Thank you. I seen two different releases that made me nervous as well because it didn’t transfer my stream counts over, but it’s only been 48 hours since I reuploaded lol I’m still waiting for everything to synch
Did your stream counts ever sync up? I'm also nervous because mine have overlapped by the newer tracks have zero streams still. It's been about 4 days.
Hey Jonathan, great video, thank you. I am with tunecore, and I know that generally you can not have the same song/album live with two distributors at once. For the week or so where there is overlap, does that ever become an issue? Where spotify or tunecore take down the release because there is another distributor that has released the exact same song (ISRCs/UPCs)?
Thank you! So I've personally never had an issue during the overlap period as long as you takedown your music from the other distributed as soon as you're 100% everything has moved over. Great question though! :)
I did this although the from distrokid to tunecore and I accidentally put the wrong audio file so I had to delete it and tried re-uploading it but it says UPC has already been taken even tho it's been a month.I sent an email but I was wondering u got any advice for this
i just try tunecore still wait too slow😭 so im gone try horus music really don't have the patience. I just want to choose a good one and settle down with it. Moving music [between distributors] is really troublesome."
Does this also work in between one distributor? My friend has access to my music but I want to take full control of my own music now so is it possible to transfer from distrokid to distrokid?
I have to upload an album which has previously released songs, so I put all the ISRC's of the old songs but the distro sent me a mail asking for the UPC's too.. but there's no option for that in the tracks themselves, only on the release.. I'm using Lay Distribution..
I'm switching from Tunecore to Distrokid. I used a coverart creator from Tunecore. It's only there. i can't get the original cover because its from tunecore. Can someone help me?
when transferring our release to another distributor does our royalties transfer too? or its starts to zero since its a new distributor? i already got 405$ on my previous distributor i want to change distributor and release it via tunecore because im afraid that my previous distributor was a big scam its indiefy. 405$ was big enough to me what should i do? pls notice me
First, thank you. Do you know how long it takes for the streams to sync up? My songs have overlapped but they still have a Zero stream count. They were uploaded about 4 days ago. Thanks!
Hmm 4 days is probably good still. It usually takes me around a full week before I see everything 100% properly aligned. I would say anything longer than 2 weeks is strange and worth an email to your distributor (that you moved to) asking if there’s anything going on. Hope that helps!!
My Distributor took Down my Track after it got To 9000 Streams, I mailed them they say it's artificial Streaming but I sent them the proof and , am fuming
@@PositiveBassArg that's heartbreaking, I can't imagine being excited to receive that huge first check from my music and my account getting closed, these distributors, some of them are shady
@@Akademikshub yes, the Spotify remains the same if you do it properly, and it actually doesn't matter the cover art cos I changed cover art for some and didn't change for some
Hey there! What if my music is already removed? I don't care about my stats as there weren't much anyways. I want to move to distrokid and rerelease under a new artist name... I am with tunecores publishing. Help 😢😊
Jonathan Miller Music please i need your help on how to contact Distrokid, for one month now my uploads have not go live please how can i message them Directly
Hey i have a question and im in urgent need of answer, i was using onerpm as my distributor but its now invite only and indipendent artist cannot upload music, but i can manage whatever music i had uploaded before, so can i use a new distributor to release new music but i want the new music on my same streaming page like Spotify, youtube topic, apple music and many more ? Can i do that?
Will this work in the case where i change my stage name and want to switch over from tunecore to distri kid, however I want my artist name to change on Distrokid?
hello, I plan on doing this later because I've been hearing that Distrokid is better than TuneCore. But my song was just sent to stores through TuneCore. I was wondering once I transfer the song to Distrokid (and its all good), can I cancel my yearly subscription with TuneCore? Will it mess anything up? Also, what is your opinion on Tunecore? Thanks!
I know this video is old and probably won't respond but just incase. Would it be ok if you just started releasing music using a new distributor while keeping the old songs on the old distributor? I am working on my first album and wan't it to be on a more dependable distributor since I've been using the same free one I started with. I'd rather not worry about getting that many songs transfered and just switching to a new distributor and using it for now on. But idk if that could cause issues!
You absolutely can use a different distributor for new music as long as you aren't locked into any specific agreements with your previous one (ie a publishing administration deal or something.) You can always use the new distributor like DistroKid, for a period of time and then if you like the services you've gotten, you can transfer your old music later (if you so choose.) But it's totally fine to just switch distributors and worry about transfer stuff later! :)
In full transparency, I have the Label plan as part of my sponsorship, so my screen may look a little different from yours. The setup and everything is still pretty much the same though! :)
@@JonathanMillerMusic it’s not the same cuz I can’t put in my ISRC code with the normal musician account so how am I gonna be able to switch my music without that ability
Newbee question! Is there cost from the distributor one is leaving, as i have read in condition of one distributor, 15$ cost per track to remove. Not sure if it is about transfert of something else?
Brilliant video! Thanks so much. I've got a couple of questions, about the master files for both the artwork and the audio. When you say they need to be the "same files", do you know if that means the "content" of the files needs to be identical, and/or the names of the files? For example, I have multiple masters of the same file, but with different file names for both the audio and artwork (ie: identical content but different file names), and don't know which actual files I uploaded originally. Do you think this matters? And as a continuation of this - do you think that it may be possible to upload a "remastered" audio rather than identical audio, if you keep the audio file name the same? Many thanks
i belieeeve last i saw it's based on file name, but given that "content ID" and such is based on what's actually in the audio, that could be incorrect if you want to switch using original files though, i know distrokid lets you download the files you uploaded for each release, including tracks and artwork; don't know about the others but i'm sure they have the option as well
CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED. @@celfhelp
Hey Jonathan, great video! Very informative and I love the step by step process, thank you! I noticed everyone is referring to Spotify streams, but what about apple and your youtube views/streams did those accurately switch over fine or did youtube go back to views return to 0? I am just curious on how all the other stores did when transferring your data? Also, was it an easy fix to link you youtube music with your YT artist page or did you have to resubmit some info to you new distributor?
The Tunecore is the worst distributor ever. I was banned due to "artificial streaming activity" without chance to get my music back. Hundreds thousands streams and thousands month listeners have been passed away. I'm gonna switch to different distributor and never back to tunecore...
I tried once. NetEase Cloud Music completely took over the original position - the plays, favorites, and lyrics are all there. But RUclips and Spotify haven't gone live yet for some reason. Another song is on RUclips but not on NetEase. Maybe I filled something wrong - I probably didn't select the option for previously released songs."
if I move my song to another platform will I loose my money I've already made on the platform or will the money also move with it to the new platform ??
I’m transferring from UnitedMasters to Distrokid. Should I keep the music up on the old distributor until Distrokid receives 100% of my streaming? Will I still get my royalties for taking down a song? And will my Lyrics transfer as well? Thank You and congratulations you have a new subscriber 😊
I copied my isrc code from my initial distributor, but the distrokid I'm transferring to is musician plan and the isrc option is for musician plus, otherwise they will create a new isrc for me, should I still go ahead with the transferring?
CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED.
What if previous distributor has publishing royalties and you are switching because you don’t want them to have that. Couldn’t I just start fresh if I didn’t care about streams or placements?
Hey man i am using distrokid currently but my account got blocked s is it possible i can make new distrokid account and transfer my songs from old distrokid account to new distrokid account so let me know is it possible to do that
Figuring this out 😅 Do the stores that you released it on have to be exactly the same as well? I noticed there are a few extra ones on Distrokid that TuneCore doesn’t have. Should I leave them unchecked?
To my knowledge you should be able to add those new stores if you want since the music was never there to begin with. You shouldn't have any trouble as it'd be like just distributing it to a new store when you drop a new song or something. Hope that helps!
@@JonathanMillerMusic Ok, I did it. Now I see two of the same release in Spotify. Will wait a week to make sure everything is good. Will the song link up (become one) only after I take town from TunCore?
@@gabriellehailstone No it should do that on its own after a week or so. When you no longer see the second release (the original one) you should be good to take it down from TuneCore! :)
Depending on the song structure way do song structure like change like this time around has a into but revelation by third day don’t have a intro it starts off with verse 1?
Can I let everything I released yet on the older distribution service, and from now on start uploading on the new service? It will be included on the same artist profile on the platforms?
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Thank you for the info! 🙏
Thank you. I seen two different releases that made me nervous as well because it didn’t transfer my stream counts over, but it’s only been 48 hours since I reuploaded lol I’m still waiting for everything to synch
Did your stream counts ever sync up? I'm also nervous because mine have overlapped by the newer tracks have zero streams still. It's been about 4 days.
@@Meekoh yes they did !
you were so clear on your explanation, thank you so much!
Hey Jonathan, great video, thank you. I am with tunecore, and I know that generally you can not have the same song/album live with two distributors at once. For the week or so where there is overlap, does that ever become an issue? Where spotify or tunecore take down the release because there is another distributor that has released the exact same song (ISRCs/UPCs)?
Thank you! So I've personally never had an issue during the overlap period as long as you takedown your music from the other distributed as soon as you're 100% everything has moved over. Great question though! :)
I did this although the from distrokid to tunecore and I accidentally put the wrong audio file so I had to delete it and tried re-uploading it but it says UPC has already been taken even tho it's been a month.I sent an email but I was wondering u got any advice for this
i just try tunecore
still wait
too slow😭
so im gone try horus music
really don't have the patience.
I just want to choose a good one and settle down with it.
Moving music [between distributors] is really troublesome."
Does this also work in between one distributor? My friend has access to my music but I want to take full control of my own music now so is it possible to transfer from distrokid to distrokid?
I have to upload an album which has previously released songs, so I put all the ISRC's of the old songs but the distro sent me a mail asking for the UPC's too.. but there's no option for that in the tracks themselves, only on the release.. I'm using Lay Distribution..
Hey bro. I did not have a label on old distributor but now I have it. What happen if I add my new label to my old song on Distrokid?
I'm switching from Tunecore to Distrokid. I used a coverart creator from Tunecore. It's only there. i can't get the original cover because its from tunecore. Can someone help me?
does youtube views count also remains same if i switch my music distributor ?
hi did it remain the same?
@@henry_munoz yes
You deserve more subscribers :)
Thank you! I really appreciate that. 😭
when transferring our release to another distributor does our royalties transfer too? or its starts to zero since its a new distributor?
i already got 405$ on my previous distributor i want to change distributor and release it via tunecore because im afraid that my previous distributor was a big scam its indiefy. 405$ was big enough to me what should i do? pls notice me
First, thank you. Do you know how long it takes for the streams to sync up? My songs have overlapped but they still have a Zero stream count. They were uploaded about 4 days ago. Thanks!
Hmm 4 days is probably good still. It usually takes me around a full week before I see everything 100% properly aligned. I would say anything longer than 2 weeks is strange and worth an email to your distributor (that you moved to) asking if there’s anything going on. Hope that helps!!
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@Meekoh kindly update did your data syn and howlong did it takeandother imformation is higly apprciated thanks
@@scotug 👋🏽 in a different comment somewhere on here, he replied to someone else asking the same question. He said it did, so everything worked out!
Is this also work with basic plan?? Or i hv to buy ultimate plan???
My Distributor took Down my Track after it got To 9000 Streams, I mailed them they say it's artificial Streaming but I sent them the proof and , am fuming
Sorry, maybe it got in a playlist powered with bots
@@majolat2000 oh man, i suffered that with a 150k streamed song (streams which came out of nowhere) and closed my account. f*ckin hell
@@PositiveBassArg that's heartbreaking, I can't imagine being excited to receive that huge first check from my music and my account getting closed, these distributors, some of them are shady
@@majolat2000 i lost like 6k bro... that haunts me in my dreams
@@YoungNois what distributor was it?
It transfers the streams and some songs perfectly but never for youtube music streams 😭
@@majolat2000 did it work with a starter plan
@@Akademikshub sorry, no, it adds the streams on RUclips music but on RUclips on the song at your topic channel, it resets
@@majolat2000 so with a beginner plan I can reupload my song with the same ISRC code and the streams will come back on Spotify
@@Akademikshub yes, the Spotify remains the same if you do it properly, and it actually doesn't matter the cover art cos I changed cover art for some and didn't change for some
Hey there! What if my music is already removed? I don't care about my stats as there weren't much anyways. I want to move to distrokid and rerelease under a new artist name... I am with tunecores publishing. Help 😢😊
is it possible if i want to change music distribution without creating another Spotify artists?
Jonathan Miller Music please i need your help on how to contact Distrokid, for one month now my uploads have not go live please how can i message them Directly
Hey i have a question and im in urgent need of answer, i was using onerpm as my distributor but its now invite only and indipendent artist cannot upload music, but i can manage whatever music i had uploaded before, so can i use a new distributor to release new music but i want the new music on my same streaming page like Spotify, youtube topic, apple music and many more ? Can i do that?
Will this work in the case where i change my stage name and want to switch over from tunecore to distri kid, however I want my artist name to change on Distrokid?
When you change do you get paid from your old streams to your new distributor.
Is it Possible to have old songs at distributor A and upload new songs from distributor B on the same streaming page?
Yes it is! Just makes sure your same page is linked and it should be ok! :)
@@JonathanMillerMusic nice, thanks ✌🏻
Hi champ plz how to takedown my music from One RPM
hello, I plan on doing this later because I've been hearing that Distrokid is better than TuneCore. But my song was just sent to stores through TuneCore. I was wondering once I transfer the song to Distrokid (and its all good), can I cancel my yearly subscription with TuneCore? Will it mess anything up? Also, what is your opinion on Tunecore?
Thanks!
I have the same question
I know this video is old and probably won't respond but just incase. Would it be ok if you just started releasing music using a new distributor while keeping the old songs on the old distributor? I am working on my first album and wan't it to be on a more dependable distributor since I've been using the same free one I started with.
I'd rather not worry about getting that many songs transfered and just switching to a new distributor and using it for now on. But idk if that could cause issues!
You absolutely can use a different distributor for new music as long as you aren't locked into any specific agreements with your previous one (ie a publishing administration deal or something.) You can always use the new distributor like DistroKid, for a period of time and then if you like the services you've gotten, you can transfer your old music later (if you so choose.) But it's totally fine to just switch distributors and worry about transfer stuff later! :)
@@JonathanMillerMusic damn bro I really didn't think you we're going to respond! I greatly appreciate the info! Saves me a lot of researching time 😅🖤
@@BiddleYT hahaha no problem!! 😁😁
What distrokid plan do you use ?
In full transparency, I have the Label plan as part of my sponsorship, so my screen may look a little different from yours. The setup and everything is still pretty much the same though! :)
@@JonathanMillerMusic it’s not the same cuz I can’t put in my ISRC code with the normal musician account so how am I gonna be able to switch my music without that ability
Newbee question! Is there cost from the distributor one is leaving, as i have read in condition of one distributor, 15$ cost per track to remove. Not sure if it is about transfert of something else?
to add the isrc code i would need to upgrade distrokid, is that necessary
so first of all i have to takedown my song from tunecore ?
Is it just me? distrokid didn't ask for the ISRC code of the original? it only asked for original release date
Yeah noticed that too
Brilliant video! Thanks so much.
I've got a couple of questions, about the master files for both the artwork and the audio. When you say they need to be the "same files", do you know if that means the "content" of the files needs to be identical, and/or the names of the files? For example, I have multiple masters of the same file, but with different file names for both the audio and artwork (ie: identical content but different file names), and don't know which actual files I uploaded originally. Do you think this matters?
And as a continuation of this - do you think that it may be possible to upload a "remastered" audio rather than identical audio, if you keep the audio file name the same?
Many thanks
i belieeeve last i saw it's based on file name, but given that "content ID" and such is based on what's actually in the audio, that could be incorrect
if you want to switch using original files though, i know distrokid lets you download the files you uploaded for each release, including tracks and artwork; don't know about the others but i'm sure they have the option as well
CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED. @@celfhelp
Hey Jonathan, great video! Very informative and I love the step by step process, thank you! I noticed everyone is referring to Spotify streams, but what about apple and your youtube views/streams did those accurately switch over fine or did youtube go back to views return to 0? I am just curious on how all the other stores did when transferring your data? Also, was it an easy fix to link you youtube music with your YT artist page or did you have to resubmit some info to you new distributor?
what if I changed my album artwork a couple times do I just use the most recent
i uploaded flac. can i upload wav version??
The Tunecore is the worst distributor ever. I was banned due to "artificial streaming activity" without chance to get my music back. Hundreds thousands streams and thousands month listeners have been passed away. I'm gonna switch to different distributor and never back to tunecore...
@@Vladyslav_Kiselov currently going through the same problem
How about if one distributor accepts wav and the one I'm transferring to accepts mp3
Good question i’m facing the same problem
Which distrokid plans i can switch my songs ?
How do I make sure the song doesn’t create a new profile when distributed?
What if it’s been taken down can I still keep everything streams etc if I swap ?
I tried once. NetEase Cloud Music completely took over the original position - the plays, favorites, and lyrics are all there.
But RUclips and Spotify haven't gone live yet for some reason.
Another song is on RUclips but not on NetEase.
Maybe I filled something wrong - I probably didn't select the option for previously released songs."
if I move my song to another platform will I loose my money I've already made on the platform or will the money also move with it to the new platform ??
thank you for your help
I’m transferring from UnitedMasters to Distrokid. Should I keep the music up on the old distributor until Distrokid receives 100% of my streaming? Will I still get my royalties for taking down a song? And will my Lyrics transfer as well? Thank You and congratulations you have a new subscriber 😊
SAMMEEEE
Thank you!
why does it not show the isrc code for me i cant add it
What if I’ve changed my artist name since the old release?
Going from DistroKid to tunecore. Will my music transfer to my official artist channel I made with distrokid?
To my knowledge yes it should if you’ve inputted everything correctly :))
I copied my isrc code from my initial distributor, but the distrokid I'm transferring to is musician plan and the isrc option is for musician plus, otherwise they will create a new isrc for me, should I still go ahead with the transferring?
If you do, only some platforms will still retain the streams, but some wouldn't
CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED.
Can you leave your previous music on your current distributor and put your new music on a new distributor?
Yes you can
What if previous distributor has publishing royalties and you are switching because you don’t want them to have that. Couldn’t I just start fresh if I didn’t care about streams or placements?
Sure you can. If so, just delete your files from the first distributor entirely
Hey man i am using distrokid currently but my account got blocked s is it possible i can make new distrokid account and transfer my songs from old distrokid account to new distrokid account so let me know is it possible to do that
Hey did u ever figure this out?
Thank you
I want to move from DK to LANDR, and I have a few releases with all caps or all lowercases. how can i bypass that xD
Figuring this out 😅 Do the stores that you released it on have to be exactly the same as well? I noticed there are a few extra ones on Distrokid that TuneCore doesn’t have. Should I leave them unchecked?
To my knowledge you should be able to add those new stores if you want since the music was never there to begin with. You shouldn't have any trouble as it'd be like just distributing it to a new store when you drop a new song or something. Hope that helps!
@@JonathanMillerMusic Awesome! Thank you so much.
@@gabriellehailstone No prob! :)
@@JonathanMillerMusic Ok, I did it. Now I see two of the same release in Spotify. Will wait a week to make sure everything is good. Will the song link up (become one) only after I take town from TunCore?
@@gabriellehailstone No it should do that on its own after a week or so. When you no longer see the second release (the original one) you should be good to take it down from TuneCore! :)
Depending on the song structure way do song structure like change like this time around has a into but revelation by third day don’t have a intro it starts off with verse 1?
@@Songwritersbehindthecurtain ??
Routenote only accepts flac files. Old upload was wav
Convert the WAV to MP3 or Flac, I used to use RouteNote, it accepts MP3 too, just convert the audio to fit in with their requirements
Nice
You’re an awesome 😎 RUclips channel.
When I did this it said this Distrokid
How do I claim the Spotify account from the new Distributor? Can that be done?
Hi will you lose your old profile i mean your profile id
Hey! No if you're following along and filling in everything correctly you shouldn't lose your profile ID at all! :D
@@JonathanMillerMusic okay thanks
:) :) :) !
thank you
Can I let everything I released yet on the older distribution service, and from now on start uploading on the new service? It will be included on the same artist profile on the platforms?
thank u thank u!