HOW TO SWITCH DISTRIBUTORS WITHOUT LOSING STREAM COUNTS OR PLAYLISTS

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

One thing I just want to make absolutely clear is that you can do this process with any distributor, it doesn't have to be just AWAL and Distrokid. I hope this video helps you make the change safely and without losing any placements or streams!

[@CalifaAzul]

Looking at your ISRC search results shows a lot more info than mine. Mine doesn't show UPC codes for any of my music. Do you know why that would be?

[@iamkingrvla]

so how do i distribute with AWAL?

[@bhargavmehta8278]

@@CalifaAzul You can get it from that same Spotify for Developer code you used to see Copyright information. It's down the line under "upc"

[@brnkme5916]

Will you keep getting royalties on the new platform??

[@histhronerecords]

Quick question . Once I transfer the song from distrokid to tunecore all the same , it’s been a week and it’s live. Both are . It’s a big song . Million streams . Can I now delete the distrokid one ? And I won’t loose my money and all ? Is it safe now? Lol

[@chubbknoxxmusic]

Man thank you for not giving up! Your contribution to the industry is enormous! this information is critical for those who need to be liberated in controlling their music. NO one should treat anyone like DK did you and you are the factor that they did not count on Bless up brother!

[@RezaManbachi]

This video is the most comprehensive instructions I've found. Thanks

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

I was just watching your banned from DK video, I was curious how you carried your music over to another distributor. And 8 hrs ago you uploaded this lol thanks

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Haha so glad that this video came at the perfect time!

[@SamaThakore]

Hey Ryan! Thank you so much for this video! Now I don’t really have to worry about my streams anymore! Thank you💕 really appreciate this!❤️

[@aakashsansare]

Sama could you do it later on ? Please help me with this

[@Louis1996_1]

Please don't ever delete these videos, might come in handy in the future!

[@MahiruSenarathne]

Can we have a review of AWAL?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

YES! Here is my new AWAL video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZOneqZpe62EZ9E

[@YashuaThunder]

incredibly helpful. May God continue blessing you brother.

[@volsi2087]

hey Ryan, I was looking on AWAL’s application to join, and it says that if you already have music released through another distributor, AWAL can transfer your catalog of music over for you, would that bypass everything you have to do in this video?

[@GagSmile]

pretty curious about that too !

[@BobbyG077]

Need an answer on this. Good find

[@jgiddinstheartist6582]

He missed this question

[@Narfos]

It would be cool

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Hey Louis, I'm pretty sure that AWAL will only transfer your catalog for you if you are signed to their upper tier. There are three levels of AWAL and everything I talk about on this channel is referring to the lowest level of AWAL called "core". Here is my video explaining the 3 levels of AWAL: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZOneqZpe62EZ9E

[@lexadamz5593]

This is so amazing you really represent the Indie Music Community.. You the best, Very good Stuff.

[@NecKClippA]

Regarding your note from 5:20, Im currently moving from Spinnup to Ditto and on Spinnup they say you should do as you say, keep your release live until you have successfully moved and reuploaded your music, meanwhile on Ditto they say that no you should remove your original release before you re upload so it doesnt create duplicates.. Any advice or help on this????

[@michaellawrencesound]

Thanks for posting this! I've been eager to know how to handle this, if necessary, ever since hearing about what you went through.

[@thechadevans2381]

So do you have to use a Developer portable for Amazon music,Pandora, Apple Music iTunes like you did Spotify...thanks

[@sagarverma9202]

brilliant video man! exactly what I needed. thank you!

[@shubhamkundu]

Hey bro guess we're in the mess lol

[@xkon_2066]

You are great bro this the second time you saved me months of research

[@lostdreamnaut6482]

Hi Ryan. I would like to ask that can I have more than 1 distributer?

[@mitsandru]

Just what I needed

[@AndroidG13]

Hi Ryan, I've watched a lot of your videos just now, but I haven't found one that addresses a question I had. How to start a record label? Should you start an independent label?? How did you establish yours? See, I produce music independently and I was trying to figure out if there is a legal /business benefit of establishing my own label? Should I?? I've found information that suggests that it is a good idea to create your own Label for tax and business purposes. I could write off equipment, software, and other tools that I need for producing. I could also sign a contract to myself, just the legally protect my intellectual property. Your thoughts? I'd love to hear them. Thanks for the videos, they've been very insightful and helpful

[@rayokasali]

Amazing content Ryan. You really do the indie music community a solid.

[@Digitaltradingart]

Is it ok to take down music from one distributer and re-upload to another distributer ..

[@Digitaltradingart]

And what happened to irsc or UPC

[@lilnardmixs8871]

@@Digitaltradingart I went from United master to distrokid. I didn’t move anything from United masters to the Distrokidd. I just left the way it is.

[@synthfamous]

@@lilnardmixs8871 did you ever get your streaming data on United masters?

[@lilnardmixs8871]

@@synthfamous yes

[@synthfamous]

@@lilnardmixs8871 how long did it take for it to show up g

[@ArijitAnand]

Hey! Loved this video,but what about artworks, is it necessary to upload the same artwork? Or UPC and isrc enough?

[@ckaldor]

Thank you this is information that I needed. I appreciate it.

[@kiddwolfe_]

I have what might be a stupid question but I want to move my music off distrokid onto another distributor but I'm wondering if I do that would it make a new music artist profile on streaming platforms? So like would my artist profile that had my music distributed through distrokid still be up and the new one with my new distributor so there's be 2 artist profiles? I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense I'm not good with explaining my questions

[@andrewmesh]

No, you'd keep your old one :)

[@AceThaDonKE]

After the overlap, when is the right time to now delete the music from DistroKid??

[@cxcainewizard]

after your songs have been fully uploaded and recovered

[@ivanzoleta7655]

Hi sir Ryan! When the new distributor approves the existing song you must delete or contact support in old distributor to remove your songs from them or it will be automatically removed after it's done?

[@SEASHA]

I am not able to find the songs using my ISRC codes on the ISRC site. What should i do? Can anyone help me with this?

[@bigbales448music]

I have to switch distributors because the distributor that I used is now defunct, so, this info was helpful. After I do this, how do I change the owner of the copyright to my new record label.

[@HariMaiamusic]

So, how can I proceed if I don't have UPC anymore, and if it's not on ISRC search? but when I upload the song, the distributor says that it already exists? Please someone can help me?

[@PRFSSR_X]

Hello! Great video! Just one question, when should we set the sales date if it is already out?

[@lasellebrown9793]

He Ryan, What If Our Song Isn’t Popping Up In The ISRC Search even when we have copied and pasted our ISRC from distrokid into the IRSC search to get the UPC codes , but still no show, and the song has been released!

[@yogawicaksana5103]

Hey Ryan, can we just left our music on the old distributor and re-upload on the new distributor with following your steps?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

There needs to be overlap, but you will eventually need to remove your songs on the old distributor. Can't have it distributed in two places.

[@yogawicaksana5103]

Get it, thank you so much!

[@ArijitAnand]

Hi, I have distributed my songs with the help of an online distribution service about an year ago. Since they distribute to a limited no of streaming platforms, I want to add the songs to more streaming services with the help of another distributor. Do I have to enter the same ISRC code for those song that was given by my previous distributor or can I ask my new distributor to generate a new ISRC code for me?

[@TashkaUrban]

THANK YOU Soooooo much for making this! I am SUFFERING with distrokid right now....

[@synthfamous]

What’s your problem

[@abai0731]

Thank you so much for making this video. I just have question here: What if there are some mistakes on my previous release such as "release date" & " being marked as explicit while it's not", and I want them to be changed when I upload my song to the new distributor? Should I keep these things THE WRONG WAYS because I have to keep all the information excatly the same as the previous release?

[@billystiletto]

@abai0731 what did you end up doing for this and how did it end up working out for you?

[@Eskatology2012]

thanks great info, so if you still have access to distrokid, do you just delete the release from there after a few days of crossing over to the new distro?

[@D-wrath]

Thank you so much man im leaving united masters for a new partnership

[@MOSULI]

Thanks for this video, it really helped. I was so confused before. 💖🤟🏾

[@ghoistboi6364]

Amazing. Thank you for this vid. I've been locked out of my distributed releases from beatstars for almost 2 years now. I can finally get away from them

[@ArijitAnand]

This video made my day ❤️

[@pawenocek9752]

I have a one question If I change my distributor will that new one gonna create me a new profile on Spotify or something?

[@TrillerVogel]

I followed the instructions of the new service I want to switch to. But now all my releases are appearing twice on Spotify. That means Spotify didn‘t derect that these releases are the same right? So can I safely delete them on my old distributor or would I lose my streams if I did?

[@MartinPurvis]

Pretty handy stuff, I was thinking about changing at some point

[@deepspacemusicofficial9671]

Thanks man Very helpful.

[@AliHassan-ft7jh]

Hey man! your video was very useful. Appreciate it a lot. Just one thing you didn't mention because I'm not exactly in the same position you were in and I still have access to my music on DK. After I transfer everything safely to another distributor should I removed it from DK once it goes live and the "overlap" has taken place.

[@rjozi5662]

I couldn't get the copyright information from spotify developers it keeps saying "Oops! Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area"

[@poorsgrayofficial599]

Does a full album uploaded to tunecore posses only one UPC number for all songs ? Or each song as its own UPC number? Thanks for the amazing video and valuable help!

[@Supercilliouzman]

No a UPC will be for the overall Album, the ISRC'S are for each track within that album

[@SouLahtheLegend]

Do you have an updated video on how to do this?

[@SalemStakes]

what if you changed album art work is it just the one that is on there now. and also so my distributor removed my song from apparent artificial streams and told me to distribute it through someone else so until I move all my music from trashgang-distro to disco kid can I just upload my song that got removed from trash bistro with bistro kid and it will go to my same Spotify and everything

[@ViniContreas]

Pulling out of Distrokid, they designate a "DK UPC" saying that it's only usable under their distributorship . . Is this an issue? . . . . Thanks . . .

[@domyon]

thanks sir! im actually thinking of switching to distro cause tunecore is getting too expensive. im droppin a project next year making it add up to 200 a year :(

[@johnkooper]

Priceless, Thank You :)

[@scurrscurr6627]

so if I get banned on distrokid and my music gets deleted everywhere I can upload everything with identical information on a new distributor and when the song is again on all plattforms it shows up with the same streams it used to have, is that right?

[@skullrazor]

Hey, did you have to pay the Legacy fee for each single/Album ever before in DistroKid to be able to transfer your songs & streaming platform accounts to another distributor?

[@motleyguns2519]

Hello Ryan, I hope all is well with you & your family. May I ask... After 'transfering' your songs from Distrokid to AWAL, will I be right to say that Distrokid doesn't take a cut from your music anymore (even though they're the ones who initially distributed it)? (Just to be sure) Thank you for your time.

[@lasellebrown9793]

How Do You Get To The Part To Input Track Information, I’m Trying to Switch from Distrokid To United Masters , I’m on United Masters Now but It looks like it wants me to upload the tracks and it’s not giving me the option to edit info on the tracks before hand !?? Please HELP🙏🏽

[@alex_ayers]

I know im a little late to the party, but is there anything that i need to do before "ditching" (in your example) Distrokid? Do i need to delete an old account or anything?

[@redoemusic]

Actually u just read my mind bro😅!!, i want to DM u for this specific question!! Thank u so much 🙏for helping us as upcoming artists

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Love it when that happens! 😊

[@theresacroftmusic9041]

Thanks for the video! If some of my singles JUST recently renewed on the platform I'd like to use as my old distributor, is it still advisable to make the change now? Or wait until the next year to switch since I've already paid for that song? (Looking to go from Tunecore to Distro). Any advise will be helpful! Thank you!

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

I would stay on Tunecore for a year

[@BloomPool]

I’ve just submitted my music to AWAL as I want to move from distrokid. When you say keep it on both distributors at the same time, when should I take it down from distro? And how does it work? Is there a cancellation process or do I stop the payment? Any info would be grateful!

[@official4everotr630]

Good point , I was just going to ask that

[@jedd1]

Take it down after AWAL has uploaded the songs

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

You can cancel by contacting Distrokid support. But definitely make sure there is overlap. Here is my new AWAL video in case you need to learn more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZOneqZpe62EZ9E

[@JDotMauk]

After your register your song in bmi or asap then you put it through distributor right???

[@NaiveAgenda]

If you have an unreleased song on say Unitedmasters and take it down, will I be able to reupload the song on another distributor since it was never live?

[@antoniocristiano23]

hi, thx for video.. Same thing happened to me too a few days ago. The only thing is that I have not been banned but they have deleted all releases, and the payment section (all the months of payments I don't see them anymore). I only see the stats and artists. I checked I am no longer present on spotify and itunes. But maybe I can upload more music. I wanted to switch to another distributor but on the IFPI site he only writes the ISRCs, I don't have any date or UPC. Some idea? A thousand thanks

[@haraldkor281]

Can I continue to use the artist name that I used with distrokid for Spotify and co? when i was banned on distrokid ?

[@AnastasiaKhomenko]

Thank you so much for the helpful information 🙏 I'm wondering if it's possible to release new tracks with another distributor, but in such way that they are published on my existing profiles on Spotify, Apple Music etc., so another distributor doesn't create another artist card?

[@amirshapkota9434]

Previously my distribution in onerpm was cancelled and i emailed them but i switched to amuse. Now when i checked onerpm today my music is already distributed and amuse has also approved and i cannot cancle it. What happens now? Please help.

[@wakeinjunenrico]

Is the spotify copyright thing necessary and is it the same on every distributor?

[@CriticalCH]

Hi there, thanks for the video. But, if you decide to switch your distributor, will you still receive royalties from your new distributor for the songs you've transferred? Just to clarify, if I've already received royalties for June and July but haven't received any for August and September yet, will the new distributor handle royalties for August and September?

[@hawkieyosores4663]

I wan't to switch my releases from RouteNote to Magroove for Artists. Is it work? Please reply my comment. Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@passivecee]

Okay, once again: am I supposed to leave the releases at my old distributor and then I ought to delete them? At what time?

[@edub9930]

Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge 👍

[@rgognaa]

Want to know one thing if I change from tune core will it remove from insta music library , KZbin topic views , insta reels which made on my song.

[@lootbrand239]

Would you be able to switch distributors when it comes to a release that is deemed “Incomplete” in submission process. Ex: I switched from Tunecore to distro kid. My release was never put live, due to some thing not right in the submission process. Tune is actually pretty bad about this. It’s part of why I’m switching. I have the ISRC numbers etc. But the release was never considered live. if I release it on Distro kid would that incomplete get in the way of the process. I need to know this before I resubmit it.

[@RoyMaya]

Good video. I have a question. Did you have any problems getting your stream count back on KZbin for your releases? I found that when I moved 2 songs from 1 distributor to another my KZbin stream count reset to 0, but my Spotify and Apple Music stream count transferred over fine.

[@michaelgraham8295]

Question. If I want to carry my songs over from another distributor but I don't have the audio files is there a way I can transfer the audio files from distributer to distributer still? Or download them exact version online and resubmit them to be the same audio file? Please help 🙏

[@sabinealexander2773]

I guess when we have about 1 or 2 streams in the last 365 days we don't have to worry about following all these steps. One positive thing about not getting any streams and or listeners on a platform thats used by milliions.

[@thepsychoticempress03]

Oh my

[@Nzambi237]

😂 😂 That's kinda sad

[@vdwzrd]

do you ever have to have the oringinal song to reupload ?

[@ParthGandhimusic]

Do we need to upload the audio of the track again??

[@souvik5594]

How can I don for changing from amuse to ONErpm?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Hey there! Would love to help further on questions, we can streamline that. Signing up for our free workshop that helps you grow your fan base further, will give you our best email for further questions: www.indiemusicacademy.com/workshop

[@subchord3094]

will this music will be available on both streaming platform or will move to new one......and if on both than what about money ..will it be distributed on streaming platform

[@darcwizard8749]

If I had a release a couple years old (I want to do this in the future) would I have go put in the same release date or choose another one? Because the listed release dates are really important to me

[@HKByt]

DistroKid has its on UPC code but I have put the same ISRC codes will it still be the same?

[@youngaldairino3129]

What if I distribute my music on one of those distribute apps but the thing is I have the same account for each like song app like SoundCloud and Spotify as like distrokid but my question is if I distribute it would it show up as I'm the owner for like SoundCloud and Spotify when the song drops or will it just pop out randomly like who dropped it

[@JayantChakradhari]

How do I get my all royalties in another distributer ??

[@allyfilmstack]

Hello! If I switch the ISRC code when changing another distributor, will my KZbin Topic channel be syncretic?

[@johanneseckestrom6566]

When switching distributor, can I miss 1 or 2 songs from the album? Keeping the rest of data identical

[@TheHipHopLifeCoach]

So what if tunecore band two of your songs for assuming you had fraudulent streams through a third party promotion campaign and those two songs are no longer live on any streaming platform do I still follow these instructions? @indiemusicacademy

[@4UELL3]

yo bruv, I distributed my music on Spotify & apple music through ‘Amuse’ (first 3 releases free) now that I've added 3 songs, Im switching to United Masters, but how should I switch the distributers without making a new account?

[@dianys2984]

Where do you find the Sound Recording Copyright section in CD Baby?

[@slestertv6185]

Hey Ryan, great info. So, you don't have to re-release every song right?

[@xvxinurison]

Hey man, really appreciate this my guy, it was very helpful, on my side I just have only one question. Say for example am changing from Distrokid to Ditto music and I had already payed the $19.99 on distrokid and distributed 3 song's, there and now I just decided to switch to Ditto music, do I need to repay the $19.99 on Ditto music so I can be able to move my 3 single's there or it all fall's under the $19.99 I payed on distrokid which mean's when I move, the other distributor consider's the $19.99 I payed on the previous distributor????

[@xmintmusic]

Hi Ryan, do you know if the following scenario is possible? 1. Switch from distributor A to B. 2. Tell the distributor B to change the name of the track. Basically, I uploaded a track on distributor A and I wanted the title to be all-lowercase (just like Billie Eilish - bad guy). However, the track was released with standard capitalization (Bad Guy). Do you think a distributor B (like AWAL) could change it? My current distributor told me they cannot change the capitalization rules.

[@udayspartan9]

i deleted my music in ditto now i want to switch what should i do

[@official4everotr630]

I'm leaving distro kid to united masters. Distrokid is terrible ! Nvm I see they are terrible as well 🤦🏽‍♂️ (updated) . Ryan I need help to pick the right distributor.

[@R.J.S]

good luck with that make sure to claim your song off sound exchange from united masters once you release a song they claim 100 percent off your mechanical royalties on soundexchange without you knowing until you address them . there free plan is 90/10 split unless you pay their new 60 buck a year or 5 dollars a month .i heard & the payout from UM is you gotta make $50 dollars or more . if you not get stream like that it will be awhile before you see some guwop . just letting you know good luck with um wish you all the best

[@corylackland8377]

Dealing with UM now. Tech support sucks so I'm looking to switch to another distributor.

[@R.J.S]

Cory Lackland go and claim all your mechanical royalties . And switch to distrokid or amuse or anything other than United masters

[@R.J.S]

TseeBaby. No they don't amuse give you an hour to 24 hours customer support for their pro services and the fact you don't know what United masters term are and you say they are good company make me know you need to do your research

[@taylormfnport823]

im leaving UM now lol there trash! big trash!

[@DJNANNU559]

thank you so much bro making this video. can you tell me which are the main things that need to match and which do not matter? because I am switching Beatstars(scammers) to another distributor but I can find which genre I used etc detail. all I can see whatever my listening can see.

[@nonperial7692]

What should I do if the music has been taken down and you cannot have an overlap?

[@jbbjerrall]

Even the MetaData should be the same? like if i try to add or correct something, you Mean to tell me it might create an error?

[@strawberryjpeg6000]

for other ones they say to delete the songs from stores so its safely moved so im doing that instead.

[@Footastiquuer]

Thanks a lot! But what if the artwork is the same but the file is a different copy of the same one? And is it fine if the audio is not the same but is a copy or redownload of a same on?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

It's not a science... but getting it as close as possible will increase your chances of success. Try to make it as similar as you can!

[@jmo3y_477]

Hello , can i ask u ? my account takedown from distrokid and he deleted my catalogue and my all music , QUESTION : Do they pay me? Old royalties that were before deletion ??

[@YMOFGZ]

Do I have to place the sound?