Man, this distribution thing is such a complicated mess. I'm personally swaying towards CDBaby, but there are so many options that one can't ever really know what's best
This is why I’ve tried a lot of them. CD Baby, LANDR, DistroKid, TuneCore, Ditto, I’ve used like 75% of the major ones out there just to see which works best for me. 🤷🏾♂️
It depends on your personal needs, I can’t recommend something to you unless I know of what features you’d like to have. Each distribution has its own positives and reasons you would get them. I personally use LANDR & CD Baby. I have used Distrokid in the past but don’t like paying yearly for the added features.
I love your cinematic presentation 💪🏼 the lighting, LUTS, and typography is “chefs kiss”. Content was great as well! There are so many distributors to choose from you have to just start somewhere 😂 Thanks for sharing your experience!
Too Lost is pretty sweet, $36 for unlimited music and artists and 100% of the earnings. There’s more info I’m forgetting, but after trying out the popular distributors, this one has to be my favorite.
@@IAMLXGEND I want to say it’s fairly new. Saw it on a Reddit post that compared many distributors, and decided to try it for myself. I’m using it to release my music and my friends’ as well.
@@instrumental_mind_official that’s another thing I forgot to mention; you can stop paying and have it up still for 20% of the revenue, meaning you keep 80%.
Guys ditto is changing there pricing on Jan 8 you will pay ₹999 for basic and ₹3299 for pro In pro you will get free publishing with 10% commision and handle 2 artist
Honestly, I can't be dealing with Ditto anymore. I hate the platform, the design is awful. It's so specific with artwork and the text on it and the size. Sometime I get it to the exact dimensions and it still rejects it. I'm just done with it. That's why I'm here looking at alternatives.
This helped. Think I’ll go with a subscription model to start seeing as I’ll probably be dropping quite a few songs especially at first as I try & get the mixing and mastering levels correct for multiple platforms.
@@IAMLXGEND no add ons, seems reasonable to pay 70 quid a year, it always pays for itself with organic streams. im essentially using it for itunes and spotify but the interface is the best out of all of them and has loads of useful links, uploads in hours, loads better than the rest.
Distrokid here too. Why did you switch if I may ask? What were the pros and cons of Distrokid? Also what are the benefits to the one you switched to? Thanks for sharing. 😊
@@innerwinnerproductions834 Distrokid is randomly banning people because AI bots add their songs to playlists and they get "fake" listens. Completely not the artists' fault. It's just Spotify and DK laundering money back and forth basically.
I like CD baby but when I see my release on these platforms they’re under my government name and not my label name as requested that’s my only beef with them
I'm stuck on who to register to as some of my newer music are licensed tracks through beatstars. I currently use cdbaby but but now i have to look for an alternative.
Yo! Just subbed to your channel. Great info. I’ve been debating between distributors but I think I might go with LANDR. I like that even if you cancel, they keep your music up unlike others. Would love to see a video on your experience with them though!
I've made a lot of videos on LANDR already and it's why I use them to distribute most of my music, not necessarily all. I like to pick and choose when I have specific needs. But LANDR has so many creative tools which to me makes subscribing to them a no-brainer even if you aren't using their distribution services. Maybe I'll make a new one specifically focusing on them.
@@IAMLXGENDplease make another one just about LANDR. Especially about delivery to stores and social platforms. Cause I have a problem with. 10 days after release and music still isn't available on UA-cam and TikTok for any reason 🤦🏻♂️
@@gpsstephon The problems are starting to be solved. It turned out. that in fact the distribution of music is not directly handled by LANDR, but by FUGA. I am preparing a big video for close future where I will talk about some interesting points leading up to it. I speak Ukrainian in the video, but I try to add English subtitles. In my opinion, LANDR is a good option, considering that they use FUGA for distribution. LANDR is not enough experience, especially in terms of customer support and a better understanding of various details. So it seems to me, judging from the first experience of cooperation. In fact, the problems I faced were caused by LANDR. If they had correctly submitted the information I provided, then this would not happen.
Thank you for your analysis! What would be the best time for an artist to move distros? I have some tracks I want to upload, and I was mulling it over whether I wanted to switch distros now or later. I also thought about waiting until I the royalties for this month have rolled in through my current distro, so I can cash them in before I do anything lol.
Thanks for a great video. Love the explanations and getting down to the $. Got some music need to get out but also want to get onto sync platforms. It appears with cdbaby that is a very feasible and economical way to do that one song at a time as I put together a full "release". Landr I must admit was impressed with their mastering service for songs but I am not seeing anything for sync licensing.
Cd baby doesn't make sense if you make over $1000 a year on streams. You'll end up paying them $90/year and it'll keep on increasing the more you grow.
CD baby takes 9% after one pays them upfront for distribution service. When do they stop your 50%? And l can't find your site nor being able to demo any music on shopify, pls add link of your work there. Cheers
"Bro, my song has been distributed, but when I uploaded it on a new UA-cam channel, even though there's a claim on it, ads are not appearing. Why? Can you explain? Do ads not appear on an unmonetized channel even if there is a claim?"
Thank you. Upload Tunecore. I read mostly 24/96 and 44.1. Is that all they allow or... Much of my music is 24/88.2. Is that allowable or not a good idea because of the other outlets they work with. Thank you again, Kihm
@alva7_official Only if you do very good research on how to cancel it. I had it for a year then tried to cancel but took me weeks to figure out. It was only until I called them out as scammers, they actually listened to my request.
Love your stuff man, but one thing you missed: With Ditto’s pro plan ($60 per year) they don’t charge extra for publishing/pitching AND your music is uploaded forever even if you stop paying the subscription. I’m personally moving back to CD Baby for the time being, but I felt you didn’t quite give Ditto their just due there. Keep up the great videos though! You rock man!
As someone previously noted this is a mess. I have used CD Baby Pro for 4 album releases. I keep researching to determine if there is a better way as with the last two big time lag with PRO registration. Of course CD baby support is useless in this area. Bottom line they are the devil I know.
@musicLOVers-lq1cm most distribution companies (like ditto) shows you stat after 3 months (some after a month). ditto set a threshold of £30 that you will receive within two weeks after initiating withdrawal process
@@DestineeChyAnne i have received payments from Ditto Music, months back. They accept Payoneer, so i created a Payoneer account and input the necessary information. they send the funds, ditto takes their cut, and Payoneer takes their also; like $9 from Ditto Music and $3 from Payoneer (after confirming withdrawal from your mail). concerning the ‘available balance’, i texted them some time ago concerning that and their response was like they needed to confirm some things (maybe check for bot streams, not entirely sure) before moving it from Pending to Current balance, but i don’t know how long though. but i do be noticing changes in like 2 weeks or so. but overall, it takes them like 2-3 months to gather up your funds from stores (just like the rest of distributing companies out there also)
You videos are the best for me i actually wanna be a rapper in korean hiphop industry but when i record my raps and try to do rnb or any type of rap i sounds so bad like i dont know why but me voice sounds so bad can you give my so tips and tell me what to do with it??
It really depends what you already know and what you need to learn. I have tons of mixing tutorials to show you how to make your vocals sound better if you're talking about them sounding bad, quality wise. Search "IAMLXGEND Mixing" and they will all come up. I also have some with recording techniques so if you search "IAMLXGEND how to record" they should come up as well.
I actually know someone saying the exact same thing about Distrokid. That same person in fact said that CDbaby actually had better music categorization particularly for his genre so he was able to reach his audience better through CDbaby.
Hi, Legend just another international follower of your Content from France😊 In the Us Do you have a pretty good and simple App to Create Album Single Covers?? (Photoshop not for me) Thanks
A lot of people who don’t like photoshop or don’t know how to use it tend to use an online editing site called Canva.com It has a ton of features and stuff to choose from and it’s pretty simple to use. May want to look into it. It does cost a subscription though.
Koji sold to Linktree and shut down. So you can’t use it anymore. Even is a great platform alternative but I haven’t used it myself. I just know there are a lot of people who do and say it’s great.
I really like CD Baby option which is only affordable if you release an album not many singles cause If I wanna release 10 singles (which I think I'm not) so will be $100 per year. But with releases to apps like Tiktok, Instagram and future platforms, help you with publishing, promoting and more options is just incredible. They just keep 9% of royalties but maintain your music If you stop making it. Not bad at all. I think I'm going to switch from Amuse to CD baby. Thank you for this great recommendation, 1 subscriber more here, greetings from Colombia.
Mind if I ask but why do u want to move from amuse? I used distrokid and they pretty much destroyed my socials by adding inaccurate playlists on my YT profile which I could not edit, myself songs weren’t even visible in that whole mess and their customer service was a solid -10/10. No email address, their bot based customer service was entirely irrelevant and I even tried to contact their social media.
Hello Good morning I work with Ditto music service, I compose music without lyrics or lyrics in all styles, last time I worked with this service and created others do not send my music to Apple Music and say Apple Music rules Does Apple Music have special rules for music without words, but you don't know what other music is about in Apple Music distribut
You should also check our platform to add your beats and music into the content id system to monetize the content by creators on socials and to track artists and songs on streaming platforms by beats
So your platform is geared towards beat makers I’m assuming? Those who release beats and want to get that content ID match if and when a beat is used in another’s video?
I've subscribed to your channel; it's great! I'm wondering if CD Baby accepts Payoneer as a payment method. In my country, PayPal isn't available, and obtaining a USD bank account is challenging. Additionally, does paying the one-time fee for my single or album mean I won't incur any further charges indefinitely?
Man theyve had this stuff for years but it doesn’t distribute to streaming platforms. It’s just distributing stuff yourself aka having people buy direct from your own website. There are apps made for it
I personally do not. To me it’s worth the take for the publishing and sync if you wanted those options. I will be honest and say they aren’t the only distribution platform I use though.
@@pppppjfединственный ебучий негативный коммент и конечно же он от русскоязычного. Конечно, давайте забьем палками человека просто за то, что он задал вопрос. Как он посмел 😂
You can only distribute a song or project once on one distributor at a time. You can use multiple distributors if you choose but you just can’t release the same song on multiple ones.
I’ve got a question. If I switch distributor frome tunecore, can I reupload the same release keeping the streams by using the UPC of the song? I did that with songs taken down from distrokid in another distributor and it worked fine
Yes u can change from any distributor nd if you releases it with upc & isrc code all streams will remain same dude dont worry about that in addition if you want to merge instagram reel then you will have to merge it with meta by asking it to your distribution without takedown song from previous distribution after clustered u will takedown it from previous distributor
They all sound like bad choices while the ones you named are better than all others😭 Got a big question, cd baby, is there a way to surpass that 9% royalties they take? Bc thats very high. If they didnt take royalties i’d go with them 100%
@@IAMLXGEND the ones that give 100% royalty take the music off when subscription ends and those who let music stay online for ever without expecting extra payment take royalties, feels like this distributing industry really got the upper hand on artists. I’ll have to go with cdbaby since they dont have recurring payments. I got major health issues right now and want the music to stay on there forever regardless of what happends, and if i was perfectly healthy it would suck leaving music behind for future generations or my family to receive money from it they would have to pay or a share has to go away from royalties. Im not a big artist right now, id like to think ahead still
@bobo8118 aka: a unicorn. There is no distribution company on earth worth using that gives you 100% royalties without a subscription. You’re either gonna pay a subscription or get a cut taken out. Good luck.
@@IAMLXGEND thank you for the clarification bc i didnt check every single distributor making my point earlier. Checked a lot of them tho, now i know this is all there is ill choose one. The paying for subscription isnt an issue but the taking down part was. Anyway, ty for the vid it was very helpful, and would you know if you switch from distributor you can keep streams? Lets say i do cd baby first, then start making more distro would cost me annually, could i keep te playlist placements and stream count on the song?
Great video man I love how u sold CD Baby loll Does anybody know what to do when Distrokid takes your music down cuz of Spotify bots? I refuse to reupload on through DK again if anybody has any idea please help
Can you give some information about landr distribution . on landr distribution basic plan provide content if for limited time only. And distribution pro plan whats offers us the same limited time content id ? Can you tell me about this? I need content id for long time not for limited time@@IAMLXGEND
@@DestineeChyAnne the best is whichever one works for you. I can’t tell you which is best as they all have different features that will matter to different people. That’s why I made this video. CD Baby payout information can be found directly on their website. support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/211074743-What-are-the-Payout-Methods-Are-there-any-fees
Can you give some information about landr distribution . on landr distribution basic plan provide content if for limited time only. And distribution pro plan whats offers us the same limited time content id ? Can you tell me about this? I need content id for long time not for limited time? Plz explain it
@@IAMLXGEND Ah ok. Well it's free to sign up and use. They only take a portion of any revenue you get from streaming your music, etc. I've only just started creating music so I didn't want to spend $$$ on distribution if no-one was going to listen.
Tunecore from afar sounds like a good scam, not only they don’t provide any answer for music takedowns or why they reject your uploads, their service is bot driven. Tom MacDonald and his hit “FACTS” is one recent example, look for yourself.
If you can't pay $5 for UA-cam monetization then I'm assuming you can't pay for a subscription either. In this case you should use Amuse as I believe they have a free distribution option. They just take more of your royalties from streams as a cut.
@@IAMLXGEND No i do have a budget i just wanted to know the details since the cd baby website isn’t exactly transparent. I am already using a great paid service tho rn, thanks! 💛
@@IAMLXGEND Yes I realize that like you said in your video and I'm not trying to disrespect you, your video was informative for me. But I just wanna add that for the people who has lots of streams, Tunecore can be a better option. Plus Tunecore also has pay-per-release option. By the way, did you remove my previous comment? If it's not it's ok. Somehow I wrote it and didn't show so I had to use other account to comment on this again. Anyway, thanks for your video!
AWAL just "closed our account" or will do in the next 30 days. No reason, nothing. Anybody a clue? Our latest release was an upgraded Suno AI song with the word "sex" in the song title and we didn´t mark it "explicit". Anybody knows what could be the issue? But then AWAL could have just blocked that particular song and not just close our whole account? Please help, thanks :)
Seems you've answered your own question. either it has to do wit the word "sex" and not marking explicit or has to do with you trying to release a Suno AI song.
Tunecore is the worst, they do not send your money directly to you, they link up with PAYONEER and they charge you twice, then your bank charges you when money is transfer from PAYONEER, you end up paying three times to get your royalties, there goes your royalties, CdBaby is the better crook from from all the crooks.SMH
It’s a great option for those who want publishing and consideration for sync. I use a few different distributors so honestly they aren’t the only I am currently using. It’s them and LANDR.
Man, this distribution thing is such a complicated mess. I'm personally swaying towards CDBaby, but there are so many options that one can't ever really know what's best
This is why I’ve tried a lot of them. CD Baby, LANDR, DistroKid, TuneCore, Ditto, I’ve used like 75% of the major ones out there just to see which works best for me. 🤷🏾♂️
@ToxicHoney7 I use Distrokid at the moment
Chill bro tf 😂😂😂
@@IAMLXGEND And what is yours final recommendation??
It depends on your personal needs, I can’t recommend something to you unless I know of what features you’d like to have. Each distribution has its own positives and reasons you would get them. I personally use LANDR & CD Baby. I have used Distrokid in the past but don’t like paying yearly for the added features.
I love your cinematic presentation 💪🏼 the lighting, LUTS, and typography is “chefs kiss”. Content was great as well! There are so many distributors to choose from you have to just start somewhere 😂
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Too Lost is pretty sweet, $36 for unlimited music and artists and 100% of the earnings. There’s more info I’m forgetting, but after trying out the popular distributors, this one has to be my favorite.
Never heard of that one
@@IAMLXGEND I want to say it’s fairly new. Saw it on a Reddit post that compared many distributors, and decided to try it for myself. I’m using it to release my music and my friends’ as well.
Also, Content ID is included! That’s another big thing I forgot to mention.
@@ShadyGabe sounds interesting. Do the releases stay online after stopping the payments? Or do you have to pay "forever"?
@@instrumental_mind_official that’s another thing I forgot to mention; you can stop paying and have it up still for 20% of the revenue, meaning you keep 80%.
Yo, I love the tutorial man. It been a while since we talked, but you are still one of my respected artist till this day!
Absolutely thank you for this.
Guys ditto is changing there pricing on Jan 8 you will pay ₹999 for basic and ₹3299 for pro
In pro you will get free publishing with 10% commision and handle 2 artist
Does it takes down our songs when we don't pay annual charges? Or our songs will stay for lifetime?
@@aryanamanbh in PRO it will stay forever
I had stop paying mines and it stayed up
CD Baby is the best but the only thing is that the audio requirement's are only 44.1 kHz sample rate 16bit. I wish it was 24bit/48000kHz
Maybe in the future
it’s giving cd baby 😭😭got a whole promo code too oh yea lemme sign up
def gonna try it for my first upload at least. 5 dollars is a great price.
Honestly, I can't be dealing with Ditto anymore. I hate the platform, the design is awful. It's so specific with artwork and the text on it and the size. Sometime I get it to the exact dimensions and it still rejects it. I'm just done with it. That's why I'm here looking at alternatives.
This helped. Think I’ll go with a subscription model to start seeing as I’ll probably be dropping quite a few songs especially at first as I try & get the mixing and mastering levels correct for multiple platforms.
tried them all, i liked distrokid the most as its very fast to upload and paid the most
Do you plan on using their add-ons? Distrokid ads up quick... coming from someone who currently has about 5 projects distributed with them.
@@IAMLXGEND no add ons, seems reasonable to pay 70 quid a year, it always pays for itself with organic streams. im essentially using it for itunes and spotify but the interface is the best out of all of them and has loads of useful links, uploads in hours, loads better than the rest.
Please does Distrokid allow artist to promote their music freely without restrictions
Landr rise the bar with 50$ a year unlimited releases your music will stay on stores forever even if you cancel subscription
Been with DistroKid forever. Switching to Symphonic.
I’ve heard of them but don’t know too much. What do they offer?
Distrokid here too. Why did you switch if I may ask? What were the pros and cons of Distrokid? Also what are the benefits to the one you switched to? Thanks for sharing. 😊
@@innerwinnerproductions834 Distrokid is randomly banning people because AI bots add their songs to playlists and they get "fake" listens. Completely not the artists' fault. It's just Spotify and DK laundering money back and forth basically.
They look pretty dope, thanks.
If you're still on the hunt for a distributor, then join our waiting list (link on our channel) 👀 we will look after you :)
I like CD baby but when I see my release on these platforms they’re under my government name and not my label name as requested that’s my only beef with them
Wtf. That's a no for me then
I'm stuck on who to register to as some of my newer music are licensed tracks through beatstars. I currently use cdbaby but but now i have to look for an alternative.
Why? Does CD baby not allow beats from BeatStars?
Yo! Just subbed to your channel. Great info. I’ve been debating between distributors but I think I might go with LANDR. I like that even if you cancel, they keep your music up unlike others. Would love to see a video on your experience with them though!
I've made a lot of videos on LANDR already and it's why I use them to distribute most of my music, not necessarily all. I like to pick and choose when I have specific needs. But LANDR has so many creative tools which to me makes subscribing to them a no-brainer even if you aren't using their distribution services. Maybe I'll make a new one specifically focusing on them.
@@IAMLXGENDplease make another one just about LANDR. Especially about delivery to stores and social platforms. Cause I have a problem with. 10 days after release and music still isn't available on UA-cam and TikTok for any reason 🤦🏻♂️
Question did you end up choosing Landr and if yes how’s it working out for you
@@altermoremusicand that’s the problem I’m having with it now there playing games it seems like
@@gpsstephon The problems are starting to be solved. It turned out. that in fact the distribution of music is not directly handled by LANDR, but by FUGA. I am preparing a big video for close future where I will talk about some interesting points leading up to it. I speak Ukrainian in the video, but I try to add English subtitles. In my opinion, LANDR is a good option, considering that they use FUGA for distribution. LANDR is not enough experience, especially in terms of customer support and a better understanding of various details. So it seems to me, judging from the first experience of cooperation. In fact, the problems I faced were caused by LANDR. If they had correctly submitted the information I provided, then this would not happen.
Thank you man! The info about keeping your music up there is just what i needed to know.
Glad to help
useful content for artists, thank you! btw what app do you use for video editing?
I use Final Cut Pro X to edit all of my videos and Gling.ai to do the initial cuts of dead space and repeat phrases.
@@IAMLXGEND thank you!
Thank you for your analysis! What would be the best time for an artist to move distros? I have some tracks I want to upload, and I was mulling it over whether I wanted to switch distros now or later. I also thought about waiting until I the royalties for this month have rolled in through my current distro, so I can cash them in before I do anything lol.
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You can switch whenever you want. They still owe you whatever money your streams generated.
Thanks for a great video. Love the explanations and getting down to the $. Got some music need to get out but also want to get onto sync platforms. It appears with cdbaby that is a very feasible and economical way to do that one song at a time as I put together a full "release". Landr I must admit was impressed with their mastering service for songs but I am not seeing anything for sync licensing.
Cd baby doesn't make sense if you make over $1000 a year on streams. You'll end up paying them $90/year and it'll keep on increasing the more you grow.
First of all only a thousand dollars a year is disturbing 🤦🏾♂️
I thought cd baby was just a one time payment for each song?
@@deadageits 9 percent royalties
CD baby takes 9% after one pays them upfront for distribution service.
When do they stop your 50%?
And l can't find your site nor being able to demo any music on shopify, pls add link of your work there.
Cheers
"Bro, my song has been distributed, but when I uploaded it on a new UA-cam channel, even though there's a claim on it, ads are not appearing. Why? Can you explain?
Do ads not appear on an unmonetized channel even if there is a claim?"
Thank you.
Upload Tunecore. I read mostly 24/96 and 44.1. Is that all they allow or...
Much of my music is 24/88.2. Is that allowable or not a good idea because of the other outlets they work with.
Thank you again,
Kihm
Tunecore also makes it very difficult to cancel its almost impossible..
@alva7_official
Only if you do very good research on how to cancel it. I had it for a year then tried to cancel but took me weeks to figure out. It was only until I called them out as scammers, they actually listened to my request.
Landr is best for me
LANDR has so many different features for different types of musicians. Definitely a creative house for sure
@@IAMLXGEND yess thanks to you for introducing me to it
Woo! Glad to hear it!
Love your stuff man, but one thing you missed: With Ditto’s pro plan ($60 per year) they don’t charge extra for publishing/pitching AND your music is uploaded forever even if you stop paying the subscription.
I’m personally moving back to CD Baby for the time being, but I felt you didn’t quite give Ditto their just due there.
Keep up the great videos though! You rock man!
I didn’t miss anything. They JUST updated that. This video was filmed in June 2023.
Ditto updated their publishing to be included in the yearly distribution fee.
Since when they told me I had to upgrade
CD Baby charges now to opt in to their sync services. I think its $35 now
As someone previously noted this is a mess. I have used CD Baby Pro for 4 album releases. I keep researching to determine if there is a better way as with the last two big time lag with PRO registration. Of course CD baby support is useless in this area. Bottom line they are the devil I know.
Why,I thought CD baby is the best
Which distribution uses jpay
i use Ditto Music and i’m very satisfied 🖤
@musicLOVers-lq1cm most distribution companies (like ditto) shows you stat after 3 months (some after a month). ditto set a threshold of £30 that you will receive within two weeks after initiating withdrawal process
Have you received a payout yet? And if so how long does it take for pending payouts to show in available?
@@DestineeChyAnne i have received payments from Ditto Music, months back. They accept Payoneer, so i created a Payoneer account and input the necessary information. they send the funds, ditto takes their cut, and Payoneer takes their also; like $9 from Ditto Music and $3 from Payoneer (after confirming withdrawal from your mail). concerning the ‘available balance’, i texted them some time ago concerning that and their response was like they needed to confirm some things (maybe check for bot streams, not entirely sure) before moving it from Pending to Current balance, but i don’t know how long though. but i do be noticing changes in like 2 weeks or so. but overall, it takes them like 2-3 months to gather up your funds from stores (just like the rest of distributing companies out there also)
You videos are the best for me i actually wanna be a rapper in korean hiphop industry but when i record my raps and try to do rnb or any type of rap i sounds so bad like i dont know why but me voice sounds so bad can you give my so tips and tell me what to do with it??
Just keep working on your self And your sound production level
It really depends what you already know and what you need to learn. I have tons of mixing tutorials to show you how to make your vocals sound better if you're talking about them sounding bad, quality wise. Search "IAMLXGEND Mixing" and they will all come up. I also have some with recording techniques so if you search "IAMLXGEND how to record" they should come up as well.
@@IAMLXGEND thx for the suggestion I will keep improving and never give up
Hey brother, CD baby does not accept 24bit 44.1khz tracks is there a way to get the tracks on there without reducing the bit rate ?
If they don't accept it, they don't accept it. No way around that.
Your background is so peaceful and chill and u got good camara quality great video
Thank you 🙏🏾
I love CDbaby but they have very limited options of genres to choose for meta data
I actually know someone saying the exact same thing about Distrokid. That same person in fact said that CDbaby actually had better music categorization particularly for his genre so he was able to reach his audience better through CDbaby.
@@kateanderson3779 ended up going with Gyrostream, around 30AUD for a single. But they have endless genre choices plus the best customer service!
Does the discount still work for CD baby?
Hi, Legend just another international follower of your Content from France😊 In the Us Do you have a pretty good and simple App to Create Album Single Covers?? (Photoshop not for me) Thanks
A lot of people who don’t like photoshop or don’t know how to use it tend to use an online editing site called Canva.com
It has a ton of features and stuff to choose from and it’s pretty simple to use. May want to look into it. It does cost a subscription though.
@@IAMLXGEND I appreciate a lot,thank you
what about the copywriting of our songs? do the distributors also do that for us?
No. You have to do that yourself through the government website.
Curious how you feel about EVEN, also do you still recommend KOJI?
Koji sold to Linktree and shut down. So you can’t use it anymore. Even is a great platform alternative but I haven’t used it myself. I just know there are a lot of people who do and say it’s great.
I really like CD Baby option which is only affordable if you release an album not many singles cause If I wanna release 10 singles (which I think I'm not) so will be $100 per year. But with releases to apps like Tiktok, Instagram and future platforms, help you with publishing, promoting and more options is just incredible. They just keep 9% of royalties but maintain your music If you stop making it. Not bad at all. I think I'm going to switch from Amuse to CD baby.
Thank you for this great recommendation, 1 subscriber more here, greetings from Colombia.
Mind if I ask but why do u want to move from amuse? I used distrokid and they pretty much destroyed my socials by adding inaccurate playlists on my YT profile which I could not edit, myself songs weren’t even visible in that whole mess and their customer service was a solid -10/10. No email address, their bot based customer service was entirely irrelevant and I even tried to contact their social media.
Same bro
Hi yes how can you help me
My name is m west I have songs for you to disturbing for me
Hello Good morning I work with Ditto music service, I compose music without lyrics or lyrics in all styles, last time I worked with this service and created others do not send my music to Apple Music and say Apple Music rules Does Apple Music have special rules for music without words, but you don't know what other music is about in Apple Music distribut
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So your platform is geared towards beat makers I’m assuming? Those who release beats and want to get that content ID match if and when a beat is used in another’s video?
What platform is this
google our name@@emanuelwhitehead6039
Great Job brother, Thank you.
What is the peecentage of royalites that cdbaby takes?
I've subscribed to your channel; it's great! I'm wondering if CD Baby accepts Payoneer as a payment method. In my country, PayPal isn't available, and obtaining a USD bank account is challenging.
Additionally, does paying the one-time fee for my single or album mean I won't incur any further charges indefinitely?
Man I’m behind the curve. Since when does Shopify have music distribution lol
Man theyve had this stuff for years but it doesn’t distribute to streaming platforms. It’s just distributing stuff yourself aka having people buy direct from your own website. There are apps made for it
What About iGroove, The Orchard & Awal ? Ratio Them With United Masters, Distro Kid & Landr.
Good stuff subbed ☝🏼🙏🏼
You’re an outstanding UA-cam channel.
Thank you
Np 😉 😉 @@IAMLXGEND
Do you care that CD baby is gonna take a percentage of your royalties? I have one set up to release through them and I am conflicted.
I personally do not. To me it’s worth the take for the publishing and sync if you wanted those options. I will be honest and say they aren’t the only distribution platform I use though.
Does anyone know if any of them upload to VK music? It is russian music platform
да, челы с запада сто проц будут знать как выкладывать песню на никому нахуй ненужную русскую колхозную платформу
@@pppppjfединственный ебучий негативный коммент и конечно же он от русскоязычного. Конечно, давайте забьем палками человека просто за то, что он задал вопрос. Как он посмел 😂
Thanks for the video -- and for the promo code!
Loving the tutorial!
I just want to make sure that I can find my music on the instagram or facebook stories!
Did you figure it out ?
Quality content as always !
Thank you!
Can you distribution my music
Can you have plans with 2 or more distributors amd and they all pay your loyalties?
You can only distribute a song or project once on one distributor at a time. You can use multiple distributors if you choose but you just can’t release the same song on multiple ones.
Thanks for the feedback
You didn’t mention the percentage cd baby takes from royalty’s????
Something I forgot. Sorry.
Facts
@IAMLXGEND how much do they take as royalty please
9%
How do you feel about soundcloud distribution vs other services?
better be good for what they charge, lmao
@@zachpilled they took 10k from me
thank you for the amazing tutorial!
your not using distrokid anymore?
Nope. Not currently. I can't afford adding more and more annual payments to my releases for different features.
I’ve got a question. If I switch distributor frome tunecore, can I reupload the same release keeping the streams by using the UPC of the song? I did that with songs taken down from distrokid in another distributor and it worked fine
good question
Yes u can change from any distributor nd if you releases it with upc & isrc code all streams will remain same dude dont worry about that in addition if you want to merge instagram reel then you will have to merge it with meta by asking it to your distribution without takedown song from previous distribution after clustered u will takedown it from previous distributor
Is Universal music group a good option? If you tried it what's your experience?
Never used them so Idk.
Awesome! Thanks!
They all sound like bad choices while the ones you named are better than all others😭 Got a big question, cd baby, is there a way to surpass that 9% royalties they take? Bc thats very high. If they didnt take royalties i’d go with them 100%
And why do they sound bad?
@@IAMLXGEND the ones that give 100% royalty take the music off when subscription ends and those who let music stay online for ever without expecting extra payment take royalties, feels like this distributing industry really got the upper hand on artists.
I’ll have to go with cdbaby since they dont have recurring payments.
I got major health issues right now and want the music to stay on there forever regardless of what happends, and if i was perfectly healthy it would suck leaving music behind for future generations or my family to receive money from it they would have to pay or a share has to go away from royalties. Im not a big artist right now, id like to think ahead still
Would be perfect if there was a distributor with 1 time payment and 0 royalties, wouldnt mind paying more for that service
@bobo8118 aka: a unicorn.
There is no distribution company on earth worth using that gives you 100% royalties without a subscription. You’re either gonna pay a subscription or get a cut taken out. Good luck.
@@IAMLXGEND thank you for the clarification bc i didnt check every single distributor making my point earlier. Checked a lot of them tho, now i know this is all there is ill choose one. The paying for subscription isnt an issue but the taking down part was.
Anyway, ty for the vid it was very helpful, and would you know if you switch from distributor you can keep streams? Lets say i do cd baby first, then start making more distro would cost me annually, could i keep te playlist placements and stream count on the song?
What if i do music for fun? Whil3 focusing on skits videos. Can i still use cdbaby?
You can do whatever you want
Never again in my life tunecore!
Please what the different between the two free method and payment method
Thanks again for your video's
Good video, thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for the discount code
Mahla Sangeet Distribution
Is the best, 😱
free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍
This is cool brother.🎉
Mahla Sangeet Distribution
Is the best, 😱
free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍
What do you think of Record Union?
please Recommend free music aggregators
Great video man I love how u sold CD Baby loll
Does anybody know what to do when Distrokid takes your music down cuz of Spotify bots? I refuse to reupload on through DK again if anybody has any idea please help
Upload to a different distributor and don’t use bots anymore (if you did. A large portion of those “promotions” people sell are bots)
Which one is best to use?
I can't tell you that. It depends entirely on what your needs are, what features you want, and how much you want to pay.
How you doing brother, who do you use for your music distribution services, Cdb , tune , or DistroKid ?
LANDR & CD Baby
Can you give some information about landr distribution . on landr distribution basic plan provide content if for limited time only. And distribution pro plan whats offers us the same limited time content id ? Can you tell me about this? I need content id for long time not for limited time@@IAMLXGEND
@@IAMLXGENDis cd baby the best? How often does cd baby post payouts?
@@DestineeChyAnne the best is whichever one works for you. I can’t tell you which is best as they all have different features that will matter to different people. That’s why I made this video. CD Baby payout information can be found directly on their website. support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/211074743-What-are-the-Payout-Methods-Are-there-any-fees
Can you give some information about landr distribution . on landr distribution basic plan provide content if for limited time only. And distribution pro plan whats offers us the same limited time content id ? Can you tell me about this? I need content id for long time not for limited time? Plz explain it
Mahla Sangeet Distribution
Is the best, 😱
free unlimited releases, approval time 1 hour 😍
Do you get 100% of ya royalties with CD baby
I believe you get 90%
The distributor Amuse will block you If you use ai in any way of your release if it’s use when creating/mastering your release.
Cd baby user since 2013
I got started on CD baby waaaay back in the day
Do you get all your royalties and sync royalties with the pro option?
Sync is now a part of their “boost” option.
Have you ever experienced using repost network for distributing songs?
What are your thoughts on Tunepartner?
Never heard of it.
@@IAMLXGEND Ah ok. Well it's free to sign up and use. They only take a portion of any revenue you get from streaming your music, etc.
I've only just started creating music so I didn't want to spend $$$ on distribution if no-one was going to listen.
💯keep going
Tunecore from afar sounds like a good scam, not only they don’t provide any answer for music takedowns or why they reject your uploads, their service is bot driven. Tom MacDonald and his hit “FACTS” is one recent example, look for yourself.
Cdbaby chat and broken email ticket not much better
Cd baby not much better
Cdbaby chat is a foreign language course
They took down all my music and my account can’t be found now. It’s insane
Am I still be the „owner“ of my music or will they be owner and be allowed to do shit with my material?
It's a " Distribution deal " man...
which of these sites/apps allow you to see your youtube comments
None of them. Make a UA-cam channel.
Man, thank you for such a good content! Helped me a lot and I genuinely enjoyed listening to you
does cd baby take a commission from our royalties?
Yes 9%. 30% on youtube, facebook revenue
@@JeevanJoybro which distribution to choose i cannot pay 5$ for utube monetization on distrokid as 5$ is a lot of Indian rupees 🫠
If you can't pay $5 for UA-cam monetization then I'm assuming you can't pay for a subscription either. In this case you should use Amuse as I believe they have a free distribution option. They just take more of your royalties from streams as a cut.
@@IAMLXGEND No i do have a budget i just wanted to know the details since the cd baby website isn’t exactly transparent. I am already using a great paid service tho rn, thanks! 💛
Verrryyy helpful. Thank you!
Great video content audio great stuff🥵🥵🥵🇰🇪🇰🇪
Distrokid not on here ?? WOW 😮
I already made another video with them
CD Baby Commission 9% vs Tunecore commision 0%
TuneCore: pay forever or we take ur music down
@@IAMLXGEND Yes I realize that like you said in your video and I'm not trying to disrespect you, your video was informative for me. But I just wanna add that for the people who has lots of streams, Tunecore can be a better option. Plus Tunecore also has pay-per-release option.
By the way, did you remove my previous comment? If it's not it's ok. Somehow I wrote it and didn't show so I had to use other account to comment on this again. Anyway, thanks for your video!
QIYAS pro aggregator is the best
AWAL just "closed our account" or will do in the next 30 days. No reason, nothing. Anybody a clue? Our latest release was an upgraded Suno AI song with the word "sex" in the song title and we didn´t mark it "explicit". Anybody knows what could be the issue? But then AWAL could have just blocked that particular song and not just close our whole account? Please help, thanks :)
Seems you've answered your own question. either it has to do wit the word "sex" and not marking explicit or has to do with you trying to release a Suno AI song.
@@IAMLXGEND Well I guess Suno gives their database to all distributors and if they´re not Suno Premium it gets kicked out maybe...
Tunecore is the worst, they do not send your money directly to you, they link up with PAYONEER and they charge you twice, then your bank charges you when money is transfer from PAYONEER, you end up paying three times to get your royalties, there goes your royalties, CdBaby is the better crook from from all the crooks.SMH
What are the cons of cd baby?
Bad customer service apparently
What about Sonomus distribution?
What is it
Are you still happy using CDBaby?
It’s a great option for those who want publishing and consideration for sync. I use a few different distributors so honestly they aren’t the only I am currently using. It’s them and LANDR.
Who use Soundcloud?
Good video
Thanks