LANDR Music Upload Tutorial for Originals and Covers

[@FX-ri3dn]

I am about to release my first single. Thank you for this.

[@keziahzworld]

Thank you for being so diligent in the details for everything, it’s so easy watching your longer videos without being bored or confused!!! i’ve been watching so many of your videos and learning a ton! thanks so much ❤️

[@jaylo310]

so far i've had a very positive experience with Landr after switching my entire music catalogue over from DK

[@Subhashyadav-k3x]

Bro do you have still good experience with landr?

[@omagnomusic]

Bro what a magnificent explanation about primary artist and featured artist, thank u so much

[@Bashanvibe]

Thank you for this!!! I need to save this!!!

[@EdwinvandenAkker]

Thank you so much for this video. Do you happen to know how to credit "Traditional Music"? Two of the songs on a new album are traditionals. Some distribution platforms will need it to be filled out correctly, in order not to cause any issues.

[@tracyflowandglow]

Your content is well done and explained. For guided meditation with music will Lander approve that for distribution ? I tried using using SoundOn and got this rejection The track I AM was not approved due to the following reason(s): Audio: Talk content not allowed (i.e. podcasts, news reports, audiobooks). Will Lander work?

[@TheDiscipledMusic]

This might be a silly/obvious question, but would I need to make an account/artist account for each of the platforms that I would want to be distributing my music to? Or would Landr automatically make one attached to my name/music? Awesome informative video btw, has really helped me narrow my options. Blessings!

[@jumptwofall]

I would also like some information on this! Thank you

[@jameshall8022]

Any updates?

[@plectrumsoul]

m a pro ( 30 years production music ) ...lots of unreleased material I've packed into collections to distribute via Landr, tried an album of 8 tracks but all my masters have 8 errors and I can't resolve by hitting the fix errors button... no online support, tried iMac and MacBook, caches cleared,

[@scotteepunk]

Ryan, I have a question about Copyrights type. If I used Toontrack EZdrummer 3 on a song would I check the box "The track contains royalty-free samples"? Thank you for this excellent video.

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

If you are using it as a virtual instrument that is triggering individual instrument samples via midi, then you would check the first box. If you are dragging completed samples (complete beats/finished audio) from a library, then you would check the second box.

[@TimmSpinn]

Thank you for this video. Just submitted my first release through LANDR! Question though... Where do I set up/upload the artist bio, album bio, and artist profile banner photo that is at the top of an artist page on all the streaming services?

[@kaiirinkawai3231]

Hi! If I pay for an annual subscription on LANDR but decide not to renew it next year, will my uploaded songs be removed from streaming platforms, or will they stay online? Thanks!

[@TimmSpinn]

@@kaiirinkawai3231 It stays up. They take a larger % of the royalties if you stop paying.

[@user-witchysabrina]

Could you do a video on how to claim artist profiles?

[@billymack4258]

Great info! I had my original song on CDBABY, I've recently left CDBABY and had them remove my song from all streaming platforms. I'm considering joining LANDR. I've since re-recorded my original song and added some harmonies, fiddle etc... I would like to put my updated original song version on LANDR. My question is should I get a new ISRC code or use the ISRC code from CDBABY? Note the older version of the song has been deleted and no longer will be used. Thanks so much for your time and all you do.😎👍

[@MattRichardsEsq]

As it's an updated version of the song, you should use a new ISRC code. If it was the exact same recording, you would use the exact same ISRC code. Be aware that, if you use the original ISRC code on an updated recording, audio fingerprinting might flag this with the DSPs and the song could be removed.

[@billymack4258]

@@MattRichardsEsq Thank's I'll follow up. 😎

[@billymack4258]

@@MattRichardsEsq I'll just get a new ISRC code and UPC for the new song version.Thanks so much for your time Matt

[@NewWavesRecords]

Now im ready to move my music

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Yes! It's super easy with LANDR since they have the "this track is already released" checkbox in the first step

[@thirdislandproductions9708]

A couple questions. How is the customer service? Are there actual people that respond to help requests? Do they offer Marketing services such as playlist pitching as well?

[@jaylo310]

they take a little while to respond but in my experience they are way more helpful than the customer service I dealt with on Distrokid

[@Rennatheeomnipotent]

Do you use 2 distributors at once? & would you recommend that for stores landr doesn’t distribute to as long as you use the same isrc code? Also does landr deliver to SoundCloud, mixcloud, audiomack, & beatsource? Also landr doesn’t do video distribution correct? But they do publishing admin ?

[@time_makes_music]

About to move from TuneCore to LANDR. TuneCore was good but I felt they stuck their heads too much into the art. Your artist name can't be too "generic" and their specifications for cover art are too aggressive. Basically with TuneCore, you can't get too creative with your cover art. And I don't appreciate that all. I also love the sheer amount of things on offer at LANDR. Really excited.

[@musician2000]

Hi, I've watched a few of your videos very good content, you mention good point on a number of solutions in the past and now LANDR, I will be starting out uploading a number of covers plus original content soon, then probably 1 song every couple of months, even though LANDR is a bit more expensive would u say this is best for me? do you prefer them? this is by far the simplest I have seen applying for cover songs so far. is there another solution you also recommend?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

I think so. If you aren’t going to use all the other features in the LANDR studio bundle, you can purchase distribution only from Landr and the price is much more affordable. That might be the way to go for you especially since you’ll utilize the built in cover song licensing!

[@simoneferla5781]

I am an artist from Italy and I am planning to publish my first project with a friend of mine who is the producer. If I want to publish it with two primary artists or him as a featured, do we need to get the distribution pro plan so that we can have more than one profile? Furthermore, does it automatically create the artist account on Spotify, Apple Music, etc...?

[@risskay]

Hi! I have a question, lets say you make all the music yourself and all yknow production, lyrics and etc. and when it comes to credits on like Spotify you have to put your own legal name is that right?? Because what if you want to go only by your stage name and dont want your identity and legal name out there do you just put the stage name or is there something else you have to do??

[@lala-yj2nu]

i have the same question!

[@V.aceMusic]

You Legally Have to put your legal name regardless Because as you implied, your stage name will be placed on Spotify credits as the "Performer" and if you're also the producer & songwriter than your legal name will be shown in the songwriting credits as well as the producer credits.

[@alexzehnmusik]

How to white list my channel/songs?

[@williethepianist]

I’ve got a question here. If you arranged and selected some part of classical music pieces (not record whole pieces), and give it a new name for this piece. Does it belong original songs or cover songs? Thanks!

[@zay3848]

Quick question. Does landr allow for customers to pre order, or pre save an album on apple music if i set a later release date? I plan on releasing my artist’s album on the 31st of October but im not seeing a pre save option

[@AFLive]

I upload only 6 song EPs and got this , "Oops you've reached the Fair usage Limit, Please try Next month " Landr is not Not Truly UNLIMITED like it says. . . . . Anybody else has this problem ?

[@tracyflowandglow]

I would like to sign up and use your code for a membership to Landr. However before I do I would like to know if : For guided meditation with music will Lander approve that for distribution ? I tried using using SoundOn and got this rejection The track I AM was not approved due to the following reason(s): Audio: Talk content not allowed (i.e. podcasts, news reports, audiobooks). Will Lander work? Thanks for your reply

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

I think Spotify blocks this, not the distributor. I'm not sure what your track sounds like exactly, but if you're using "guided meditation" in the title this could be an issue for flagging the content. Also you might want to use spoken word as a genre. Not sure if that will solve the problem but it's worth a shot.

[@tracyflowandglow]

@@IndieMusicAcademy Thanks so much I used your cod e and signed up. Thanks for the 20 percent off. I have one more question. In your video you showed how to link and already existing spotify artist account to your releasing song. However I don't have an artist account yet and there is no way in the spotify tutorials to do this without a publish song. How can I get a spotify artist account linked to Landr ?Or how do I do it through Landr?

[@waxzy]

pls teach me how to use this landr

[@lilysitero6514]

What do you do if it is a public domain cover song? Do you need licensing?

[@dataravenbeats]

I'm in Australia. Any Australian artists here that use this service? Can't use Distrokid because I have an Australian Tax number and they only take USA format? Does Landr allow for Australian Artists?

[@Isabella-07]

How do i claim multiple spotify for artists accounts?

[@Maedara]

my band is using landr for our distribution, do you know if i can use that same account to upload to a different artists account? i didn't quite get how that works or is it one landr acc per artist acc

[@hazexo1131]

was wondering about this too, it’d be cool if u could upload to multiples artists accounts with one account like Distrokid

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

You can! I talk about that quite a bit in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LJm5d5jNWjaZI

[@Maedara]

@@IndieMusicAcademy thanks!

[@kaiirinkawai3231]

"Hi! If I pay for an annual subscription on LANDR but decide not to renew it next year, will my uploaded songs be removed from streaming platforms, or will they stay online? Thanks!"

[@smootherthan.butter]

how to upload an Album in LANDR?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

In the first step where I added the songs, you would just add more than one song (repeat what I did over and over to add more tracks).

[@splittertunes]

Does LANDR distribute to SoundCloud? If so is there a way to turn it off?

[@marcopolo3485]

I have a question how many artist account can I have in a plan?

[@FriendsandHeroes]

Hey, man...two things (and I pose these with full awareness that you're not a LANDR employee): 1 - I'm not sure I understand the cover song restrictions with regard to YT/social media. Luke Comb's cover of "Fast Car" has a combined 66 million views scattered across multiple videos, so it clearly must be possible to distribute monetizable covers to YT, it just appears that LANDR doesn't have the key to that particular closet....and 2 - LANDR still appears to be unable to secure an OAC for artists on YT, whereas DistroKid, Symphonic, and others DO. I've already bought the entire LANDR farm, and I'm completely sold on everything they do well, but that OAC roadblock is a bummer. Is that something you covered in another video?

[@Londya]

yes please talk about this, as I'm interested as well!

[@funkymonkey529]

Oac?

[@FriendsandHeroes]

@@funkymonkey529 Official Artist Account

[@IwatoHyena]

@@funkymonkey529”Official Artist Channel”

[@AA-ho5mg]

What is OAC?

[@cosmic10000]

What is the release time in comparrison to cdbaby ?

[@HooktOnCarolina]

Does anyone know where on LANDR you can upload the lyrics?

[@RemixDotComMx]

Hey, I'm from Mexico, I want to release an arrangement (cover) that I made from an existing song, the only doubt I have is this advice that says "Due to licesing restrictions, we can't release cover songs in Bazil, India, México or Pakistan. This release will be excluded from those countries" Then, If I release this cover that I made with LANDR, it won't be on any of the stores of México??

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Hmm I see the dilemma! You might need to see if Easy Song Licensing can get you a license that covers Mexico and then you upload that license to LANDR when you distribute. Thats what I would try next!

[@Lenextran]

What if I created my lyrics with an AI generated track what do I do?

[@kalevon8743]

I know LANDR lets you choose a day to release your music, but does it let you choose a specific time of that day?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

No they don’t. That is determined by the actual streaming platform. For example Spotify does all releases at midnight in each respective time zone.

[@kalevon8743]

@@IndieMusicAcademy okay. Is that different for each streaming platform or does it change? And if so, how would an artist know what exact time the track/album would be released in order to promote it beforehand?

[@XY3N4]

hmm question. how good is unchained music distro?

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

It’s my first time hearing of them actually.

[@XY3N4]

@@IndieMusicAcademy interesting! they also offer 96kHz distribution when u get the higher tier as well.

[@AA-ho5mg]

@@IndieMusicAcademy How to you collect your payments from LANDR?

[@Londya]

what about monetizing covers on Yt & social media? why doesnt landr offer this?

[@junaidsiddiquemusic]

8:16 I am trying to select 'Assamese' as a language which is a Northeast Indian language but it is not there as an option. What can I possibly do? Shall I proceed as instrumental?

[@AnahikaMamgain]

😮Does landr creat topic channel?

[@Neil.oneHaley]

I want to have LANDR. But you cant pay with PayPal, which sucks, cause I only have PayPal.

[@yumelofimusic]

hmm ai cover generator is gone but i recommend to use midjourney

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

Hmm maybe they are only testing it in some accounts? I like midjourney too!

[@yumelofimusic]

@@IndieMusicAcademy but i had it few weeks ago is it like numbers of limits are you moving to landr from awal

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

I'm going to be using LANDR for all my cover song distribution. I'm going to keep my existing songs on AWAL but future originals will probably be on LANDR too since I wanna use their mastering in my workflow after I do an initial "tonal" master myself.

[@yumelofimusic]

@@IndieMusicAcademy just a heads up i been experiance now for years of bad support noi refund just bad support littelery im jelous of you being on AWAL

[@AA-ho5mg]

@@IndieMusicAcademy Is the discount code only on LANDR studio or can I use it on the distribution Pro?

[@raphaellim113]

What if you created a music track on Suno using AI and the voice is AI generated, do you still put performing artist as yourself?

[@tommyaudio]

20 percent discount off of what?? am i the only one who watched the entire video to not ever hear the actual price of landr distribution??

[@IndieMusicAcademy]

The price depends on what features you choose! I cover it all in depth in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LJm5d5jNWjaZI

[@hivinwettasinghe3254]

how do i edit my artist profile?

[@patrickboland9115]

LANDR is ticking me off and your video is as presumptuous as their website. I have a derivative work (We play a punk version of Amazing Grace, it's in the Public Domain ffs) and the ONLY TWO OPTIONS are 'original composition' (it isn't) or 'cover song' (it isn't, we added new parts). So I can't even choose a composition type. Would you mind telling me just how the hell I am supposed to upload a Public Domain song to precious LENDR in this situation? I tried saying it's a cover song and that I had the licenses (because we ALL do), but it wants a copy of the licensing lol cmon man. So I'm going to say it's an original and have it rejected. This fucking sucks.

[@Twich93]

Why not show how to make the art ?? Not helpful 😒

[@funkymonkey529]

Im at 8:21You mentioned lyricist. If i'm covering a song by ben harper. Do I need to put him down since he wrote the lyrics? You didn't actually say what you should do if it's a cover in that situation

[@highlonesome-coloradobluegrass]

I also have questions about the lyricist question. Is songwriter the same as lyricist? So you list anyone singing for this question?

[@funkymonkey529]

@@highlonesome-coloradobluegrass If you Click on the information button Option for the question It does help shed some light. I think it counts as the person who actually wrote the song. I have three releases and haven't had any issues with that. So i'm guessing i'm doing it right. I know that's probably not the answer you want but it's all I got. And he still hasn't answered me yet.