TuneCore vs DistroKid - An Honest Comparison

[@CharlesCleyn]

If you use TuneCore or DistroKid, can you let me know your payout per stream? Let's find out which one is actually more!! Find out for me: 14:27

[@deniskrr]

Hey Charles-thanks a lot for this video. I'm currently working through your 'Professional' course. Fingers crossed that everything will go well so I can come back to this video to share my stats. 😁

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hi Denis, I'm sure it will and let me know how I can help along the way.

[@dazeclick712]

Which will you recommend,I make beats

[@CharlesCleyn]

@@dazeclick712 it really depends man, lots of things to consider, you could try both and see which one you like too.

[@DANNYGATESTHEAGEDSINGER]

Are you talking to me when you said you want to know what the payout is per stream

[@deshmukhshrut]

One of the most important aspect everyone forgets to mention is what happens to your music if you die and annual payment to distributor does not happen, your work of entire life will be taken down immediately, that's why legacy feature is very important in my opinion. Distrokid has it but tunecore doesn't. I have written to tunecore about this, they said they are thinking about it. If more people write to them about it, maybe they will add it.

[@silverninja3570]

I’m pretty sure if your dead you wouldn’t care if your music got taken down, because your dead

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

@@silverninja3570 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 dead

[@chaven2211]

@@silverninja3570 If you're dead your work as an artist should be available to the public. That the most rational and logical thing to do, it's also always been that way.

[@itsthronebaby]

@@silverninja3570 what about ur kids smart guy?

[@meekchallow.s.a6994]

@@silverninja3570 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@puffyd58]

Excellent presentation. I've been a BMI writer for a long time, but have never released any of my own music as an artist. Getting ready to try that now, and your very clear discussion of the various features of the two distributors was very helpful. Thanks!

[@bradleybates3256]

Thanks for the video! FYI on DK, they will charge more depending on how many artists you select when signing up for the plan. I found this out as I was searching. For 5 artists it starts at $89.99/year. If you select 10 artists it goes up to $157.99/year, and so on. 20 artists - $269.99/year 50 artists - $674.99/year 100 artists - $1,349.99/year

[@gabesvideosofficial]

that’s not true

[@gabesvideosofficial]

look up the 3 distrokid tiers

[@bradleybates3256]

@@gabesvideosofficial you look it up. What I told you is true 😂 just double checked myself. Do your homework before you post a comment.

[@xoaddy1]

​@@bradleybates3256 you takin internet too seriously, what a sad life

[@averagejoed]

Tunecore professional is $49.99+14.99 per additional artist, so to get 5 artists would be $110 a year, you get 5 for the $79.99 with distrokid, but over 5 you pay additional cost per but you can only pay per 5 artist.

[@motown8622]

Thanks my friend I'm going with tunecore I'm already with distrokid but I'm leaving tunecore seems like a better fit for me to get my song worldwide and publishing

[@sargammalik6122]

what is your artist name brother

[@wearethaindustyradio6814]

It’s not worth it!! Trust me

[@Darkartsmusic]

I've uploaded one song via Tunecore. 1) They did not provide a link to access my Spotify artist account. 2) THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE - there is a chat- bot that sends you into an endless loop of frustration. NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT EMAIL EXISTS. (Or, at the very least, it is not published. For this reason alone, I am cancelling my service and going elsewhere.

[@alexanderdraco2155]

Any updates?

[@Darkartsmusic]

All the above has since been rectified. Tunecore updated their website and dashboard- much more intuitive and user friendly now. Links are available. There is a customer service email and they have been fairly responsive. I feel like they were in a transition period of some kind when I first joined. I’m happy now.

[@1NEEclipse]

Thank you for your review man. Much appreciated 🙏🏾

[@Fokeezy]

Great review Charles, thanks for this. I mostly use CDBaby as I have a deal that allows me to distribute for free but their interface could use some updating. I recently signed up with Distrokid, solely for their "Splits" feature. I work with a lot of artists and producers and I HATE doing the accounting every month, the splits feature takes care of that for me. I am not doing backflips over the extra $5 a year per release for the KZbin monetization but it is what it is.. once TuneCore introduces their Splits feature, maybe I'll check them out too.

[@lukejbonner]

Finally a music-production-related review with GOOD audio production.

[@avhadproductions518]

I have both but I’m sticking to distrokid …less stressful plus I could download my songs with tune core they charge you $10 each song and it’s a pain to get a hold of them…I don’t mine paying the extra $5 dollars the year👊🏽 distrokid 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@hirenbhojak]

@Mr.Enigma Yes. U can release them through distro even if u hv them on ur youTube channel. Check on their website

[@FirstBassEnt]

I was hoping you would give some insight into each of the plans offered by the distributors (example, Tunecore has pay per release plans vs their unlimited plans). I hoped to see you compare the pros and cons of these.

[@chrisjswanson]

Very important to independent labels (and not covered here) is the cost per artist that they manage. The top plan on distrokid is $75 , vs. tunecore's $50 - yes. But you don't just get endless artists. Distrokid's 5 artists at $75 makes for about $15/artist. Push it to 50 artists, and it'll be $675/yr - $13.50/artist. Tunecore charges $15 per artist (tunecore users, correct me if I'm wrong). That'd make distrokid cheaper by $1.50 / artist in bulk. It may not seem like much; but at 50 artists, that is $75 / year additional cost for tunecore's service.

[@TripMachineLabs]

Yes I was going to bring this up BUT my catch on that is Distrokid is in tiers. So you are paying for say 100 artists even if you only have 51 artists. Where as Tunecore, I'm paying flat fee plus my cost per artist...so if you are maximizing on DistroKid then it is worth more....if you are only 2 artists over the tier...Tunecore makes more sense.

[@fet0logy]

Thanks a lot for this video, it was really vital for me to watch something like that. It is topical because others are talking about TuneCore's old prices

[@niganools1501]

I’m honestly scared of buying the wrong one😭

[@SynStylah]

same lmaoo

[@CharlesCleyn]

Pick whatever one your gut is saying and then if you mess up, you can always switch

[@trevgocrazy]

Distrokid better

[@stanslausmanthi]

Same boat bro!!!🤣

[@DestructX]

which one you picked?

[@Amgmerc-j7x]

Only watched one video You're a very good teacher.🔥🔥🙏🙏 from South Africa

[@utrippin7486]

Theres so many reviews and videos from people talking about being scammed and robbed by all of the big distributors, is there any others that dont suck and carry a major risk of getting screwed over?

[@EstherSmithMusic]

How much is KZbin Content ID on TuneCore?

[@prodbycroppa]

Free

[@jamesdubbelyou]

Amazing comparative review thanks - as a remix artist as well as artist - which is recomended? Is it correct that with Distrokid, I'd need the Musician Plus package, in order to add the original artist as well as myself, the remix artist? How does Tunecore compare there?

[@silverninja3570]

There’s a clearly winner, the one that is cheaper, more services, gives you scheduled release dates and something you didn’t specify is content id free with no charge, while distrokid charges $5 a year

[@CharlesCleyn]

great added context, thanks Silver.

[@killacadence6987]

What exactly is content id? Is this some sort of hidden fee?

[@trevgocrazy]

Does tuncore do synced lyrics? I just wanna know

[@HighFor3ver]

@@trevgocrazy I don’t think so but you can use an website for this feature

[@lntcmusik]

@@trevgocrazy any news on that?

[@thewonderdawg]

This is clearly a commercial for TuneCore. Thanks for inspiring me to make videos showing whats behind the curtains.

[@georgetsampas]

Tunecore - Very Expensive Distrokid - They kick you out very easy without warning

[@HowardCharlesUK]

Distrokid's paying extra for Shazam, is the most annoying thing about them for me.

[@caseycorbin]

I was with Tunecore. had 4 albums on Spotify platforms, had 30,,000 monthly listeners. I was making money. Happy. Then my numbers started to decline. Then some of my American friends told me I was no longer on Spotify. Tunecore pulled my albums out of US Spotify because of some lawsuit. I was never notified. I watched my listeners drop to under 2000. After a year of waiting for my albums to be put back on US Spotify, as I was paying for it,I decided to upload my albums onto Distrokid. I’ve deleted my albums off Tuncore. My numbers are once again on the rise as I’m back in the largest market, US Spotify. If you’re a comedian Distrokid is better. Tunecore sucks.

[@Juliano_DJOL]

Thanks for the info

[@walkerpalker]

thanks

[@Demonrackz]

Is is still good ? the best?

[@katongomulenga-mg4bk]

Same. Tunecore got my music down without notifying me

[@4REEDOM555]

DistroKid did the same thing to me, I don’t know what do at this point 😢🤷🏾‍♂️

[@mvsonalexander]

I just got Tunecore a week ago and already having a terrible experience. My song has been rejected twice due to “an issue with how the songwriter names were entered on your release.” I’m confused as to what the issue is because i entered the legal names in the songwriter spots and saved them. Tunecore is not responding back to me so i have no idea what they want me to do. For it to take this long for them to get back to me is kinda crazy, it’s not even passed the front end review so right now i’m in limbo

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey Benjamin, what plan did you sign up for? Because the guarantee fast support times with certain plans.

[@MIKEZAY]

Same herey its horrible

[@johnfish4798]

Very frustrating... same here I’ve been waiting more than a month

[@RRRSoulEvan]

Dude just use distrokid because I have a lot of friends that has distro and I might get salt but never from my friends complain of anything. They never use tunecore but I always hear a lot about tunecore especially when it comes to money stealing cause artist don’t get their full amount of income as they should I mean sure some people say distro as well but they gotta understand it’s your responsibility because that’s why their is songtrust that helps with the messing money for distrokid. I’ll admit I sign up distro last year I havnt release any music but will soon but friends of mine I have a lot that uses distro and I’m happy to release music seriously soon on this page and so yea.seeing tunecore new thing looks cool but I still wouldn’t trust them due to the fact that it seems tunecore is messy with customer support and incomes at times….yea no no no especially Spotify is a big thing these days and distrokid is so smart with their Spotify features

[@Chiden]

@@RRRSoulEvan I use both

[@diaxpora]

Hi everyone, I have to talk about the cost per stream aspect of the video. Just to clarify, this isn't, in my opinion a worthy metric to look at in general for the following reasons: 1. Just like every country has its own pay rate. I.e. Spotify India pays different amount per stream compared to Spotify US (for example). Furthermore, if a listener has Spotify freemium account it pays different amount compared to if that listener paid for Spotify premium. For this reason alone your cost per stream idea will drastically vary track per track and artist to artist so it's not by any means a fair metric to judge a distributor by. Currency also had a factor in affecting the total stream amount. So if someone is in a country that uses Rupees it's going to be a different pay rate per stream to if that same some was streamed in a country that uses US dollars. Again variables are a many. 2. Each streaming platform and social media platform that streams your music or video also pays out different rates due to the rates that agreed with the industry. I.e. A song streamed on Instagram reels with video differs from audio sticker on Instagram. Again differs per country per currency and per usage. Whereas KZbin music will have its own rate. So to compare cost average per stream amongst different artists isn't fair as artist A might be strong with video content on youtube and artist B may be strong with audio background stream type music on a platform like Pandora. The key is to market your music. This is just my take. Enjoy making music and do your best to reach your audience with your own marketing strategies. Would love to see an honest video on marketing at various budget levels. Because that's the real snake oil being pushed to artists on KZbin unfortunately.

[@adama2511]

Great video - should a musician plug their Paypal or CC?

[@Giannboy1]

Hi Charles, For the most part all of this is scrambling my brain - because I'm new to this. Easy question: I have one song produced. Should I try to distribute it or wait until I have multiple songs. And, suppose it "takes off". Do the distributors flock to me asking for more music?

[@joechapman8208]

I'm only answering because it's been 13 days, so I assume the channel isn't able to respond. 1) It depends. Momentum is pretty important, so it's good to have a bunch of future releases ready to go and to keep a steady release schedule going all year round if you can. I would recommend looking at Damien Keyes's KZbin channel for release strategies. 2) No, digital distributors will not ask for more material. They're doing the same job that distributors of physical formats do: they simplify the paperwork, get your music into stores, and collect income. They're not like labels, and they won't notice your success or be attracted to it.

[@rapunitedunderground]

Very good information thanks i will try them both soon!!

[@yellowsnowpal]

I had a similar experience. Tunecore said that I needed to upload a sample license for a song. When I explained there was no sample, just a highly modified recording of my voice they then asked if we used any AI to create songs. We said Logic has AI mastering and we run through that so Tunecore said that they don’t allow AI of any kind. What a scam!

[@nadasonic6]

Hey Charles, what's the music from 0:00 to 1:15 please? Intriguing rhythmic displacement. Very cool! Would like to listen to it properly. Many thanks.

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey nada, I get my music from epidemic sound :)

[@MRJIMAH]

I recently moved to distro for my latest release due to their yearly plan and soon after that tunecore brought theirs out lol.

[@CharlesCleyn]

You could always try out Tunecore for your next release to see what you think of it.

[@devarni]

The big problem with both: when the subscription is stopped, the songs are also taken out of the stores.

[@marko.._]

Ya, that’s why some people using Cd baby

[@devarni]

I mean with Soundcloud it also works without extra costs. With Distrokid you have to pay quite a lot if you want the songs to stay in the stores permanently. You just have to be careful and people often forget to mention that.

[@burningtheevidence8038]

Doesnt sound like a problem but a logical feat of their services, at least for me 🤔

[@braydonrobbins6538]

Not if you pay for Distrokid's legacy feature, right?

[@devarni]

Yes, but it is very expensive!

[@e2stella]

Not sure about tunecore... seen too many content creators having issues with them.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Just looked at your website, excellent, clear explanation between the two, down to brass tacks!

[@mwj5368]

Thanks for a great video!! With both DistroKid and TuneCore comparison I’m still missing out on a lot? I read that joining ASCAP or BMI is important as it ensures I am properly registered to receive royalties. Is that necessary with DK or TC because both distributors already see to it I properly receive royalties, and sign me up to BMI or ASCAP, right? Also, CDBaby does what they call “Sync Licensing” that it seems DK and TC don’t do where such licensing if your music is used with various media projects like TV shows, films, Commercials, and Video games where you get pay for that too. Isn’t that a huge benefit over DK or TC? Also CDBaby has tools to promote your music via social media, email marketing, press release distribution. So neither DK nor TC do that? Isn’t DK and TC leaving out a lot?

[@Illusion-ts9om]

Mahla Sangeet Distribution Is the best, 😱 free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍

[@mwj5368]

@@Illusion-ts9omThanks for taking the time and helping with your lead! Isn't a company in India not connected to ASCAP or BMI and thus does not advise whether or not joining ASCAP or BMI is necessary?

[@justinjfountain]

Hey Charles! Thanks for this video. Has TuneCore added the "Artist Revenue Splits" function yet? If not, any word on when that might come around?

[@shiuxn]

Justin Jacob Foundation

[@justinjfountain]

@CharlesCleyn any word on this?

[@aashman_artist]

@@justinjfountain they have

[@lukejbonner]

Yeah, it's added.

[@alexzehnmusik]

Yes it added now

[@abrielG_MUSIC]

Distrokid suddenly deleted all my own music from all stores without a warning. But my cover songs are still online. It is really weird. I pay my account on time. Now Distrokid acts like a scam 😑

[@Djsatile]

They did me like that twice I’m on tunecore now and ditto

[@negan3894]

Distrokid and Tunecore are both scam

[@CharlesCleyn]

interesting but sounds odd to me... were you using royalty free samples/beats, and did you own all the copyright to the music?

[@Djsatile]

@@CharlesCleyn they did it to me too and my stuff was all from scratch

[@banginzaza]

So damn. Where do we go? That Ditto one? 😂

[@TheSunnySlimEffect]

hey bro..as a up and coming artist from a 3 rd world country...i recomend cdbaby for a start

[@damianocaon9293]

I have a question. Does tunecore have the feature of letting you verify if the artist page their gonna send the track to is your actual artist page on that streaming platform?

[@Michael-k2x7n]

Yes, they do

[@ThyFavourMusic]

Yeah bro

[@LironMan]

Thanks a lot, very helpful and informative

[@COSMOPOLITA1966]

hi charles , i just want say, thanks for this important information. I like to know if I hasto register my music and lirycs with de copyright office before registering with Distrokid or TuneCore or other plataform. againg thanks so much for your valuable information.

[@manuela.amafia]

I paid and still pay for tunecore. The communication is terrible. Spotify artist didn't work, they never answer when I need help and I couldn't even get help trying cancelling to stop pay. Really regret it and I cant even get rid of it 😅

[@Drgmusic_]

Do we get unlimited artists in tunecore professional plan?

[@reih2f380]

Yes

[@heavydollarbeats9225]

Bro on tunecore professional subscription, how many artists can you accommodate. Because Distrokit now changed from yearly to monthly subscription. So we planning on quitting Distrokit to tunecore. We can't manage to make monthly payments

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey man, I think its' quote a lot, it could even be unlimited

[@Vlade.Jovanoski.Official]

Hi i have a question about uploading with distributors... what if i go ahead with content id with lets say tunecore.. and then whem i upload my musicvideo to youtube after that, i get a copyright Claim? Do i upload my vid to youtube first and then register to the distributor? What is the best way to go about it? Also my music is serbian, distrokid doesnt have serbian language as an option.. does the language of the music an affect on whie distibutor i use? Does tunecore have serbian as an option for language? Any help is appreciated thanks!

[@mistermusicenterprise3148]

I need 5 month to receive my money from Distrokid. Thats because I’m from Europe and they have all that crazy US Tax shitstuff. They don’t realise, that we have other laws and processes. Thats why I´ll give TuneCore a try.

[@lilelvinjmusic]

Hi Charles thanks for the video, but i just wanna know if i can get that 20% on the label plan

[@CharlesCleyn]

I don't see why not, let me know what happens.

[@lilelvinjmusic]

@@CharlesCleyn ok

[@stainpain77]

You forgot to mention tunecore charges 14.99 per extra artists! Not cool

[@ginairibarren]

Very informative and helpful, thank you. I recently began to get into this world to upload my music and suscribed to Amuse which I got recommended but I didn't even inagine there were so many to consider and these ones seem to be in the top 5 when it comes to music distribution. Can anybody compare experiences between DistroKid or TunesCore and Amuse? Can you guys find differences in between?

[@KyraSimoneofficial]

Ooo tunecore does splits now. Woohoo!!!

[@cathywilliams3717]

I have wrote so many songs but haven't started recording yet writing music is so easy but when I think of how to get my music out there I get scared trying to start my home studio but everything just seems expensive any advice on how I should start....??

[@cathywilliams3717]

@siarheihuzhonak5695 thanks I'll try to see how they work

[@HEARX]

Is distrokid ok to use in the UK? Or is it U.S mainly

[@sihlejpromajola1718]

Under TuneCore, is the Professional price option intended for Labels or there's another price plan for Labels?

[@CharlesCleyn]

mostly for labels yes

[@sihlejpromajola1718]

@@CharlesCleyn Okay, thank you bro.

[@solomonimafidor1810]

What if I upload a song as an independent artiste through a distributor.

[@ka_noerra]

Don't forget to mention, Tunecore is copystriking youtube creator without clear evidence. This is what happened with Twoset Violin channel!

[@Dathugstress]

Honestly Tunecore is better in my opinion. U get a bang for your buck I can always pick my own release date as long as all of the rules are met such as the cover dimensions and song file sizes. Plus you automatically get Shazam. Of course there’s different add ons u get on both but you gotta weigh out what you care about most.

[@beatvox7325]

Thanks! Question; How about uploading unique remixes. Will it be accepted? If I have a lecture mixed with Dr Dre beats will it be accepted to the big music platforms. Looking to get out good messages for free! Thanks!

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hi beat box, you'll need to own the copyright to release the music, have the permission, or use royalty free samples/beats, if that is correct, then yes you can!

[@FaridBangabashi]

I want to know, tune core and distrokid can upload a same music?

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey man, yes, they can upload the same music.

[@FaridBangabashi]

@@CharlesCleyn Thank you so much for reply.

[@Thedavidsosa]

quick question: is it possible to distribute with both? Like some releases with DK and some others with TuneCore?

[@harrietbushman8923]

My music is currently exclusively Christmas stuff. Which streaming service would you suggest is best for this please?

[@RedditStoryNights]

Recently when i tried to distribute via tunecore i ran into a problem. They said that the title should have more details and stuff. I mean why should i do so if i make my own music and don’t i have the right to name the music whatever i like? Any idea what this is all about?

[@CharlesCleyn]

That sounds super odd, the only think I could think of is sometimes the distributor have naming conventions like you can't have all caps or something like that.

[@RedditStoryNights]

@@CharlesCleyn actually i fixed it by renaming the track. It’s good to go

[@Clear_Sky_Vibes_MP]

Hi! The discount for TuneCore is 20%? Its still available? Thank you for this video because i really didn't know what to choose, but now i know. And if the discount is still available, that will give me the push to get in. Thank you again!

[@sankyviolet]

This was very helpful ❤😊 thanks again for your page

[@meggyjones2448]

If you already have a KZbin artist page, will they still create one for you? which i think would not be necessary, or can they skip that? Like do they ask, or it just goes automatic? Thanks

[@emmadroid]

They will actually create another one, but under same name, KZbin will later merge everything together into one channel

[@meggyjones2448]

@@emmadroid Thanks 😊

[@emmadroid]

@@meggyjones2448 u welcome Are u using distro or tunecore?

[@meggyjones2448]

@@emmadroid None yet

[@emmadroid]

@@meggyjones2448 Oh alright

[@teazse]

The fact they take your songs down and they don’t disclose why and I’ve seen it happen regularly I would say tunecore looks trash. I’m with DK and it’s honestly better yeh you may have to pay for some extras but the support system is good you get help from real people after the bot. Plus you get DistroVid! And guys DistroKid ain’t paying you for them fake streams 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

Of course I need and want my name customized near my work so my choice is distrokid

[@flashpower2549]

Should I pay extra to distrokid for each platform?

[@voiceoftheppl]

Hi, I have 2 songs that got picked up for sync deals on musicxray that may be going onto the usa tv show Pretty Little Liars. I was hoping you could tell me if having a distribution deal will effect that in any way or am I good to still get a distribution deal? I write great songs but the marketing I struggle with. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Voiceoftheppl

[@ProducedbySesh]

Great comparison!

[@CharlesCleyn]

Thanks for watching :)

[@brandanleiter]

I'm trying to release music from multiple artists under one label and that $49.99 Tunecore account is looking very tempting...

[@Yozz91]

some people say you have to add an additional $14.99 for every artist you add to your label.

[@NinaFuchs]

I am just a month at TuneCore and had lately a bad experience. I tried to release a single, but the homepage seems bugged. I cant finish the release process. It's always telling me that i haven't got the necessary licence and i need to upgrade my plan although i have already subscribed and paid for the premium plan breakthrough artist. Of course i have written to customer service but i haven't received any reply for 2 weeks. Anyone else made the same experiences?

[@exasena]

I experienced it. Every time the process of uploading a song / photo file, the computer's performance becomes slow and even freezes

[@keezyb4life]

I tried tunecore two years ago. I didn’t like how when I had to release a single I had to pay 9.99 for each singles and 29.99 for each album. And every year it’s individually charged which means I’ll be paying more to keep these songs than I am just paying for one bundle in one price in distrokid.

[@spiotrowicz33]

Is this true? So paying a flat rate for unlimited uplods is not true?

[@TonyKilaBeatz]

@@spiotrowicz33 that's a new feature on tune core. tunecore partners with payoneer to pay you, which is why I haven't used tune core in years.

[@ethanmcreynolds]

I’d like to know too. Do you still have to do this on TuneCore? Also, do you have to do it with Distrokid?

[@CS-hn9xk]

Hello, I have a question I hope you can help. I am about to release my first project, it’s an EP of 6 songs. But the thing is, since it is my first songs I want to release them one at a time, but not have them as singles. Is this something I can do with tunecore ? Like on song a week for 6 weeks, the whole being an EP

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey Sa, you can release each as a single, at the end you can release as an EP. You're right in saying you can do this all with TuneCore.

[@CS-hn9xk]

@@CharlesCleyn thank you very much ! Does this mean that at the end I have to publish the songs once again ? Or can I simply « group » them as an EP?

[@HighFor3ver]

@@CS-hn9xk if you release them one at a time they have to be singles, so I’d say drop some singles to grab some traffic to your page then drop EP w some new songs

[@CS-hn9xk]

@@HighFor3ver Crapppppp

[@HighFor3ver]

@@CS-hn9xk trust the process you’ll be good if you release every song one by one as a single you can make it a playlist when you done n name it your Ep & send it out to ppl like tht as well

[@bedam4618]

TuneCore has hidden fees and tries to milk you with additional fees especially for additional artists. Unless you are a solo artist it is better not to even bother with them.

[@DJMAGICROMANIAA]

Can I distribute music to tunecore only for the KZbin Music service, but exclude the functionality of youtube content id?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Yes, you can!

[@IvanOthello]

do you have a video step by step upload songs to tunecore?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Ivan, you could start here m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmtn2pugreti7s

[@revenpots]

thanks for the Video Charles!

[@NiumBailey]

Can we use these distributors at the same time?

[@CharlesCleyn]

you can use both but I don't recommend doing the same song for both

[@patientngoy60]

Hello Charles. I have encountered an issue when uploading my song on tunecore shosing Rising Artist plan. What I did is: I made my payment first(14$) and I started filling the details after, when I wanted now to distribute the song they Said that with that plan I can't be able to distribute my song, I need to upgrade shosing an other plan, and the only option they gave is to go for the Professional plan which is more expensive. So I'm questioning my self, making the payment before filling the details was wrong or is there something that I was supposed to do which I did not do? Please help me, I'm stuck and confused!

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Patient, interesting, what about choosing the middle plan though? Better question is, where do you want to upload your music too?

[@patientngoy60]

@@CharlesCleyn actually I was talking about Tunecore. I have paid already for the rising artist without result, Which throwed me off. I'm scared to continue with Tunecore. I will have to go for Distrokid

[@alexconnor8961]

There has to be a way to independently distribute your own music

[@BlameZiggy]

There is, but it's ungodly time consuming, tedious, costly, and annoying as hell. You have to upload the music yourself to each individual platform you want your music on, some of which are specific other countries that don't allow you top upload outside your own, but that wouldn't be much of an issue for most people. Then, if you want to take a track or album down, you have to do that all over again. Apple charges something like $80 per song, charge another $35/ song annually, and then they take a 52% cut of the revenue as well. Plus, you have to upload and contact apple again to have it on iTunes so you can get some revenue for sales, costing you more fees for setup distribution and maintenance. Plus they take 55% of your revenue. Another problem with doing it all yourself is following your statistics, which a lot of websites like the ones in this video do for you for free. And you have to set up payment methods with all of the platforms you have your music on so they can pay you. And most streaming platforms not only have a processing fee, which can be spendy, as well as a minimum threshold much higher than what distributors do for you. Like Repost... you get paid at the end of the month if you earned $5 or more. I'm not sure what these other guys offer, but that might be something to consider. I know some distributors have a higher minimum threshold, and some don't have a minimum at all. And then there comes the issue of getting paid. distributors often (somehow) pay you sooner than the platforms. Some pay weekly, monthly, bi-weekly, or whatever. Some even let you request when to be paid, how often in a certain time, or whenever you want. Some of those who pay you whenever you want, however, do still have a time and/or minimum revenue threshold. A distributor collects all of your revenue from streaming platforms and forwards it to you, most of the time for free. When distributing independently, you have to manually request to be paid with some streaming platforms. Not all, but a few. And then there comes proving your identity when doing it independently. Sometimes you have to go through hoops, like an application, which can have a non-refundable fee as well as a filing fee. So yea... when doing it yourself, it's gonna cost you more money (and a LOT of it, I might add), you're gonna lose a grip of your revenue in most cases, and you're gonna lost a ton of features that distributors offer. So yea, it's really quite dumb to do it yourself unless you're just worried that your distributor gets hacked, which would give someone access to your music on all platforms all at once rather than just the one platform that they hack in order to take your music down, are worried about your distributor folding, or whatever if you did it yourself, it just makes sooooo much more sense to use a distributor. Hell, even some of the giant musicians use them. Some, of course, do it themselves or have their own team or agent do it for them, but under their name, and a lot of them use distributors that cost a fortune to use and/ or are only distributing for those big dogs and won't deal with us small fellows and fellowettes or aren't even available to the public, only reaching out to distribute for the famous people. I've released music both ways, and have found that using a distributor is the better option, hands down. Cheaper, more features, less time consuming, and they get your music pushed to the platforms faster. I could go on and on about it, but I think you have a general idea of it. If you wanna know more, let me know. I have a lot of experience in releasing music both independently and with a distributor. So ask away and I'll do my best to answer. Just keep in mind that I can only inform you on the difference between the 2, and not information about how different distributors differ from each other, as I have only used Repost for distribution. However, I have been using Repost for about 3 years now, so if you have any questions about that itself, I can lend you a hand there. But as far as things like TuneCore, DistroKid, and all those other distributors, I don't know much. This is where Mr. @CharlesCleyn comes in. It sounds like he knows his ins and outs about the different distributors. So checking out his other videos will provide you with more information on those, as well as a lot of other information about music and stuff. Anyway, I know this is a long reply, went off topic a bit, and rambled on. Just trying to provide the most information possible! So Ask away if you need more. I'll do my best to answer to the best of my ability. I do have a lot going on, so give me some time to reply, but it shouldn't be long! Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexconnor8961]

@@BlameZiggy thanks! Well yeah tell me more about repost?

[@BlameZiggy]

@@alexconnor8961 all you gotta do for repost is upload your music to soundcloud, then you can distribute it via repost after you pay the fee. I have, however, just switched to distrokid. i havent actually uploaded anything to it yet, but will be shortly. probably later this week or this weekend. simply because its a LOT cheaper. distrokid charges 35 bucks a year, whereas repost charges like 16 bucks a month. so its about the same price to use distrokid for a year than repost for 2 months.

[@alexconnor8961]

@@BlameZiggy thanks the more I do my research it seems distrokid is the way to go!

[@BlameZiggy]

@@alexconnor8961 I also just learned (or at least I think I did, provided I'm understanding Repost's policies right) that you don't actually have to pay Repost to upload your music. Or at least not to maintain it. I cancelled my subscription to repost just a few days ago, since I'm moving to Distrokid, and it looks as though my music will stay live on the platforms. However, they will no longer pay me the revenue I generate via the music they distributed for me. I don't know if you have to subscribe to their service for the first month in order for them to distribute it or not, but from the looks of it, they will not take your music down if you cancel your subscription. At least not automatically. I'm sure that if you contact them and ask them to take it down, they will, of course. And if you are wanting to generate as much revenue as possible, you're gonna wanna do this so that if someone searches for you, they will find the copies that your new distributor has uploaded and is managing for you, because your new distributor will forward the revenue your music makes, whereas Repost no longer will. No sense having 2 copies up when only one of them generates revenue. Now, if you don't care about revenue at all, then its worth having it up there twice for the most part. This is due to the fact that your music is more likely to be added to automated playlists, recommended music, and the like. But if you are after as much revenue as you can get, then its clearly better to remove the first copy so that if someone wants to listen to your music, they have no choice but to listen to the one that DOES forward the revenue to you. Know what I mean? One thing to keep in mind is that when switching from one distributor to another and having the first remove the music that they have uploaded to the streaming services to, anyone who has favorited your music, added it to their playlists, and the like, it will disappear from all of said things that was distributed from the first distributor. So those fans will have to add the tracks that were distributed by your new distributor back to their stuff. Make sense? Now, this is all just what I have understood when I cancelled my Repost subscription, and I may not have understood it correctly. However, I will come back to this reply here and relay my findings if you'd like... provided I remember.😃

[@clevelandrainey5842]

Thank you.

[@Juliano_DJOL]

Thank you for your honest review. It's definitely a difficult thing to compare! I wasnt a fan of tunecore at first and still on the fence about renewing or trying to change to a new distro service...I had a problem where so many other people had the name Juliano that my tracks and theirs wld get mixed up on the different platforms so i switched my name to DJOL a few months ago and its kinda been a mess. Im almost thinking aboit taking my music down and starting over with Tunecore smh! I will say that even tho Tunecores suppprt may not be the fastest for the unlimited plan Im on, its consistent and even tho they will sometimes ask u dumb questions and stuff which only takes longer they are helpful amd consistent. I JUST REALLY WISH THEY WLD LIKE ASSIGN U ONE PERSON FOR SUPPORT SO THAT U DONT HAVE TO KEEP EXPLAINING WHATS GOING ON AND WHAT U NEED HELP WITH EVERY EMAIL.

[@akshaylokhande5750]

I had the same issue with Distrokid so I stopped using their services and my songs are no longer on spotify now, I am just thinking if I can release the same songs again as a new release through TuneCore.

[@gatagatika3899]

Hey there Charles and all you beautiful people! I would like to ask you what happens when you change distributor with your already uploaded music, as well as, if you have to pay - whichever ammount of money you chose per year - either you upload new music or not, only to maintain your uploads. Thank you!

[@samarjitdas89]

For indian music which will u suggest?

[@kas1mka]

Thanks! Great video.

[@ASX2001]

So helpful, thanks a lot.

[@CharlesCleyn]

You’re very welcome ;)

[@ukaszkaczmarski3817]

Hi! The tunecore says on their site: You can create a single account to upload music for multiple artists, and track each release/sale separately. You said on Your video that in tunecore you can have only one artist name.

[@sheetal3895]

I’m currently using distrokid. I would like to move towards tunecore. That would mean I’d have to use the upc and isrc codes that had already been given by distrokid. So would the $14.99 tunecore plan work out for me?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Sheetal, that's right, the ISRC is the most important code but you should carry over the UPC code as well and make sure all the other date (artwork, song name, etc) is the exact same.

[@sheetal3895]

@@CharlesCleyn so the 14.99 plan should work right? ‘Cause the “use your own upc” doesn’t come under the 14.99 plan. So I am not sure what that means.

[@sheetal3895]

Oh okay. Thank you so much!

[@Rafael__Rosa]

Don’t use tunecore bro, they scam artists, they delay ur releases and their customer service is non existent. I haven’t used distrokid but I’m giving it a shot

[@Rafael__Rosa]

Honestly, if youtube decided to become or have a side business that allowed artists to distribute their music I’d use it

[@dizzwatkinsmusic3221]

Having trouble getting it to apply any discount for Tunecore.

[@Illusion-ts9om]

Mahla Sangeet Distribution Is the best, 😱 free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍

[@TogetherEvery1AchievesMore]

#TogetherEvery1AchievesMore TEAM‼️

[@heliosorion2063]

This the same tunecore thats been copyrighting stuff?

[@kutaydogan6481]

Hello @CharlesCleyn I released one single by using Tunecore but I want to use Distrokid for my second single, so here is my question ; Can I release my second single by using the same Spotify account on Distrokid ? Beacuse I don't want to carry over my first single from The Tunecore to the Disttrokid.All I have been wondering is whether I am able to use both distributors for DIFFERENT songs in the same Spotify account.

[@ginairibarren]

Very informative and helpful, thank you. I recently began to get into this world to upload my music and suscribed to Amuse which I got recommended but I didn't even inagine there were so many to consider and these ones seem to be on the top 5 when it comes to music distribution. Can anybody compare experiences between DistroKid and TunesCore

[@PurpleHat__Real]

The more I watch this, the more I feel that I get special treatment from tunecore. I've had only 1 issue and nothing after that. I have custom labeling even tho I use the cheapest plan, and my releases usually release the next day after submission

[@magic1340]

Tunecore better to my opinion payout good and customer service at least u talking to a real person

[@lordseriousspeaks]

Can I release the same album on both, and if so how will they determine which distributor will pay me for the streams on platforms used by both?

[@JeffreyNeilFuertes]

What hapoens when subcription ends after a year with Tunecore and Distrokid? Are your songs be renived from the stores and can you reupload it again? What happens to your earnings? Thanks.

[@GiaDarcy]

Thanks for all this info very helpful.

[@stevensilungwe41]

Well explained. Thank you

[@CharlesCleyn]

You’re welcome

[@flamindigo]

that 0.0037 breaks down to getting almost 1 penny for every 250 streams - and people used to say the record labels were robbing the musicians - the internet is MUCH more crooked than the labels ever were