The way of consuming and selling music has changed a lot in recent years thanks to the Internet.
If you are a musician or singer and want to publish your music, today it is easier and more accessible than ever.
New artists have the opportunity to make themselves known and reach their followers through digital platforms and in this post I am going to share information about some tools to release your songs on the Internet.
DistroKid
– Price: US$19.99/year
– Unlimited releases
– You get 100% of the royalties
– You can share the royalties with other users (collaborators, producer, mixing engineer, etc.)
– Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram/Facebook, TikTok/Resso, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Triller (beta) ), Yandex Music (beta), MediaNet, Shazam
This is the digital distributor that I have been using for years and that is why HERE I leave you a 7% discount.
Amuse
– Price: free (there is also a paid version)
– You can only make one throw at a time
– You get 100% of the royalties
– Distribution of royalties (amuse keeps a commission of 15%)
– Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon, Deezer, Tidal, Claro Music, Napster, Shazam
Soundcloud
– Price: free
– Easy to integrate into a web page
– Not an on-demand music app with full albums, but a music-sharing platform.
Listeners can comment on your tracks and (if you enable the feature) they can also download them.
Bandcamp
– Price: free
– 15% commission per sale (except some Fridays when 100% goes to the artist)
– Easy to integrate into a web page
– You can sell your music and merchandise, choose the price and contact your fans.
They can pay more for your music if they want, to help you in your music career.
YouTube
– Price: free
– YouTube is one of the biggest sources for discovering music online
– If you don’t have the budget to create a music video, then make a lyric video instead.
These are just some of the resources most used by a multitude of independent artists around the world.
I invite you to search the Internet to find the option that you like best when publishing your music and if you want, you can leave a comment with your recommendations.
