Practical guides and analysis from Andrew Southworth on distributors, organized to help you find the most useful next step.
DistroKid makes it very easy for you to release cover songs on music distribution platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. In the past, this could be difficult because you'd have to go and secure the cover license yourself and ensure you kept up to date with your licensing. In this post i'll go...
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The first step to getting people to listen to your music is to release it on all major platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and more. Whether you're a new artist and you want to release your first song, or you've been making music for a while but never finalized it and released it,...
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Many artists have seen their favorite artists using a relatively new release strategy called the waterfall release. However it's not initially clear what the benefits of this strategy are and how you could even do it with your music distributor. In this article i'm going to explain what a water release strategy is, why its...
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Over the past couple years Spotify has been trying, and failing, to crack down on bot streams on their platform. More artists that have done nothing wrong get their music pulled than artists actually committing artificial streaming. In this post i'll talk about what artificial streaming is, how most artists get caught up in it,...
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At some point every artist will have to choose which music distribution company they use to distribute their music on streaming services. There are dozens of options out there but most artists ask if they should use CDBaby or DistroKid. In this comparison you'll learn: What CD Baby and DistroKid Have In Common Both CD...
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DistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights DistroKid, a DIY distributor, has launched a new mobile app that allows artists signed up to the service to upload new releases, access streaming stats, edit metadata and more from...
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I've been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP's. So not only am I very familiar with the platform, I'm very familiar with how much it costs to use DistroKid. DistroKid has plans ranging from $22.99 USD up to $1,349.99 USD per year....
Read articleDistroKid makes it very easy for you to release cover songs on music distribution platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. In the past, this could be difficult because you'd have to go and secure the cover license yourself and ensure you kept up to date with your licensing. In this post i'll go...
Read articleThe first step to getting people to listen to your music is to release it on all major platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and more. Whether you're a new artist and you want to release your first song, or you've been making music for a while but never finalized it and released it,...
Read articleMany artists have seen their favorite artists using a relatively new release strategy called the waterfall release. However it's not initially clear what the benefits of this strategy are and how you could even do it with your music distributor. In this article i'm going to explain what a water release strategy is, why its...
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Over the past couple years Spotify has been trying, and failing, to crack down on bot streams on their platform. More artists that have done nothing wrong get their music pulled than artists actually committing artificial streaming. In this post i'll talk about what artificial streaming is, how most artists get caught up in it,...
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Distrokid, the awesome music distribution company, has official acquired Bandzoogle, my least favorite website tool. Don't get me wrong, Bandzoogle has great prices, great customer support and lots of templates. I just hate their awful website builder and lack of email automation features. Despite that brutal website builder, Bandzoogle has helped artists make $100M in...
Read articleAt some point every artist will have to choose which music distribution company they use to distribute their music on streaming services. There are dozens of options out there but most artists ask if they should use CDBaby or DistroKid. In this comparison you'll learn: What CD Baby and DistroKid Have In Common Both CD...
Read articleDistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights DistroKid, a DIY distributor, has launched a new mobile app that allows artists signed up to the service to upload new releases, access streaming stats, edit metadata and more from...
Read articleI've been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP's. So not only am I very familiar with the platform, I'm very familiar with how much it costs to use DistroKid. DistroKid has plans ranging from $22.99 USD up to $1,349.99 USD per year....
Read articleDistroKid makes it very easy for you to release cover songs on music distribution platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. In the past, this could be difficult because you'd have to go and secure the cover license yourself and ensure you kept up to date with your licensing. In this post i'll go...
Read articleThe first step to getting people to listen to your music is to release it on all major platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and more. Whether you're a new artist and you want to release your first song, or you've been making music for a while but never finalized it and released it,...
Read articleMany artists have seen their favorite artists using a relatively new release strategy called the waterfall release. However it's not initially clear what the benefits of this strategy are and how you could even do it with your music distributor. In this article i'm going to explain what a water release strategy is, why its...
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Last week I was launching the debut single for a new band, and I really wanted to be able to setup our profile and pitch our first song to Spotify editorial playlists before our first release came out. However most music distributors don't allow you to make your Spotify for Artists profile until you have...
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