The 7 BIGGEST Mistakes Beginners Make with DistroKid

On this DistroKid Tutorial for beginners I talk about the BIGGEST mistakes beginners make with DistroKid
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🕒Timestamps🕒
Intro [0:00]
1. Artist Name [0:12]
2. ALL Rights [1:29]
3. Not Using Goodies [2:55]
4. Extras [3:50]
5. Beatport [5:04]
6. Label Name [6:18]
7. Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) [7:23]
Bonus. Promoting [8:34]
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[@shadywiskerz]

Finally a guy who’s straight to the point without the cornball filler talk. Thank you

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob! Yea I hate KZbinrs that waste peoples time, so I always jump right into it and remove as much fluff as possible

[@jasmineescoba]

I just started out as a new artist & released my first single on Distrokid, so this was very helpful. Thank you.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@blacksonave]

Bruh u the Best Fr fr Straight to the point, informational. I'm HELPED keep it up🖤🔥🔥

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@PK_K1]

Hello my fellow new musicians! I'd just like to say don't worry we got this! Keep up the good work!

[@PrikasoMuzic]

I'd love to check out your work who knows maybe we can work together in future

[@PK_K1]

@@PrikasoMuzic yeah maybe, what kind of music can you make?

[@PrikasoMuzic]

@@PK_K1 soul, hip hop, REGGAE and rap....

[@PK_K1]

@@PrikasoMuzic do you have insta so i can contact you?

[@julianvogel9289]

Thanks! Just uploaded my own first song 4 days ago😊

[@valium-fm7236]

Nice one Marc. Appreciate the tips ✊🏼🥸👍🏼

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@georgetsampas]

About Distrokid. If you do something wrong because you don't know it and get rejected by the stores they give you a general warning and then kick you out without be specific why this happening, they don't guide you and they don't trying to fix the problem! The don"t have the amount of employees to support! They beggan well and now is the worst..

[@nizamkhan8066]

They are scammer they do scam only They ban me on my first release 😂

[@Keerackies]

They deleted all my music off everything and took my money and I had music still on process for a month straight 🤦🏽

[@across5852]

Great video thank you!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@RBDACEO.]

Great content👍

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Thanks!

[@Mayooga_music]

This was helpful thanks so much

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

[@DjBilalHamsho]

Please help me I uploaded my first track more than two weeks ago, and I received an email stating that the audio and image are acceptable Until now, a yellow circle appears next to the song, and it has not been distributed what's the problem Or that the first version needs a longer time

[@PunjabiBets-qb1jg]

Bro same problem what was solution of this please tell??

[@yntrapp]

my account lock, can i make another one and link my apple music n everythin to it and it’ll release on my original apple music page ?

[@kimberly6729]

huhh i just watched a different video from a guy who showed that its really easy to change the artist name when youre making a new release :O

[@VoodooGMusic]

Oi! About PROs... You said "leaving money on the table" what do you mean by that? If I don't sign up with them they cannot play my songs can they? Like it's not like radios would be playing my music and I'm nmot making money from it, is it?

[@CT-pg4uj]

Hi Freccero! Does your DK discount link still work? When I go to the checkout page nothing seems to happen...

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Hmmm that's weird - it sounds like an error with DistroKid. My link still works

[@gostek9071]

yo, help me. Can i change release date? for example , i uploaded my old song in 2023 but i want change date on 2022

[@AamanTrikha]

I upgraded to Musician Plus plan , but not able to use its features. Why is that so ? Kindly help.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Hmm that's weird - what features are you trying to do exactly?

[@pakopeng]

HELP PLEASE ...so I changed my artist name with the edit option on distrokid, it's still in process and i don't know how long it will still take.. if I want to upload my next Song now on my old artist name.. will they also transfer new releases after the edit request was done, to the new artist name?

[@Killbronz]

Did everything work out, Were you able to change it back?

[@rapwell_]

Can i use UBA dollar account on distrokid?

[@herodinero]

Why my last album and last single not droppin on insta music?

[@robertsorey2362]

Is beatport helpful for rock musicians? or just DJ

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Although it's useful for DJs, I think it's also useful for any other genre too - including Rock

[@StairwayToSuccess_]

Can I use paypal on distrokid??

[@granthostheflatulent]

Question. A close friend posts all her good photos on Facebook - I have her written permission to use one of her photos as my album cover - she want's me to use it - but I've heard that Fb claims rights to photos posted on the platform. Can I safely use her photograph? Thoughts?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

You should be okay, but I can't say 100%

[@girlsnextdoormusic]

I am recording a new ep and I want to use distro kid. I am recording songs are copyrighted but never before released by any artist. I am assuming this is still a cover, but they want me to add the original artist. There is not one. I can't move forward. HELP!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

That's super tricky - you'll have to contact them. Honestly I'm not sure

[@Sound_of_the_trees]

Is the number one reason using it in the first place?

[@8wolfOfficial]

hey so i wanna upgraade to 36$ year plan but ive got two card one has 15$ n da other one has 21 so how can i pay for the 36$?

[@jasmineescoba]

lol

[@8wolfOfficial]

@@jasmineescoba whats funny?

[@waguan55]

I have two accounts on Distrokid and the scone one is giving me some problems 1 I had a name that difficult to find on Spotify and other platforms giving me problems in finding the song I uploaded Then when I uploaded the second song Distrokid post d it on another artist that isn’t me So I decided to change my name thinking that it would solve the problem But only one of the two songs was moved to the new artist name Now Distrokid is giving me anew problem, my first artist name now is no more available because the other two names ( the new one and the old version of it ) are now my two ipsilon available What do you divide me to do ?

[@waguan55]

The second one is giving me problems *

[@otmanny3]

Can i release directly on youtube? Because when i post on distrokid my comments are off. I have my own channel because i merged the 2 but my comments are still off but on other channels they have comments on with a license how do i do that

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes - and comments are disabled on videos uploaded by DistroKid, but comments are NOT disabled if you upload the song yourself (you can do both)

[@otmanny3]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio would i have to monetize my channel to still get paid?

[@otmanny3]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio what if i upload it on distrokid and then when it release from distrokid i upload it on youtube so it can show as a video with comments on and then after they both upload I make a playlist for them. Would it show up as the video & audio or just the video

[@imturo5591]

@@otmanny3 hey bro did you ever figure that out? Same issue here

[@otmanny3]

@@imturo5591 yeah i figured it out

[@Macat004]

Damn I got right into the video and already failed at the artist name, I like the one I have but I was planning to change it in the future

[@tatiannaarce]

What if you copyrighted the song? It’s your written song

[@prophettucker]

How do I copyright my music?

[@jessicaembers924]

It doesn't matter, they could give a rats ass less. They'll rip you off anyway.

[@CygnusOrb]

I'll do the extras when I make more than $40 a year.

[@Trapitout]

Trappp

[@otmanny3]

I would post & my comments are off. If i go to another persons channel they have comments on & everything

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Do you have comments disabled when you post?

[@otmanny3]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio yeah i upload from distrokid & when it reaches youtube the comments are off

[@vidarvegger]

There is no option in 2023 to add Beatport from what i can see.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

You have to reach out to them to get access to it

[@jessicaembers924]

Distrokid is a Rip Off artist in my opinion!

[@smoofwah3552]

Who do you use?

[@Loveforboxing200]

So to have the right do you have to buy all rights for everything?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

You should have all the rights to everything you upload

[@Loveforboxing200]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio even if I make my own cover art up how do I get a right for that ?! Would you know and thank you

[@williamzimmerman7678]

I've started a label and have been given the rights to release the music of an artist I just signed. I also have the rights to use artwork created by our designer. What kind of "proof" of this do I need to give Distrokid?

[@SLoSmirk]

Distrokid keeps showing and emailing me regarding updating the credit card details even if I am updating properly , its like they are scam. I tried to contact them but nobody responds