Hi Tony - Just want to say I really appreciate all the videos you put out with all kinds of helpful information! Thank you! CD Baby does such a great service in providing a way for musicians to get their music out into the world at a reasonable cost on their own without a label. Many artists find that record companies provide possible promotion along with a large can of worms, like charging high recording expenses, taking song rights, putting a producer in charge of you who doesn't share your vision, putting you in a list with 50 other artists then doing nothing for you, an executive who likes you getting fired or changing jobs, outright fraud if your recordings actually earn some money to mention just a few. Years ago I had the good experience of playing lead guitar with German artist Wolfgang Michels who founded Percewood's Onagram, playing on their fourth album and some of Wolfgang's solo albums. Wolfgang sadly experienced all these things and more in his struggle to earn a living form music. While like most musicians we wanted to create and play music, it seemed we had to spend about 75% of the time on promotion and getting jobs and maybe 25% of the time actually playing. As you mentioned, now with CD Baby I can still enjoy writing and producing songs and release them as a solo artist, and concentrate on that without spending a lot of time on promotion, and be happy as another obscure artist! To quote a line from Wolfgang's song Music Business Nightmare, " Most artists are beggars, didn't you know?" Thanks again for all you do! Pete Schaffer
I agree totally. That means you have to grind and put that work in. Because you're selling yourself and you believe that much about your product. You're the producer of your product, so therefore get to work and put that work in.
So a "new icon" aroused and stood up in these postmodern decades: «Independent Musician». I believe she/he is a real "hero" after executing 99% of the task: Imagine, create, write, arrange, play, sing, organize, pr, produce, record, mix, master, deliver to distro, and, at last, but not least, market yourself. Well, let me tell ya I'm proud to be one of this newly evolved specie.
Indeed. Create a demand. You gotta run it up the flagpole baby - by whatever means you can. Making wise investments when you can afford it - to legitimate publicists to make you shine in the media. Running ads, radio marketing, newsletters, videos for youtube, and strategically playing the best showcases possible. It really all comes down to the artist and how good the songs and performances are - for it to stick. And - lastly - the thing that kicks most of our asses no matter how "good" you think you are - - the money and time to do all this. If you are really that good you might be lucky enough to find an investor that believes in you. Which used to be called a record label (In most cases) - and they would take care all that for you - but, can be expensive - and they need their money back and a PROFIT. All this is not rocket science. It is harsh reality that most can not swallow - especially in the struggling indie music world.
Thanks for another great video, Tony! Artists hate the demystification of their dreams. They also hate editing their songs and don’t think they need professionals to help in recording, mixing, editing and mastering their product. Developing artists rarely understand publishing either. They stick to a DIY ethic until it comes to promotion, where they decide to blame a distributor. Overall this is a great plan for failure. It provides a nice platform for blaming everyone who’s involved and even factions who are not involved. Everyone deserves the blame except for one’s self. There are a lot of reasons why only a tiny portion of artists enjoy big success. It isn’t just luck. I think it’s also good to remember that making a living in music is a huge success and a realistic goal to set. It requires an intense amount of work to get there because one has to earn it. Earning one’s place among the competition isn’t easy and it’s not supposed to be. Thanks again for the video! Best wishes - Tim
Yes, sometimes I feel like I'm the bubble burster for a lot of DIY artists who love to blame everyone else for their lack of success... It's a heavy burden to bear, LOL.
I think there are three keys to success: 1) always highest quality - preparation and attention to detail in both recording and performances; 2) professionalism - treat everyone well, always be on time and prepared; 3) luck - right place at the right time to make the right connections, and be prepared for it by 1 and 2 above.
I see this happen a lot of times. One advice I have followed and shared with people is this: You only get out of it what you put into it. So many people want the rewards of success, but aren't willing to do the work that's required of it. Great minds think alike. BTW, Happy 40th anniversary to the CD 💿.
That's just not true, u can put all the work in the world into it and it doesn't mean people will listen and if u can afford to promote yourself u won't make it no matter what your music sounds like unless u have a pretty face
This is a real need among artists who aren't signed to a record label. This is one of reasons I recently started my record label E. Broad Records. Any artist who has tried knows that it's really challenging (and daunting) to market, promote, and publicize yourself. Like anything challenging, it's a lot easier when you have people supporting you. Historically, that's been the record label aka the bad guy for many artists. However, I believe that's changing. Our team is reimagining the role of the record label in today's music industry as more of a "creative services" provider. Artists can make good records without a huge recording budget or a record deal. What they really need is help with marketing, promotion, and publicity. We're aiming to provide that kind of support with equitable contracts that honor the artist's contribution and the label's contribution through more of a partnership approach to managing the potential financial abundance that will result from success. But it's not easy for a record label either. There is a lot of competition for people's attention and money. When it comes to getting attention, I believe it definitely starts with your music. Write the best songs you can write and write more. Perform anywhere and everywhere as often as you can. Record the best songs you can record and record more. For any of you out there with an entrepreneurial spirit, I ask you to consider starting a record label to support independent artists. We need more record labels in the world. -Whit Whitley
Thank you Tony for this message. Indeed we may not understand our role and push it as blame to other people. We will indeed look at the mirror so that we may know who is incharge of promoting our music👌 From Mzoliseni Majali
As a retired manager of an Indy Gospel group, I can tell you that creating original songs and overseeing recording and production for distribution, was the easy part. Launching a campaign was somewhat successful at the regional level. National and global commercial success requires “mucho moola,” and not to mention, time.
Thanks Tony, I always get a lot out of what you say whenever I listen to you. It's time now that I apply what you said. You are 💯 in my book. Thank you very very much.
I never expected promotion by anybody else. Maybe because I am into medieval music? So we sell our CDs at medieval fairs during or after our gigs. And as we usually play 4 gigs a day, that means 4 times a day the chance to sell our music.
i have a good question so ik u can pay youtube to do some advertising or promo but the promblem is if you have a topic account how df u log in to your topic account in order to get your music promoted
Hello! You will need a Google Ads account to advertise in UA-cam. That's where you would set up your campaigns. UA-cam has some good info on how to get started with that, check it out: ua-cam.com/users/intlen_us/ads/how-it-works/set-up-a-campaign/
So many artists are lazy today. I hate to say it. But many artists want someone else to do all the work for them. This is human nature. Take the path of least resistance. But if we won’t promote ourselves, why would someone else care to promote us if we aren’t willing to work hard and push ourselves? I get this same behavior from local artists when I put a tour together and some of them want to perform. They want to perform and get paid. And then do absolutely nothing to help promote the show to their fans. Why on earth would I push and promote them on my tour, pay all the costs associated with the tour and opportunities I share with them? When they won’t even take the time to promote and push the shows? And then they want me to pay them on top of all that? Answer is I am not going to! I am gonna spend that time, energy and money on my OWN music and career! I am not here to push and promote other artists that are too lazy to do it for themselves. And don’t have a team or work hard mentality. Same with these companies. It isn’t their job to push us! They give us the tools. We must do the hard work. And push ourselves. So you are right on the message on this one Tony! Anytime I talk about this, I get pushback and excuses too. But as you said, it doesn’t mean it isn’t the truth. And the truth is, most people in music will never go anywhere with it. Because they are not willing to go the extra mile and work hard. It is just that simple. 🤷♂️
so ive read the title of the video .. why wont they promote my music ... expecting now you telling me in the video they dont do that because you are doing that :D .. well .. i suppose i was close wasnt i :) but so true and liberating to have someone talking like that like honest to the people out there. many years ago when i was first running vinyl shop later switching to cds then dvds movies compuiter games (the shop transformed over the years) .. everytime i went to get new material you were to drive to some far away huge mega store to get your new stuff and i recall beeing the first time there with someone who was showing me around. there was not special advertisement there was the mega hits volume xyz right beside mr nomans nobody all boxed up in the same brown colord cardboard no one and this was soooo liberating no one trying to sell you this or that you were on your own you had to know what you want for your shop and specificly get that. no advertisement at the checkout nothing pure distribution plain and simple and to this day i admire that professionality about those things. its kinda like stick to your guns.. they are very good at making sure everyone gets wha the wants ... what everyone wants is not their job. that was our job at the store or the customer to tell us if they need something we the shops cant not provide and of course in part if we get a new album from michael jackson ... we KNOW we need a few of those.. the distributor had nothing to do with that .. guess who was responsable or better say was the reason we knew .. the customer and who told them ? .. yeah michael did by doing one or two live shows here and there :D ive done some testing for fun like .. producing a track thats technicaly very good on a high level an just uploaded it to them (no its not on my youtube channel you dont need to go there my youtube channel is dead :) .. but i uploaded it distributed it via distrokid to alot of platforms and in like 5 years there were maybe 7-8 bugs revenue this track created .. on the other hand i did one lousy version with poor quality that accidently went viral in like 2011 something .. guess qhat it payed for living expenses for like 6 months. sure that was pure luck but it had nothing to do with the distributor himself it was the customer and at the end of the line me my responsability to ... DO SOMETHING ! so again it was very refreshing to have someone here telling people what all of them (us) dont wanna hear . at least until they (we) learn. nothing wrong with beeing ineperienced .. just get over it learn fro mistakes and now since everyone knows you can do better the next time :) to everyone out there listen to this man ... go .. do something .. you did something ? great now let the world know about it ! go tell them .. just imagine what this guy 2000 years ago did running around telling people to love eeach other. you have to do the legwork.
Gotta say you’re right, Tony, 100%. We are more oriented to art than commerce as musicians and not seeking to make a $million, but have a modest goal of breaking even. We are still trying to unpack how to help our potentially global audience find us to do 1 show a year in 50-100 cities in a fashion that will break even after expenses, including record production, travel, local marketing per sow, and collaborating musicians. Marketing and promo is not our forte, so trying to figure out how to outsource that aspect after about 13 releases in 35 years.
Outsourcing is usually not the best way to go with marketing and promotion, certainly not early on in your music career. (Although... 35 years in it's no longer early, lol.) But if you're still trying to gain fans, it's usually best to start engaging more directly on socials, email list, and do a bit of paid marketing on FB/Insta to build your fanbase. Yes, it's work. If you don't want to do it, that's OK too. Then just enjoy working on your 14th album -- nothing wrong with that either. But you'll get much better results figuring it out yourself than to find a firm to do it for you -- all they want to do is take as much money as possible out of your pocket...
@@tonyvv I know that’s true. But the socials make me nuts - I disengaged a few years ago. I have a former exchange student, now living in Vilnius, spending a little time on our socials each month, but not driving enough traffic. A conundrum. Tony: been impressed with your videos. Lots of useful info well presented. Didn’t expect a personal answer. That is a great example of engaging with your fan on social media!
I thought this was obvious. CD Baby does offer a lot of helpful advice on promotion and some discounts on promotional tools, but make it pretty clear that you have to do the work.
Well said, Tony! There are a incredibly small amount of artists that did nothing more than release a song and became successful. If you want success YOU HAVE to work for it. BTW, there are no guarantees that the work will bring success. But, it is guaranteed that you will have no success if you don't work your butt off for it.
great vid question i have music releases coming out, and have promo videos on youtube and other platforms. but use other musicians names in the promo vids, which are not on my tunecore releases, question is will tunecore take down my release? as the music is already on my youtube channel.
Modern tech companies offers automatic link codes with every new upload (in addition to uploading songs to DSP networks. These codes/links are useful for artists to paste at desired sites, perhaps such things draw service seekers to distributors that offers these things too. Somethings can be quiet helpful/making promoting easier than add on costs for every little thing. People need to do Researches and even search for reviews done by unhappy users of distributors you wanted before buying the service. Too many new companies claiming to be sufficient while the old guys do not want to evolve and that’s distrokid. I like cdbaby but tunecore offers several things like label name, art covers etc.
For promotion EazyMan has been trying to work even more harder to get my music out there for the listeners. But i think i need some tutorial on this promotion of a thing. How can i be helped out?
That is an ignorant question lol. That’s not the role of a DISTRIBUTOR. You have to create the demand for the music. The distributor just delivers it when requested. It’s like a beer stock person you see at the grocery store. They aren’t there because Budweiser made beer. They are there because Budweiser made beer and people keep buying it from the store.
Can't say I know Catapult, tbh. DistroKid is a reputable distributor - probably the most popular one in the world right now - with a nice, fast sign up process, and they are very affordable. Depending on how many releases you plan to do a year they could very well be your best option. I like CD Baby a lot. They were our sister company for 11 years, and they offer more ways to monetize an artist and songwriter's music than any other distributor I know of.
Just do it yourself. Learn how Facebook Ads Manager works. Buy some ads. Create some videos. Get on TikTok. If you are an up and coming artist there are plenty of scam artists willing to take your money to promote your music, but I have yet to hear of any of them breaking an artist.
CD Baby takes a month or two to reply to basic messages these days. Honestly, I wouldn't hire them to promote a chook raffle. Some distributors have promotional departments now. Do your research.
@@RussStillMusic Look at Gyrostream first. They offer promotion as well as distribution. Others that do would include Tunecore, Dito, Amuse, Stem. Depending on what type of music you release, there are also a bunch of small labels that effectively release and promote music. I loved CD Baby in the early days, but now they just treat you like a number, same with Distrokid.
@@BryanCalhoun1911 when you sign up for pro service threw a distributor you can opt in for all Monetizing and they will pitch your song for sync I’m a Publisher myself.
I didn't think about it but you're right. No wonder my 300 plus song catalog sat idle for decades.
Hi Tony - Just want to say I really appreciate all the videos you put out with all kinds of helpful information! Thank you!
CD Baby does such a great service in providing a way for musicians to get their music out into the world at a reasonable cost on their own without a label. Many artists find that record companies provide possible promotion along with a large can of worms, like charging high recording expenses, taking song rights, putting a producer in charge of you who doesn't share your vision, putting you in a list with 50 other artists then doing nothing for you, an executive who likes you getting fired or changing jobs, outright fraud if your recordings actually earn some money to mention just a few.
Years ago I had the good experience of playing lead guitar with German artist Wolfgang Michels who founded Percewood's Onagram, playing on their fourth album and some of Wolfgang's solo albums. Wolfgang sadly experienced all these things and more in his struggle to earn a living form music.
While like most musicians we wanted to create and play music, it seemed we had to spend about 75% of the time on promotion and getting jobs and maybe 25% of the time actually playing.
As you mentioned, now with CD Baby I can still enjoy writing and producing songs and release them as a solo artist, and concentrate on that without spending a lot of time on promotion, and be happy as another obscure artist!
To quote a line from Wolfgang's song Music Business Nightmare, " Most artists are beggars, didn't you know?"
Thanks again for all you do!
Pete Schaffer
I agree totally. That means you have to grind and put that work in. Because you're selling yourself and you believe that much about your product. You're the producer of your product, so therefore get to work and put that work in.
So a "new icon" aroused and stood up in these postmodern decades: «Independent Musician». I believe she/he is a real "hero" after executing 99% of the task: Imagine, create, write, arrange, play, sing, organize, pr, produce, record, mix, master, deliver to distro, and, at last, but not least, market yourself. Well, let me tell ya I'm proud to be one of this newly evolved specie.
Proud of you too, Guillermo!
@@tonyvv Thanks. I follow your info and tips for the best.
Great 😊 video
Indeed. Create a demand. You gotta run it up the flagpole baby - by whatever means you can. Making wise investments when you can afford it - to legitimate publicists to make you shine in the media. Running ads, radio marketing, newsletters, videos for youtube, and strategically playing the best showcases possible. It really all comes down to the artist and how good the songs and performances are - for it to stick. And - lastly - the thing that kicks most of our asses no matter how "good" you think you are - - the money and time to do all this. If you are really that good you might be lucky enough to find an investor that believes in you. Which used to be called a record label (In most cases) - and they would take care all that for you - but, can be expensive - and they need their money back and a PROFIT. All this is not rocket science. It is harsh reality that most can not swallow - especially in the struggling indie music world.
Thanks for another great video, Tony! Artists hate the demystification of their dreams. They also hate editing their songs and don’t think they need professionals to help in recording, mixing, editing and mastering their product. Developing artists rarely understand publishing either. They stick to a DIY ethic until it comes to promotion, where they decide to blame a distributor. Overall this is a great plan for failure. It provides a nice platform for blaming everyone who’s involved and even factions who are not involved. Everyone deserves the blame except for one’s self. There are a lot of reasons why only a tiny portion of artists enjoy big success. It isn’t just luck. I think it’s also good to remember that making a living in music is a huge success and a realistic goal to set. It requires an intense amount of work to get there because one has to earn it. Earning one’s place among the competition isn’t easy and it’s not supposed to be. Thanks again for the video!
Best wishes - Tim
Yes, sometimes I feel like I'm the bubble burster for a lot of DIY artists who love to blame everyone else for their lack of success... It's a heavy burden to bear, LOL.
I think there are three keys to success:
1) always highest quality - preparation and attention to detail in both recording and performances;
2) professionalism - treat everyone well, always be on time and prepared;
3) luck - right place at the right time to make the right connections, and be prepared for it by 1 and 2 above.
And when things don’t work out as you wish, only blame the person in the mirror. Don’t complain!
I see this happen a lot of times. One advice I have followed and shared with people is this: You only get out of it what you put into it. So many people want the rewards of success, but aren't willing to do the work that's required of it. Great minds think alike. BTW, Happy 40th anniversary to the CD 💿.
That's just not true, u can put all the work in the world into it and it doesn't mean people will listen and if u can afford to promote yourself u won't make it no matter what your music sounds like unless u have a pretty face
This is a real need among artists who aren't signed to a record label. This is one of reasons I recently started my record label E. Broad Records. Any artist who has tried knows that it's really challenging (and daunting) to market, promote, and publicize yourself. Like anything challenging, it's a lot easier when you have people supporting you. Historically, that's been the record label aka the bad guy for many artists. However, I believe that's changing. Our team is reimagining the role of the record label in today's music industry as more of a "creative services" provider. Artists can make good records without a huge recording budget or a record deal. What they really need is help with marketing, promotion, and publicity. We're aiming to provide that kind of support with equitable contracts that honor the artist's contribution and the label's contribution through more of a partnership approach to managing the potential financial abundance that will result from success. But it's not easy for a record label either. There is a lot of competition for people's attention and money. When it comes to getting attention, I believe it definitely starts with your music. Write the best songs you can write and write more. Perform anywhere and everywhere as often as you can. Record the best songs you can record and record more. For any of you out there with an entrepreneurial spirit, I ask you to consider starting a record label to support independent artists. We need more record labels in the world. -Whit Whitley
Sounds like you’re doing it right.
@@tonyvv Thanks! We're definitely giving this all we've got to see if we can make it work for us and our artists!
Thank you Tony for this message. Indeed we may not understand our role and push it as blame to other people. We will indeed look at the mirror so that we may know who is incharge of promoting our music👌
From Mzoliseni Majali
A mirror is actually one of the most important tools for artists to use... LOL
I agree
Thanks Tony, you helped clear up the confusion; there are many parts involved and need to be clear.
As a retired manager of an Indy Gospel group, I can tell you that creating original songs and overseeing recording and production for distribution, was the easy part. Launching a campaign was somewhat successful at the regional level. National and global commercial success requires “mucho moola,” and not to mention, time.
And also a "no excuses" mentality bro
@@joeydinero9300 FACTS my Brother, that means be willing to grind and put that work in.
Thanks Tony, I always get a lot out of what you say whenever I listen to you.
It's time now that I apply what you said.
You are 💯 in my book.
Thank you very very much.
I never expected promotion by anybody else. Maybe because I am into medieval music? So we sell our CDs at medieval fairs during or after our gigs. And as we usually play 4 gigs a day, that means 4 times a day the chance to sell our music.
i have a good question so ik u can pay youtube to do some advertising or promo but the promblem is if you have a topic account how df u log in to your topic account in order to get your music promoted
Hello! You will need a Google Ads account to advertise in UA-cam. That's where you would set up your campaigns. UA-cam has some good info on how to get started with that, check it out:
ua-cam.com/users/intlen_us/ads/how-it-works/set-up-a-campaign/
So many artists are lazy today. I hate to say it. But many artists want someone else to do all the work for them. This is human nature. Take the path of least resistance. But if we won’t promote ourselves, why would someone else care to promote us if we aren’t willing to work hard and push ourselves? I get this same behavior from local artists when I put a tour together and some of them want to perform. They want to perform and get paid. And then do absolutely nothing to help promote the show to their fans.
Why on earth would I push and promote them on my tour, pay all the costs associated with the tour and opportunities I share with them? When they won’t even take the time to promote and push the shows? And then they want me to pay them on top of all that? Answer is I am not going to! I am gonna spend that time, energy and money on my OWN music and career! I am not here to push and promote other artists that are too lazy to do it for themselves. And don’t have a team or work hard mentality.
Same with these companies. It isn’t their job to push us! They give us the tools. We must do the hard work. And push ourselves. So you are right on the message on this one Tony! Anytime I talk about this, I get pushback and excuses too. But as you said, it doesn’t mean it isn’t the truth. And the truth is, most people in music will never go anywhere with it. Because they are not willing to go the extra mile and work hard. It is just that simple. 🤷♂️
Appropriately Stated. Agree 💯.
Love the video. It's also good to ask oneself: "What did I do for my music career today?"
Thanks, Tony. Very helpful.
I totally agree with you
so ive read the title of the video .. why wont they promote my music ... expecting now you telling me in the video they dont do that because you are doing that :D .. well .. i suppose i was close wasnt i :) but so true and liberating to have someone talking like that like honest to the people out there. many years ago when i was first running vinyl shop later switching to cds then dvds movies compuiter games (the shop transformed over the years) .. everytime i went to get new material you were to drive to some far away huge mega store to get your new stuff and i recall beeing the first time there with someone who was showing me around. there was not special advertisement there was the mega hits volume xyz right beside mr nomans nobody all boxed up in the same brown colord cardboard no one and this was soooo liberating no one trying to sell you this or that you were on your own you had to know what you want for your shop and specificly get that. no advertisement at the checkout nothing pure distribution plain and simple and to this day i admire that professionality about those things. its kinda like stick to your guns.. they are very good at making sure everyone gets wha the wants ... what everyone wants is not their job. that was our job at the store or the customer to tell us if they need something we the shops cant not provide and of course in part if we get a new album from michael jackson ... we KNOW we need a few of those.. the distributor had nothing to do with that .. guess who was responsable or better say was the reason we knew .. the customer and who told them ? .. yeah michael did by doing one or two live shows here and there :D
ive done some testing for fun like .. producing a track thats technicaly very good on a high level an just uploaded it to them (no its not on my youtube channel you dont need to go there my youtube channel is dead :) .. but i uploaded it distributed it via distrokid to alot of platforms and in like 5 years there were maybe 7-8 bugs revenue this track created .. on the other hand i did one lousy version with poor quality that accidently went viral in like 2011 something .. guess qhat it payed for living expenses for like 6 months. sure that was pure luck but it had nothing to do with the distributor himself it was the customer and at the end of the line me my responsability to ... DO SOMETHING ! so again it was very refreshing to have someone here telling people what all of them (us) dont wanna hear . at least until they (we) learn. nothing wrong with beeing ineperienced .. just get over it learn fro mistakes and now since everyone knows you can do better the next time :)
to everyone out there listen to this man ... go .. do something .. you did something ? great now let the world know about it ! go tell them .. just imagine what this guy 2000 years ago did running around telling people to love eeach other. you have to do the legwork.
Gotta say you’re right, Tony, 100%. We are more oriented to art than commerce as musicians and not seeking to make a $million, but have a modest goal of breaking even. We are still trying to unpack how to help our potentially global audience find us to do 1 show a year in 50-100 cities in a fashion that will break even after expenses, including record production, travel, local marketing per sow, and collaborating musicians.
Marketing and promo is not our forte, so trying to figure out how to outsource that aspect after about 13 releases in 35 years.
Outsourcing is usually not the best way to go with marketing and promotion, certainly not early on in your music career. (Although... 35 years in it's no longer early, lol.) But if you're still trying to gain fans, it's usually best to start engaging more directly on socials, email list, and do a bit of paid marketing on FB/Insta to build your fanbase. Yes, it's work. If you don't want to do it, that's OK too. Then just enjoy working on your 14th album -- nothing wrong with that either. But you'll get much better results figuring it out yourself than to find a firm to do it for you -- all they want to do is take as much money as possible out of your pocket...
@@tonyvv I know that’s true. But the socials make me nuts - I disengaged a few years ago. I have a former exchange student, now living in Vilnius, spending a little time on our socials each month, but not driving enough traffic. A conundrum.
Tony: been impressed with your videos. Lots of useful info well presented. Didn’t expect a personal answer. That is a great example of engaging with your fan on social media!
I thought this was obvious. CD Baby does offer a lot of helpful advice on promotion and some discounts on promotional tools, but make it pretty clear that you have to do the work.
Agree!
💕🎶🤘
You are so right
Well said, Tony! There are a incredibly small amount of artists that did nothing more than release a song and became successful. If you want success YOU HAVE to work for it. BTW, there are no guarantees that the work will bring success. But, it is guaranteed that you will have no success if you don't work your butt off for it.
💯👍🏻
great vid question i have music releases coming out, and have promo videos on youtube and other platforms. but use other musicians names in the promo vids, which are not on my tunecore releases, question is will tunecore take down my release? as the music is already on my youtube channel.
I don't see why they would
Agreed..😊👍
Modern tech companies offers automatic link codes with every new upload (in addition to uploading songs to DSP networks. These codes/links are useful for artists to paste at desired sites, perhaps such things draw service seekers to distributors that offers these things too.
Somethings can be quiet helpful/making promoting easier than add on costs for every little thing.
People need to do Researches and even search for reviews done by unhappy users of distributors you wanted before buying the service. Too many new companies claiming to be sufficient while the old guys do not want to evolve and that’s distrokid.
I like cdbaby but tunecore offers several things like label name, art covers etc.
Totally agree!!
Straight to the point.
For promotion EazyMan has been trying to work even more harder to get my music out there for the listeners.
But i think i need some tutorial on this promotion of a thing.
How can i be helped out?
That is an ignorant question lol. That’s not the role of a DISTRIBUTOR. You have to create the demand for the music. The distributor just delivers it when requested. It’s like a beer stock person you see at the grocery store. They aren’t there because Budweiser made beer. They are there because Budweiser made beer and people keep buying it from the store.
No mo talk,I’ll say less Tony best reveal today.
My orders heading this week to your establishment. Thanks again
@@wingsbuffer1417 Let's gooooooooo!!!
Great message Tony. What can you share about Catapult Distribution? Do you have a favorite distributor? I am leaning toward DistroKid. Thoughts?
Can't say I know Catapult, tbh. DistroKid is a reputable distributor - probably the most popular one in the world right now - with a nice, fast sign up process, and they are very affordable. Depending on how many releases you plan to do a year they could very well be your best option. I like CD Baby a lot. They were our sister company for 11 years, and they offer more ways to monetize an artist and songwriter's music than any other distributor I know of.
I put in enough work to make myself literally sick and I'm not getting anything at all out of it
Well, you've given me the tools. Also, if you did everything for me I would not be able to offered it.
WHAT COMPANY WILL HELP US TO PROMOTE THE NEW SONG THAT WE HAVE??
Just do it yourself. Learn how Facebook Ads Manager works. Buy some ads. Create some videos. Get on TikTok. If you are an up and coming artist there are plenty of scam artists willing to take your money to promote your music, but I have yet to hear of any of them breaking an artist.
Silly clearly ;-)
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CD Baby takes a month or two to reply to basic messages these days. Honestly, I wouldn't hire them to promote a chook raffle. Some distributors have promotional departments now. Do your research.
I’d love to know who those distributors are. Thanks for sharing.
@@RussStillMusic Look at Gyrostream first. They offer promotion as well as distribution. Others that do would include Tunecore, Dito, Amuse, Stem. Depending on what type of music you release, there are also a bunch of small labels that effectively release and promote music. I loved CD Baby in the early days, but now they just treat you like a number, same with Distrokid.
@@adde65 thanks for all that!
What is swag ???
Swag = merch. aka the T-shirt I got. Or any cool piece of merch you pick up.
What about Sync License if you signing exclusive publishing deals with them
Distributors don’t sign musicians to publishing deals. Publishers do.
@@BryanCalhoun1911 when you sign up for pro service threw a distributor you can opt in for all Monetizing and they will pitch your song for sync I’m a Publisher myself.