Ari's Take: CD Baby, Tunecore, DistroKid, Ditto, Mondotunes, ReverbNation, Zimbalam or... This is the most comprehensive and accurate digital distribution review comparison piece on the web. By far. I checked. Who is the best digital distributor? Read on... I updated this full report on 11/17/15. I sat down with reps at 9 different digital distribution companies, CD Baby, DistroKid, Ditto Music, Loudr, Mondotunes, ReverbNation, Symphonic, Tunecore and Zimbalam for this review, to get a full in-depth look at each company and for the reps to explain to me their company's best features (that I may have missed scanning their FAQ). This review is just taking a look at companies that will get your music into digital stores and streaming services, like iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, etc and NOT about stand alone, digital download, self-managed stores, like BandCamp.
I also left out distribution companies who only work with labels (like The Orchard). Full disclosure, I should say, I have used CD Baby, Tunecore, DistroKid and Loudr to release my music in the past. CD Baby Review: Best:
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PUMA, airline Virgin America and Nikon Inc. are among the major brands that have signed on as inaugural RCRD LBL sponsors. RCRD LBL is a blog-driven destination that attempts to combine an artists need to connect with young audiences who increasingly discover music on-line with sponsors looking new ways to communicate with this hard to reach demographic. RCRD LBL is a joint venture between Downtown Records, which has released hits from such acclaimed acts as Gnarls Barkley and Cold War Kids, and Rojas, who founded the popular online community Engadget and also serves as the site’s editorial director. The site will feature free exclusive tracks from both new and marquee acts, many of which have been recorded specifically for RCRD LBL. The Home Of Peter Shankman | Entrepreneur. Adventurist. Radio Measurement | Radio Listening Behavior. Music business handbook and career guide. Harry Fox Agency « MusicBizAdvice.com.
By Darcie-Nicole Wicknick Special to MusicBizAdvice.com A common misconception about recording artists is that they’re the ones who make the money (after the labels). I have to break it to you: that’s not the case. The real money comes from being a songwriter. The first thing you need to know about sources of songwriting income is the role of the performance rights society. Think of a song being worth 200% rather than 100%. Early on in your career, you do not need to sign up with a Publishing Company; in many cases, getting a publishing deal with a company is as difficult as getting a recording contract, and is often as involved.
In a Full Publishing Deal, the Publisher owns your copyright for a negotiated Term (length of time) and owns half of the royalties from licenses and revenue. In a Co-Publishing Deal, the Publisher is entitled to some of the copyright for the negotiated Term, usually fifty percent. There are many sources from which writers can collect royalties. Go to part 2. Mike Curb - Curb History. Radio Airplay Success For Unsigned Indies Through BeanBag1.com Branch 'Artist Airplay Advisors' Radio Airplay Success For Unsigned Indies Through BeanBag1.com Branch 'Artist Airplay Advisors' Mar 07, 2011 – Business Development, Management, and Indie Label BeanBag1 Entertainment (BB1) announces it's radio promotion subsidiary, Artist Airplay Advisors, has posted the eleventh unsigned (DIY) Indie artist that it has helped to achieve charted airplay at industry leading radio stations around the nation reporting to the Triple A and Americana charts.
The latest band to benefit from Artist Airplay Advisors radio promotion by appearing on airplay charts is the unsigned Saints Of Valory from Austin. Their track "Providence" is charting at stations from KFAN FM in Texas to WERU FM in Maine, and Colorado station KSMT FM had their song "Dear Ivy" listed at #2 for two weeks in a row at 17-spins per week! Chart activity samples can be seen at Founded under the direction of David Bean and J.P. Current BeanBag1 management artists include: back | top. Just Plain Folks. Just Plain Folks is a community of over 51,500 Songwriters, Recording Artists, Music Publishers, Record Labels, Performing Arts Societies, Educational Institutions, Recording Studios and Engineers, Producers, Legal Professionals, Publicists and Journalists, Publications, Music Manufacturers and Retailers and about every other type of member of the Music Industry. — and host to the world’s largest independent music awards.
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The former is from Montreal, the latter hail from Nashville. The internet and social media exploded with a raft of incredulous messages - - a Tumblr called "Who is Arcade Fire? " compiled dozens of them. Could these wins reflect something of a broader trend? My team and I have been involved in an ongoing project to track the changing dynamics and geography of the popular music industry. The top ranked city is Nashville, which is literally off the chart.
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Some of these items will apply better for larger acts, some items will work for any act. Of course the most important part of the project is your involvement! 5 Lessons To Learn From Local Bands | Guitar Columns. Florida Music Festival & Conference (FMF), Festivals, Orlando, FL USA, Official Rules:1. How to Enter: Please complete the attached entry form and submit materials as described in the entry form. All entries must be received between 12:00 a.m.
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How to Run Your Own DIY College Radio Campaign. Excerpted from CD Baby’s free guide, Getting Radio Airplay. Click here to request yours today. If you’ve got a great new release that you really believe can get some serious college radio play, but you just don’t have the budget to hire a professional radio promoter, don’t let that stop you! With a good plan and time dedicated to the task, you can be your very own radio promoter. Here are the steps to get it done: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Get the complete CD Baby Radio Promotion Guide HERE.
Chris Robley's Author Bio. The DIY Musician Blog - Part 2. Press release: CD Baby Sync Licensing hits $1.2 million mark paid out to independent artists By Chris Robley April 2, 2014 Latest quarterly payout shows continued growth in YouTube monetization for DIY musicians CD Baby, arguably the world’s largest distributor of independent music, working with over 300,000 acts, has announced that it paid out a record $400,000 in royalties to artists involved in the CD Baby Sync Licensing program for the fourth quarter of 2013. That’s a 70 percent increase over the previous quarter and 150 percent more than the same period in 2012. It sends the total that CD Baby has paid in Sync royalties rocketing beyond $1.2 million dollars. “This is just the beginning,” says Kevin Breuner, CD Baby’s director of marketing. Although trade press headlines have focused on moves by Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes Radio, it’s YouTube that’s become the music streaming destination of choice for young teens.
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