Best Music Distributors | Who's The Best And What Do They Do?
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2019
- Not sure who the best music distributor is?
Find out what features to look for in your distributor and what each of them does.
There are many features which distributors are adding to their services, from pre-save links, royalty splitting and tracking links to allow retargeting, so it is important to find the right distributor for you.
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The Orchid is notorious for copyright claiming music that doesn’t belong to them.
Yup... thats exactly what they did to me. They rejected my dispute as well. They absolutely suck
We have become total fans of your channel, thanks so much! Saludos desde Argentina! ⚡️
Great video! Short and full of information, especially for beginners.
It's the first place where I've heard about "recommended by Spotify" distributors. And it's VERY useful.
Currently I'm considering CD Baby (according to several reviews). I don't care about the price too much and I like 1 time payment because I don't know how ofter I will do releases.
Thanks for these tips! I got DistroKid to release covers and that's going to be my primary content in 2021!
I really like how much information you provide for new artist. I have no experience with helping new artists but I do have someone who is needing my help to promote their music, build their fan base, and make their music reach millions. I've checked your website, I see you are not in the US, do you work with Hip Hop artist from the US? I am going do the best I can until he's able to hire professionals to really help. Thank you for making these informative videos. I'm going to try the Twitter information I found on your website to help bring more exposure. I just subscribed so keep the free info coming because you're definitely helping one person with new artist exposure. I hope I can really make a difference in their career.
You are literally the music version of Vsauce xD
Hah true XD
Michael here
My cd is a chakra meditation cd. I am having a hard time finding the best distributor for this? And I am trying to find the best genre and sub genre categories for this. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Very insightful video. Thank you!
Hi what are your thoughts about the orchard? Are they any good? It is a better option than cd baby? Thanks!!
how does it work if you are a brand new label, and the artist you want to sign already have a distributor, because they are independent? Is the label allowed to have a distributor also and the artist? I am new to this, and mainly on the investor side.
The year should be the same as in 2020 or 2021 .. Or the duration will be 1 year from the month we start the first single Release. ?
Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️
I would love to hear you all talk about another subject besides music with the same passion you have for this. would be interesting to see. but is there anything you are as passionate about as you are about music marketing and what surrounds it?
I hope I make the right decision(s) for me. Not just a Distributor.
Solid channel with great advice.
You guys should really invest in a clip on mic setup.
We actually have one, but the connection fell out a couple of times and we lost the videos so we kind of fell out with it. We've invested in a directional shotgun mic for future videos so hopefully that will improve the quality, if it doesn't we'll go back to the lapel mics. Thanks for subscribing and for the suggestion!
What about Amuse???
You didn’t mention anything about Emubands.
How to release music with orchard?
This is great! do you think you could do another video that goes more in depth into the process of each one and how to best utilize each distributor?
Sure!
How signup on the orchard
What about Emubands?
How is symphonic distribution
Hi! We have been trying to distribute meditation content to Spotify (as artists) but they all reject the content for not being "music". Do you know any distributor that specializes in these kind of content? Thanks for the help!
Routenote
How do I sign up in The Orchard Music
Same question
DON'T! They copyright claim music that isn't theirs. They;re scum.
i dont like the part where it says provided to youtube by orchard enterprises knowing damn well i uploaded first and i did so because it wasnt up.... not enough for them to take the royalties they take the credit to. no wonder we go crazy
what do you guys think of Ditto? could you guys do a review or comparison please
Ditto is terible never pay up when its time they just ban u and dont response on gmails.
Do you know a distributor that allows to upload an album with 2 different languages?
Enterfly thanks for telling us a problem without giving a solution
Actually, the musician/artist can apply directly to the Spotify artist profile, without the distributor, and send his tracks to official playlist.
How?
@@joey8033 From this link artists.spotify.com/ you need only your URI code for verification. You can pick it up from already delivered to Spotify product.
thanks bro
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i like cd baby because they automatically deposit funds into my bank account. What other distributor has automatic withdrawals?
do you know why distrokid payments are delayed....i am thinking of transferring the music O have with them to cd baby
just curious why the orchard is on the thumbnail but you didn't even mention it on the video lol nice trick to get some extra views and comments ;)
At about 2 minutes and 12 seconds In to this video you said that if your music is played on radio that the distribution company will be able to pick it up. Is that actually true?? Because I didn't know they did that
I thought that was "Publishing"??
But is Distrokid friendly to independent record labels? For example, if I want to upload a set of singles made by different artists (who may collaborate with each other) throughout a 6-month period, will Distrokid accomodate that?
no I realised that the hard way and I'm still finding a distributor for this
GHSTKNTE How so? What happened?
@@marcopedro35 distrokid was all good until I needed to adjust artist names so I wouldn't get mistaken or music reject from streaming platforms, it was difficult to remove music or edit my releases or even stop them
@@marcopedro35 I paid for the cheapest plan but I was limited to one artist so I upgraded and it was a little better but you realise a lot of hidden fees after, I needed to remove an artist name but I couldn't and they recommended upgraded, its drag and I still haven't got to fixing the issue, they are good otherwise but only if you are a single singer/songwriter who's just releasing music independently but if you're a producer/dj there's a lot of mess that they haven't sorted out yet for anything beyond that
Is there any sources that say Spotify has these preferred distributors?
Yes, if you go on the Spotify For Artists Website and the under FAQs section you will find a question that asks "How do I get my music on Spotify?" And here you will find their preferred music distributors. Here is the link👉artists.spotify.com/directory/distribution
Which distributor do you think is the best?
octiive for me 600 plus streamin
I want orchard music enterprise anyone provide me orchard
DistroKid does have hyperfollow too now (:
I have a question: If I’m not happy with my distributor, is it possible to switch my release to another one at all?
What do you think about Vydia?
Okay, that was two questions... 🤓✌🏽
I used Vydia personally, they take 40% not worth it for their service
And yess you can switch a release that’s already in stores
@Burstimo Can these distributors be used by Dancehall artiste for dancehall music?
Emubands?
I've been sending you guys (Burstimo) messages but still no reply. Distrokid is a lame bore, after 7 years, I dropped them and moved onto ONErpm.
Is it fair that Spotify has recommanded distributors, that allegedly increase the chance to get on official playlists?
yeah bit questionable statement?
I am about to release an EP as my first release, what steps should I take to get least issues? And which distributer is good for me?
Js Artboy United masters
I'm with distrokid and think they're really good, especially the Instagram feature..only downside with it is that u can't do RUclips I'd if you're doing hip-hop, it will disappear if u choose that genre.. and I think that's a really good feature to have when u just started out and don't have that many followers yet and have to wait to do it thru RUclips.. or do u guys have any tips to get around this? Would love to see a vid about this topic :) if u haven't already 🙌🏼🙏🏼
How do you mean? Do you meaning RUclips content ID or directly uploading to RUclips?
@@Burstimoyea RUclips ID, distrokid have a feature to get u RUclips ID on your song, but the box to check disappear for the Hip-hop genre...
@@miss4tunexvx oh unsure sorry!!
Miss 4tune DistroKid won’t let me use them anymore that was the best for me
Do they have dancehall genre or Caribbean?
CD BABY ACTUALLY TAKES 30%
What do you guys think of Ditto?
We haven't had much experience with them, most of our artists will use Distrokid or CD Baby
absolute ass, don't go with them
regarding DISTROKID. Not entirely true about the payouts. ALL 4 of the writers MUST be members and be signed up at $20/ yr for ALL of them to get their payouts. Indie Advance for example will payout everyone as well, BUT, only ONE of them has to be singed up (as long as that ONE puts in the co-writer splits.)
84%. 16% more and I will be in need of a distributor
correction. 84%. 916% further to go
CD Baby is the best cuz you pay one time and they out of all have the most amount of stores and continues to add more and when that happens your music gets added to that store....Ditto is limited on stores , you need to reach at least £25 to get paid , so £20 per year adds up especially if your song is not doing that well so your more at a loss than a gain.
They took huge percentages. Like 30% of RUclips. Cd baby does.
Even if you are releasing it on your own RUclips channel?
DONE.
What fees does Orchard Music take???
Do you have orchard
'The idea of buying CDs is gone'. Riiiiight. As far as I know, CDs abound on merch tables on tour and in shops and on platforms like BC not to mention usual retail portals they are everywhere. As if CDs, vinyl etc is 'old'. And as if streaming's new ha ha.
ofc those who do that are famous already, we're young artist can't do the old one.
How about Amuse (which is free btw)?
Tony Smile they process 3 weeks the song, and the payments too, like 4 months u must wait to receive.
They're kind of the new kid on the block, and they have quite a bit of work to do. Their model is cool, and their app is beautiful. But the process can be a little tedious and their support takes their time getting back to you. I released a record using them and they sent the artwork back saying "the text doesn't match the artist name or song title." The only text was literally my logo with my full artist name underneath. Not to mention, when it finally did release it took an extra week for it to go on Apple music. This put my entire marketing on hold given that all the promo material I designed said "Now available on" and the first icon was Apple music. So you can see how that can be an issue. But like I said, they're new, their idea is cool and their app is beautiful. I'm curious to see if they can stand the test of time and improve.
I agree with Leon Noir and totochill, the time before the release is huge and if you have any issue with it, the support is pretty robotic to me. I mean obviously they have millions of users but they should prevent a lot of problems before, by improving the support area.
I'm changing for DistroKid soon, hope it's gonna be more efficient.
And yes Amuse is free if you have just one artist account, but I think it could save you a lot of stress and time to go to another.
By the way, if they improve that, they will be great. Their app is pretty useful to see in real time what's happening.
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I use United Masters in a muse pretty good never got a pay for my muse United matches paid me $0.02👍😂😂
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You Gotta Run Them Streams To Seek 2Bands Or Better I Use Distrokid They Start Paying Me $0.01 2¢ 19¢ 38$ Nie I'm Making More Than Ever You Just Gotta Build Streams ☑️ They Pay You Good That Go For Any Distributor
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Great video! Greeting from Dom. Rep. Please, make a new video talking about The Orchard Distributor application process for a new indie record label but before talk about the benefits of working and distributing with them. thank you! Excellent info.
Hey bro, klk, saludos desde Santo Domingo. Yo he investigado bastante sobre Distributors y la que mejor me parecio es Diskover, toman el 25% de regalias (pero si eres emergente no creo que en verdad sea tanto un problema, mas por lo siguuiente que voy a decir) y es que ellos tienen piiiiila de playlists con muchos followers (y mas importante, muchos active listeners) y te añaden a todas esas playlists (dependiendo tu genero, obvio), si te parece, investiga sobre ellos en Spotify, sus redes y el documento de condiciones legales (te aparece justo abajo del register window). Me dejas saber que te parece!
Saludos Aron y Jacues desde P.R. que musica hacen
I'm stuck because CDbaby you know your track will be up forever distrokid you have to do the leave a legacy feature to do the same which costs double of cdbaby's regular price for a single to stay forever...but I understand distrokid for the year is cheaper if releasing multiple singles the only reason I'm afraid to switch is if one they day they decide to jack up the price or shut down or something all of a sudden all those tracks that weren't set to be up forever will disappear because the new membership price is too expensive or b/c something happened outside of control with the company. I need the security of CDbaby with the fees of distrokid. Asking for too much I know but what are your thoughts on this kind of thing Burst?
Just call CD Babay staffers a bunch of cocksuckers They will pull your music and you are free.Worked for me.
It’s all about how much money you are making off your music. In the end you don’t want cd baby taking 15% of your income forever.
Nowyouknow yes you know in the end I switched to distro. I think aside from how much expected income being considered one should consider the number of songs they plan to release. For me it’s just too much to pay $15 per song when I looked at how many songs I release in a year for example 19 in 2019. I don’t even want to think about how much money I didn’t save by using CD baby for all of those releases. Even if I have to renew with distrokid every year I’m saving way more doing that and releasing as much as I want in the year!
Drizzydid do you like distro?
Laura Negrin Yes! For me it’s been so so much better than CDbaby was. If you’re on the fence I’d go distro. For sure.
Here's a question: if you're a NEW artist releasing a debut single, what's a better investment - PR campaign or Advertising, and why?
Firstly, I would get at least one track on all of the platforms with no promotion. The reason for this is that getting your Spotify for Artists set up when you have no previous releases is a real pain, it is possible, but it makes things a lot easier for you to submit your track to editorials. Then, it really depends on your style of music and what it fits well with, PR is about building your CV and credibility as an artists, it won't convert to a huge amount of streams or exposure. Advertising is about exposure and building awareness as an artist, but to do this you need a good image and content to convert the awareness in to fans. So for me the answer is both, but I hope if you're torn between the two my explanation will help you pick one.
@@Burstimo Great answer, cheers! What practical purpose does the credibility from a press feature serve for an emerging artist, if any?
I personally think grassroots artists should invest in targeted advertising over PR for a number of reasons, but I'm trying to see it from both sides.
@@gnomearc9298 Being able to start a pitch with "As Featured on CLASH" replace CLASH with EARMILK, Dork, DIY, NME etc etc really helps to get the attention of people who curate playlists, producers of national radio shows etc
I agree that targeted advertising is a great way to get exposure on your music, but it's getting that initial creative right that's going to get people interested, a lot of artists struggle with that and end up burning their money by pumping their money behind an ad which just gets views and no conversions.
If we had to do it all over again, I would recommend having a professionally recorded cover released first to open up Spotify for Artists. It's heartbreaking to watch your lead single you've spent so much time and money on go into the black hole of oblivion with no chance of getting on any Spotify editorial playlists. Not that there is any guarantee. Our second single didn't either, but that was partly because no big splash came from the first because my artist could not claim her artist page until the day of release. Lots of lessons learned with this.
I would always do PR and advertising. It really shouldn't be either/or. You don't need a lot of money to do PR. You can do it yourself. We got our single on Deer DuBois's weekly playlist just by submitting to him on HumanHuman. Then we got a feature on I Heart Moosiq for the second single. Hype Machine blogs are like a little club. Once you get one to feature you, you can get others to also. Sodwee was on the fence and told us they'd like to see another single. It's like they watch each other and wait for a sign you're worth the press space. Meanwhile, grassroots and paid advertising gets your music directly to fans.
We plan to do both with the next release, but we just don't expect much from PR. Amazingly, many blogs we submitted to but declined a feature are following my artist and like her posts, but didn't feature her music, so we realize it wasn't all for nothing. They are watching her now. It's kind of weird.
@@Burstimo thanks for the straightforward explanation, clear as usual. I have a question: I have the contract with Labelworx but their fee is far bigger that Distrokid offers. So I am in doubt if I should to use their more expensive service whereas I can just selfrelease with Distrokid. Can you please comment on this?
Whats about Spinnup?
I released with them. Never again.
I eventually switched, got problems with my releases...
@@PatriziaCavaliere what happened please tell me
I make music and I am trying to build a fanbase
Is it true that Distrokid is strealing money from the artist?? Can someone reply😅 thank you so much
yeah eventually they do but in a sneaky way
@@BLVJeezy yah that's why I decided to sign up on Cd Baby
@@villnicandro6506 me 2 I'm going to CD baby just a one time fee and done its actually less expensive than all the others in a long term perspective
@@BLVJeezy do you mix songs?
@@villnicandro6506 yeah
How much orchard costs?How much % of your royalties are taken?
Unsure, it'll probably say on their site
Takle
The best is the orchard because it belongs to soni music, the mother of all distributors.
Can you invite me on orchard music
Let’s say a singer only wants to upload his music (music video) to RUclips. If they don’t want to use a Distrubutor and want to upload directly to their RUclips channel will registering on copyright.gov first be enough? That way if they see it on other channels they can monetize it and do copyright claims! Thanks !
No, copyright .gov is for being abeg to sue people for copyright infringements like illegal use of your music, unlicensed sampling, et all. What you need to do if you're only uploading to RUclips is register with a service like songtrust that provide RUclips content ID service for people who aren't on the RUclips partner program with access to the CMS (content management system).
Registering with songtrust will help you claim or takedown unauthorised use of your music.
@@joey8033 makes sense appreciate it, basically once you register through songtrust I’m assuming they let you know whether you want to have videos on other channels removed or monetized and take a cut ?
@@hardipusa you can watch this video for some understanding of most royalties ruclips.net/video/m0w9VjDgsQ0/видео.html
Watch this too: ruclips.net/video/iHJNM5VNbhw/видео.html
And this: ruclips.net/video/phE0zQvB2C4/видео.html
@@joey8033 thank you so much, very valuable information
Emubands one time Fee!, Your earn 100% Lifetime Support..
Hey man. What is your experience with Emubands? It's not expensive and looks tempting. How long does it usually take to release? Can you make a "release date" when you upload the files? Cover songs? Just share general thoughts, please. Thank you!
@@filipdinevmusic I Recomend you emubands if you are releasing ep's and albums , you can make a release date , i personally don't know if you can upload covers you may need a license or something, you can request payments anytime (Weekly and monthly) Depends on your reports, No Hold on amounts of minimum like 50 or 100 by some other distro, and you can get direct deposits or paypal..
They don't have any press you can't find much in google about them but they seem legit lol have lot of year in the market... if you submit from a wek before the release if you set a day it comes that day you set..
You might try one single, i personally think Emubands is more for the long term, on my case i'm using it more for ep's and albums..
@@JA809_ Thanks man. They don't seem to have that Facebook and Instagram monetization the other ones have. And yes, I couldn't find much about them, which is kinda weird. Peace
Distrokid is now taking almost 30% of your profits, and they are now kinda shady for me. I am personally changing from Distrokid to Emubands
how is that possible if they all about the yearly fee thing only.
I use tunecore and you guys said nothing about them.
They're not one of Spotify's preferred distributors but we've worked with them before and they're great
Hi do tunecore still uploads your songs in spotify ?
Binod
Cool video bro. But Distrokid no longer do content id on youtube for Electronic music, EDM or Hip Hop. That is a lot of money off the table.
There are many vendors that offer RUclips Content ID service, such as Audiam, Orfium or Airbit. (www.millennialmind.co/top-youtube-content-id-partner-platforms/)
The answer is neither make your own music on RUclips don’t be an idiot and sign.
Who's the best? -- NOBODY. What they do -- they shits into the pockets of people.
The Orchard Is Best
Do they keep your rights if u sign if you write the songs. Hope not
Hello brother can you invite me on orchard
Thanks man! Was able to release 4 songs on Spotify! If y'all are interested They are also on my channel!
Which one did you choose??
@@fernandojimenez5206 distrokid
@@JareRL why
Amuse is the best music distribution company
Haven't heard too much about them, would love to hear more?
@@Burstimo Amuse ? it's free...so you get what you get.
They stopped releasing my music everywhere, never at the date I asked and it's a pain to get a reply from their team.
Bg Jimy definitely get what you pay for. Tried them once and I'll be holding off until they get there stuff together.
hi everybody, we chose cdbaby and are pretty happy with it. Listen our dub/reggae on all platforms! Our band name is Dubious Depot!
I want orchard music enterprise anyone invite me on orchard
Mahla Sangeet Distribution
Is the best, 😱
free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍
@@Ak-dx9ck content id milti hai kya disable nhi honi chahiye firse