for the help, definitely earned another subscriber dude 🙌🙌

[@FlatTire]

Distrokid is worst... Even their logo is laughing at you saying "we'll screw you over"

[@kimbadagr8_]

Wait fr? Its like the most talked about so im yet to get a distribution service!!! Like its so much controversy with all of them and scams

[@Josh-py9rq]

😂😂😂😂

[@Djsatile]

I’m dead 😂

[@metaphorishere]

​@@kimbadagr8_as a distrokid user that's cap distrokid is great

[@WAZIMBEX]

I used DistroKid since 2018 , THEY SUCK. Im glad we got options. Distro is the worst Distributor in the long run

[@KyraSimoneofficial]

What about whitelisting your official facebook page? For Tune core. Love this video. Thank you so much. 4:30

[@Jinadumusic]

Excellent breakdown - thanks! 😀

[@CRAZYROME]

Best one I see here is cd baby cause they keep ya music on forever

[@Payusnomind]

Yes and no. It's not like buying a car where it's in your possession. This is more like buying a room in someone's house. You don't have to pay rent every month but, the house could get foreclosed, the owners could sell it and the new owners could evict you, a lot is out of your control. So I wouldn't say forever. They could get bought by a record company tomorrow that decides to shut the whole service down.

[@kyonball]

Damn thank you for this! Distrokid runnin them pockets fasho lolll, Im thinking about switching to Tunecore frfr.

[@petermwahoss9986]

Shazam is the only thing that makes tunecore less that distrokid

[@illyfish1951]

this undoubtedly the best breakdown ive seen online for this, great vid! cant believe i almost didnt click on it because u were staring into my soul in the thumbnail. gets me uncomfy

[@modernrecordingartist]

Wow man thanks that was quick and to the point. Can you elaborate on your management service you mentioned? Thanks!

[@Payusnomind]

Yeah. Here's what I recognized, artists are into making art. All this other stuff with strategy, marketing, advertising, analytics, etc. it needs to be done but most artists just aren't going to do it. There can be a million courses and tutorials teaching how to do it, it just takes a different personality type to do that stuff and you can't change who you are. When you look at getting that support system it's costly because everything is compartmentalized into its own service. An analytics platform might charge you $150 per month, an ad management service might charge you at least $50 per campaign + the actual budget for the ads, Smart link providers charge $50 for access to data, everywhere an artist turns it's added cost. People charging $75+ just to have a conversation with artists. I'm a builder by nature so I'm always designing websites, analyzing metrics, etc. for fun. So, I created the management program for artists to leverage me as a resource. They pay $150/ month and I can work with them to build whatever they need built and do whatever they need done. Sometimes it's building smart links and analyzing data. Other times it's advice on what to do with a particular song as far as where to release and how. I'll teach them how to advertise on any platform they want to use or if they don't care to learn, I'll manage the ads for them. I mean, there have been times where I've helped artists move away from music entirely and build a separate side business because I saw that music just wasn't going to work for them and they had something better. Artists I work with get my phone number and the line is always open so they don't have to constantly think about whether they can afford to pay for help.

[@kyronearle2223]

tune core seems like the way to go atm I'm moving from ditto

[@zenyfilmsrambo]

i am in the same place brother i dont know which choose you already wanted which one to go which one to choose ?

[@osamabinladen2075]

what ? i just planed to cancel repost by soundcloud to use tunecore

[@hunchoneno]

Tunecore cool but my songs never make it on Instagram and Facebook stories neither tik tok I hate that !!! Distrokid did all that for me but tunecore gives a hard time

[@JayDeeOfficialx]

same!!

[@hunchoneno]

You gotta send them an email they fixed it now finally 🔥🔥

[@toppybossradio4518]

Thinking on switching to tunecore

[@mowes8229]

Wow 🙌 Amazing content! Super impressed 👏 👏👏👏👏

[@KashtonRichard]

So which one is better. , I had CDbaby back in 2016 it don’t even have my release on there any more but my song is still on iTunes and all that other stuff. Plus I have BMI for the set up back than but everything is different.

[@pedrolacerdaartistico9415]

Great vid man. Thx

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

If I didn’t know any better , I would say you have these in order from your best to worst? Tune core better ?

[@cassandrahuskey8866]

You might want to update this cause tbey all have changed alot in the last 3 months

[@oO5Dynasty]

😂😂😂😂😂 that dark wing duck line! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Payusnomind]

When there's trouble you call D.W

[@Artax-jv8zt]

Thank you so much for all the information in this video.

[@POJmuzik]

Which is best of all?

[@dominiquevanechelpoel3379]

Thank you very much! Very helpful video. One of the best, maybe even THE best I've ever seen on the subject. Do you have a video that explains more about UPC and why it's important for potential chart material? I didn't quite understand that from this video.

[@Payusnomind]

Peace. Thanks for watching. Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f362kH13rtqAidUsi=zSDHbqIcPtvnDXu2&t=115

[@Fortunefellas]

Great video and explanation. Can i whitelist other peoples KZbin channels in Tunecore when they are using my non exclusive beats?

[@machotkeyz8086]

What about customer service?

[@BAESZMUSIC]

Beautiful video brother! 💯 Distrokid is horrible I must say. Regret paying $36.00 to them. Ahh!

[@thecorruptversion]

why is it horrible?

[@tastefulsubstance]

Dawg. I only pay $22 and the extra costs on the songs like Shazam and shit, it's only a one time payment. It doesn't add to the annual payment. I pay about $25 a year for unlimited releases and I get all but 5% of my royalties. He's making it seem way worse than it is

[@thecorruptversion]

@@tastefulsubstance I still don't know if using distrokid or not

[@ebbluu5139]

@@tastefulsubstancehey . i just want to know how can i get distrokid to upload my music onto one youtube page ? i uploaded 2 singles but they gave 2 different pages im new at this & going through the comments , just wanting to ask someone…

[@sulikokhomasuridze]

Здравствуйте.. У меня есть аккаунт cdbaby но не могу зайти так как я сменил номер телефона и без сообщений не могу зайти.. Не подскажите что я могу сделать?

[@stonestanza]

Is tunecore 30 to load as many songs? Also if I have a song wit sample cam tunecore clear it??

[@RyanSmithSounds]

Hugely appreciate this video mate

[@victormjimmyjackson4076]

Thank you

[@carlosorellana621]

the only problem with tunecore is youtube artist channel request site under construction for over 5 months

[@audiotoarabic]

grae review my friend about the taxes in africa i'm from egypt and the taxes 15% and this is pretty much what the solution for the taxes ?

[@Payusnomind]

When it comes to taxes, you have to use a distributor based outside of the US like Horus or VerseOne Distribution.

[@audiotoarabic]

@@Payusnomind There is no taxes ?

[@Payusnomind]

@@audiotoarabic Far as I understand, it depends on your government's tax treaty with the US.

[@audiotoarabic]

@@Payusnomind that's up on my country not the distributors , but i want to ask you about taxes in distrokid how do you act with this problem in your country ?

[@shawnfolk5913]

@@audiotoarabic It's imposed by the US government on foreigners so US citizens aren't subject to it.

[@massiahg]

Distrokid pays whenever they feel like it.. no set pay date

[@silentsage2462]

So with CD Baby, how would you get the producer their 50% mechanical royalties if you can’t do splits?

[@Payusnomind]

You mean for sales right? I hope you're just talking about download sales. You don't pay Mechanical royalties for streams, the streaming platforms do. If you've been doing that, the producer has been getting paid twice.

[@silentsage2462]

@@Payusnomind oh ok. No I haven’t launched my career yet, just getting everything in order. I just know Tunecore and Distrokid have a section for splits

[@Josh-py9rq]

@@silentsage2462lol was gonna say that would have been a big whoops 😂 paying out more than you needed too lok

[@chrisdoninzane]

I like all your review. This is what I waiting for.

[@zenyfilmsrambo]

Why pRO SINGLES $49 FROM Cd baby

[@manlum]

Great explanation!

[@jawvees2585]

Wow what a perspective changer 🎉

[@deejaydfc]

Do you know if "Tunecore" allows "Whitelisting" for more than one channel since I have an artist channel and my music label channel which I will be releasing more than just my personal tracks but I will be also uploading the same tracks to both channels as well. thanks.

[@Payusnomind]

Yeah, they do.

[@iamwoods_music]

Brilliant video, thank you

[@podcastarabi]

Hi Bro, If there are some earnings in my account on Distrokid, which has had all its releases deleted and I am no longer eligible to upload new releases for editorial discreation, if I request to withdraw these earnings to my bank account or PayPal, will I really receive them?

[@GavenJr]

thanks for the info m8

[@myway420_]

Great review video 👍

[@TookCross]

which 1 you think is the best out of these ?

[@LootPackShop]

Think of it like this … if you’re music is incomplete Tunecore If it’s final CD Baby Final being “ I’m ready to get paid for life and just keep it moving upload it once and it’s online forever “ Tunecore your albums and singles are always at risk of deletion after your death I know being dead doesn’t matter but your music does

[@asusrog8872]

​@@LootPackShopok so CDBaby

[@marcinpapke9390]

I think Symphonic is slightly better than Tunecore and I haven't heard any complaints as opposed to Tunecore e.g. blocked / refused releases

[@Payusnomind]

Sometimes the lack of bad reviews is due more to volume than quality of service. Somebody who works with 30 people might have fewer negative reviews than somebody who works with 300 people. The more people you work with, the greater the odds somebody's going to have an issue with your service. Anybody who has ever had to do anything close to customer service understands there are some people you just can't please. You have people who will buy a product and say it's broken because they don't know how to turn it on. Not to say Symphonic is worse or better, just saying you can't take the lack of negative reviews as law.

[@marcinpapke9390]

@@Payusnomind true. Symphonic offers music publishing solution (paid) which is a good thing though. I am hesitating between Tunecore and Symphonic and it's though to make up my mind because there is plenty of crypto-sponsored videos on YT about music distributors (recommendation, overview, review-like style) and God knows which one is genuine and which is not

[@user-oi4nc7wo8t]

Thanks buddy

[@Payusnomind]

No problem 👍

[@heltontewold]

nice and clean💯

[@beastie1996]

The link is broken!

[@Payusnomind]

Does it work now?

[@TheNewEarthAwakening]

1 artist for distrokid is $23

[@Payusnomind]

Review wasn't based on their lowest offer, it was based on their best offer. 1 artist for Tunecore is $15 but it's not their best offer.

[@SlickNaro]

I appreciate this

[@SamArrag]

day 7 : @DistroKid is a scam! They take your money and then remove all of your music from all platforms and do not reply to emails. ill not stop porting it until I get my money back

[@royalfl8me502]

Hi, I want You to Know I keep attempting to sign up on Your discount link and it is not providing the discount so it's probably not giving You the credit either.

[@Payusnomind]

Ok, it's all good. Sorry the discount isn't working. It's not so much about the credit as it is tracking. I track all links independently as well as through companies that allow it. Sometimes it's affiliate stuff, sometimes it's just to know whether my viewers responded. It's something anyone doing anything online should do. Attribution allows you to understand your value so if anyone wants to come and do a partnership with you, you can say you drive x amount of traffic to partners and demand fair compensation. So, you've got things like Bit.ly, Toneden, etc. that allow you to set up your own attribution system. One day I'll do a show on it, maybe, folks don't tend to have much interest in that kind of stuff.

[@zahraamohamed5833]

@@Payusnomind So is there no discount for TuneCore or is this the wrong link?

[@T1C3]

Dark Wing duck is a BAr

[@Payusnomind]

No doubt. Got to show love to the classics.

[@HarrietSchock123]

My question is about Tunecore. An artist has released a CD of my songs. I own publishing and wrote them. Do all the royalties go to the artist and is he expected to pay me for all the downloads? I suspect the splits are only for co-writes when the artist is the writer as well. I can't get Tunecore to answer me. Thanks.

[@Payusnomind]

Tunecore doesn’t handle anything in the way of Publishing unless you’re using Tunecore’s Publishing service which is separate from distribution. And yes, the recording artist in this scenario is responsible for paying mechanicals for downloads and physical sales. There’s probably more you’re owed from places outside of that but that’s another conversation.

[@imanoelsobanks768]

Can i register with Tunecore and get my royalty from distrokid through a split from a sono i produced? But i don't have an account with distrokid?

[@imanoelsobanks768]

@payusnomind

[@aagora]

Distrokid distribute to TikTok?

[@Payusnomind]

Yes

[@yanikjayaram]

3:00 - you didn't define what content id means.

[@mansourdorado]

KZbin content ID

[@asusrog8872]

Basically a Topic - Channel

[@saneasm]

bro distrokid is not $35 what you talm bout?

[@Payusnomind]

I'm talking about Distrokid being $35 which has now been increased to $39. Their former $20 tier, which is now $23, is so stripped down it cannot be compared to other services. You're paying less for less.

[@VSDeluxe]

For CDBaby: You can whitelist your Chanal and the chanal of others by Opening a Ticket and saying that chanal X should be Whitelisted. Or linking your account to CDBaby with the KZbin Artist Account.

[@Payusnomind]

All I found was this support article: support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/211095303-Claims-Disputes-and-Permissions-on-KZbin Nothing on putting in a ticket or anything like that. I'll reach out to them though and see what's up.

[@VSDeluxe]

@@Payusnomind OK now they changed that. Was till recently a other story.

[@hottboiijd]

I use DK its good asf yu just gotta have streams 1000 streams get yu bout 10$ i dont pay extra money for releasing this vid kinda cap 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Payusnomind]

Care to share what exactly about the video is cap? I love to have these debates. You tell me what's cap.

[@c-tzemthebeatmaker]

Ditto wins in terms of splits with collaboration

[@IFYOUDONTKNOWNOWYOUKNOW]

Ditto can take over 3 months to pay

[@musicLOVers-lq1cm]

@@IFYOUDONTKNOWNOWYOUKNOWhow???

[@nowzyboymusic]

Africa. Stop using cd Baby. Because City baby 9% of your and if you want to withdraw money then we got 30% of your money 🤑. So if you are Africa using CD baby I think you are just wasting your time 60% 40%. It's so bad energy

[@asusrog8872]

what do you use

[@jackstone4825]

Has affiliate links to all three platforms. You are the product!

[@Payusnomind]

That's a silly take. We're all the product. You're on KZbin watching videos and being exposed to ads in order to research companies you have to pay to put your music on streaming platforms that will exploit your creations for fractions of a penny while making billions. God forbid any of us get anything out of any of this other than attention. And, by the way, CD Baby doesn't even have an affiliate program. I asked them for a discount for viewers. Does it warm your heart that I get nothing? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@CursedCxrpse]

Just so y’all know you need to keep 30% of anything you ever make on DistroKid to put towards that years taxes or you will end up in debt

[@Payusnomind]

Yeah, for artists in countries without a tax treaty with the US or fail to fill out a tax form with the distributor. They're all doing it if they're based in the US.

tunecore copyright thieves

[@areal1tv189]

Can you explain wym ?

[@athena_the_hun1097]

?? How??