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- wolfpond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I applied directly to Apple's iTMS to get my own indie-label's 5-record catalog in their store, and their reply was basically that we're too small, and to use a distributor. They included a couple dozen suggestions. I checked most of 'em out, and they ALL seemed to take a cut of the "wholesale" price (what iTMS pays). They fall into two categories:
(1) taking a fee to distribute your music, taking a percentage of the sales revenue, and not lifting a finger to promote your stuff. These guys don't require you to be a Label, nor are they acting as your Label; or
(2) "accepting" you as an artist on their Label - more like a traditional record-distribution deal (they take a bigger cut, too). Presumably they make more of an investment of promoting you and licensing your music for other uses, too. You hope. You also sign away lots of rights.
Tunecore does charge a fee for having your stuff on their catalog, but doesn't take a cut of the wholesale price - they seem to make their buck on the annual fees and upload fees alone. They don't do any promotion, of course. I like Tunecore's scheme better than those i checked out from the list below that iTMS sent me:
For the US:
AWAL (Artists Without A Label) - http://www.awal.com
CD Baby (Individual Artists & Labels) -http://www.cdbaby.com
Digital Rights Agency (Labels Only) -http://www.digitalrightsagency.com
Ingrooves (Artists & Labels) - http://www.ingrooves.com
IODA (All Genres - Individual Artists & Labels) - http://www.iodalliance.com
IRIS Distribution (Primarily Alt/Rock & Electronic/Dance - Artists & Labels) -http://www.irisdistribution.com
The Orchard (Artists & Labels) -http://www.theorchard.com
For Europe:
AWAL (Artists Without A Label) - http://www.awal.co.uk
Artspages (NO) - http://www.artspages.org
Believe Digital - http://www.believedigital.fr
Consolidated Independent (UK/Europe) - http://www.ci-info.com
Edel (DE) - http://www.edel.com
Finetunes (DE) - http://www.finetunes-solutions.de/new/de/index.html
PIAS (Benelux) - http://www.pias.be
Pinnacle (UK) - http://www.pinnacle-entertainment.co.uk
SoulSeduction (AT) - distribution@soulseduction.com
State 51 (UK) - http://www.state51.co.uk
Uploader (UK) - http://uploader-music.com
Vital (UK) - http://www.vitaluk.com
Zebralution (DE) - http://www.zebralution.com - PeterTuneCore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Hey diggers,
I'm the COO of TuneCore, which is a pretty silly title for a company with three people. That's why we respond to support/info emails so quickly--if we don't respond instantly, it's because we're eating dinner or asleep or something. We're setting up a blog for folks to learn about us and ask questions, but there's a lot of people with questions here already. I'll try to answer a few.
Apple isn't going to get mad at us. Apple is our partner. We've set up a working relationship with iTunes and they're happy to have us with them. So don't worry that we're about to get "shut down" by Apple.
The RIAA isn't going to shut us down either. We may be a small company right now, but we have extensive knowledge of the legal world of digital online distribution and we know the RIAA's policies. We're doing nothing wrong. Everything we're doing is legal, but we're the first company to do it without tying the artist up with contractual strings or squeezing every penny out of them.
As for the major labels, we're not asking them to buy us out, and let them try to shut us down! So long as there are people who want their music digitally distributed online but DON'T want to pay an arm and a leg OR give up their rights or be locked into exclusivity, so long as there are people who believe they deserve ALL the money their music can earn, without paying a delivery service a percentage, then we have a viable business.
If the RIAA or labels or "aggregators" don't like that, well. Welcome to the world of free-market competition. We offer a better deal. Can't handle it? Too bad.
So thanks, diggers, for picking up on us and understanding what we're trying to do. MANY MANY more stores and services besides iTunes and Rhapsody coming. MANY more features on the way as well. Stay tuned.
--Peter
Peter Wells
COO
TuneCore.com - PeterTuneCore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Oh, and no, we don't charge you for bar codes. TuneCore is NOT about nickel-and-dimeing you. Our fees are simple, NOT HIDDEN and (we hope!) reasonable:
All songs are grouped into albums (that's how the digital retailers sell them, after all).
$0.99 per song gets your songs delivered to the iTunes U.S. store.
$0.99 per album gets you into any additional stores/services, like iTunes Japan.
$7.98 per album per year lets us maintain your music and your account so we can get you your money.
$20.00 per album you want taken down in the first six months, to discourage folks from using our service casually. This is serious business, we can't be pulling albums down all the time. But hey, if you want to take it down, there's no minimum term, we'll pull it.
That's it. No "bar code" fees, no nothing. And we don't take a percentage off the back.
The only other fee you would ever pay doesn't come from us, it comes from the banks. When you've got money from the sale of your music in your TuneCore account and want to transfer it out, you can have it Direct Deposited (ACH) to your own bank, you can use Pay Pal or the bank can mail you a paper check. All of these carry a fee (a few pennies for the transfer, the cost of postage if a check is mailed, and so on). If the bank charges, we pass that on to you, BUT WE DON'T ADD ANY CHARGE OF OUR OWN. This is not a profit center for us. And right now we're negotiating with banks to get those charges AS LOW AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
If we're not taking a percentage and we're not "feeing" you to death, how do we make money? By keeping our costs low, attracting lots of customers who understand it's a fair deal.
--Peter
Peter Wells
COO
TuneCore.com - e3mw, on 10/14/2007, -0/+5I created an account and attempted to put up some of my original music - They charge you for the 'service' of posting your music and you must upload your music to them and also send them a physical copy of your CD. You pay 99 cents per song when you upload your music. Then you pay an annual fee of $7.98 per album after your music goes up. It's also $20 to take your music down before their point of six months.
Sounds like an interesting service. I may give them a try whenever I finish my self-produced CD later this year. - lukaso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3OK, so this is not a new thing. after following a few links from the article I found this:
http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/6830
It is some notes on the original meeting Steve had with many independent record labels regarding submitting music to iTunes...in 2003!
Granted it may not have been easy until recently for ANYONE to submit to iTunes, but the independent mechanism was in place.
And it makes sense that they don't want a direct artist to iTunes interface, The most attractive feature of the iTunes music store and the reason I spend so much money there is the fact that it is completely organized! Everything has cover art, everything has metadata. Take a look at the podcast section (which is user driven.) It's a mess! Everyone is naming their podcasts !!!!!!!#AAAAA just to be first on the list. Even with Apples format guidelines, people manage to screw it all up.
The bottom line is Apple has enough on their plate without dealing with sending $5 checks to all those American Idol rejects for the 6 songs they sold to their parents. They would much rather someone else take on the administrative part.
Also, Steve seems pretty behind this whole idea, I think that now that the labels are whining about fixed 99 cent pricing that the next time A major record label complains about the 99 cent songs Steve will remind them that if they aren't selling their Music on iTunes, SOMEBODY is gonna be on that store front, and if it's not their artist, it just may be some nobody that can sing better anyway. - einfeldt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Other similar services: MP3tunes; Mindawn; Magnatunes; Creative Commons.
http://MP3tunes.com
http://www.mindawn.com/
http://magnatune.com/
http://www.creativecommons.org
I have found some really good music through these services. The difference is that each of the above are independent of iTunes and Real, which both use locked-down formats. In addition, MP3tunes will let you beam music in your personal locker to any device that gets an Internet signal. Plus you can sell your music through MP3tunes. Here is a review of MP3tunes' Oboe service, which is the part of MP3tunes that lets you sync and stream music to any computer or device that will get an Internet signal:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/23/1643234 - e3mw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I found this interesting:
"HOW MUCH IS THE PAY RATE?
There are terms in our agreements with the stores/services that specifically forbid us from posting in public what is being paid for the sale or stream of your music. However, we can assure you that the rate you are being paid is the industry standard. When a song or album of yours sells or streams it will show up on your statement, and you will be able to see the exact rate you are paid.
We are really sorry we can't just post the information here. We are just simply legally not allowed. It really frustrates us too! When you earn a payment from any iTunes store or Rhapsody, TuneCore passes that payment on to you 100%. As always, we keep nothing.
This is so important, we're going to say it again. You get 100% of the money from the sale of your music. It ALL goes to you. 100% of what TuneCore receives from iTunes or Rhapsody is passed on to you, and if they ever increase the pay rate, you'll get 100% of that new amount." - enableguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Jozer99, the comments you made are just dead wrong, inaccurate and in some cases just made up.
Its not a problem educating you and I'm glad to help. Owning and running spinART Records ( releases by The Pixies, The Dears, Echo & The Bunnymen, Richard Thompson, Vic Chesnutt, Apples In Stereo, Apollo Sunshine, Boo Radleys, The Eels and another 170) has possibly given me a little more of a clue than you on how things work.
1) You do not get a "free" listing on iTunes - you made this one up. What customers get is placement in the iTunes stores they choose - or any other service they want. This is not a "listing". Any artists Album, EP or single will appear in iTunes, along with their album art, band name and album title. Anyone can buy their music, see the album art, listen to 30 second samples just like any other release on iTunes.
2) No, you do NOT need to pay a "cancellation fee if you want to quit". You made this up too. If after 6 months you would like your music taken down ( in your words "quit" ) it is free. No charge. Before 6 months there is a one time fee of $20. We put that in because the people at Apple and Rhapsody do not want music placed in their stores and then take down right after it goes in.
This is clearly written in the FAQ here http://www.tunecore.com/index/faq#HowRemoved and listed in the Terms & Conditions ( these are the Terms& Conditions you say do not exist but more on that in a moment).
3) You state "Selling covers of songs for commercial purposes is illegal without permission from the original author, usually in the form of a royalty. " - At least you got a little closer on this one - but you are still pretty clueless
To use someone else music requires a license from the holder of the copyright, Cover songs involve something called publishing. Publishing issues can be complex. Let me provide you a quick background on how it works in the United States. Laws vary from country to country.
Just like your computer or your car is your property; a song is property. It's a particular kind of property. It is intellectual property. And just like you have a right to determine who uses your property, the owner of a song also has rights. So, you must get the right to use the song from the owner.
The particular right you need is the right to make copies of the song. This is why it is called a COPYRIGHT, as only the owner of the song has the right to make copies or to grant the right to others to make copies. So you need to get permission to copy the song. You get that permission by getting a license; (just like a driver's license gives you permission to drive). But in some cases song writers and owners of songs usually do not take care of their own songs. They turn to someone else to deal with giving permission and doing all of the administrative stuff. This person or company is called a music publisher.
In either case, you must contact the publisher of the song in order to get the license. The license is called a MECHANICAL LICENSE. The mechanical license gives you permission to mechanically reproduce (copy) the song. Of course, in this case, the song is being reproduced digitally, but it's the same principle : every time someone downloads the song, a copy is being made. And for every copy that is made, the owner or publisher must be paid. Remember, the publisher is simply someone taking care of the song for the owner. The amount of payment is established by the United States government under something called copyright law. The amount being paid is called the statutory rate. Statutory is a fancy word meaning required by law. The current statutory rate the song owner or publisher must be paid is 9.1 cents per copy. So, every time the song sells, you owe the owner or publisher 9.1 cents. This rate, you will discover, will be written in the mechanical license.
In addition, instead of getting a mechanical license from the publisher or song owner, you could make use of a provision in the copyright law called a Compulsory License. However, there are so many requirements for both notifying the copyright owner and accounting to the copyright owner or publisher for sales of his song, it is not recommended that you try this method. The best and easiest way to get a mechanical license from the owner or the publisher directly.
If you do not change the lyrics, a mechanical license can not be denied.
Now, if you bothered to read the information on the website, you would see that this is required by TuneCore.
Click here to read the Terms and Conditons http://www.tunecore.com/index/t_and_c - they can be found on the footer of EVERY page at TuneCore as well as several times in the FAQ( these are the same Terms & Conditions you claim do not exist so you kinda lied about that too).
Where in the world did you get "paying them to OWN your songs for their own profit." Are you insane? Drunk? Making things up for a fight or just starved for attention?
I understand that you do not have the benefit of being educated in the music business, and why would you, but to make up something as stupid as suggesting TuneCore owns the music?
If you bothered to read the Terms & Conditions or the FAQ - links to all found on EVERY page of the TuneCore site - the ones you claim do not exist - you would see that we state very clearly the opposite.
Man this last part just pisses me off. I am used to dealing with teaching people about the music industry but for you to just make things up...
TuneCore is the first company in the history of the music industry to provide the channels of music distribution without taking any rights or ownership and giving the artists 100% of the money earned. In addition, it is non-exclusive and the artist can cancel at any time for any reason.
Next time will you bother to at least read the things there before you ramble on? - Mosley2, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2how much per download sold do you make?
- gfburke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hi there, I work at Tunecore, we are working on fixing the upload problems as fast as possible so just be patient. :) You guys are hammering us. If you enter album and song data it will be saved in your discography until the uploads work,and this week we're going to be rolling out a fancier artwork tool that alows you to create art from templates without uploading, too.
Glad everyone seems to like the idea! - Greenline, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is the future
- dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1holy *****... this is ***** awesome.... i think i just crapped myself.
this means i can make money from making music? ive been making music and producing trance music since i was 7 years old! thats awesome! and if you dont believe me, you can listen to my stuff here:
http://www.dance-industries.com/view_artist.php?ID=2811 - F1REFOX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Make an effort to buy artist's using this service if they tickle your fancy, maybe this will be the end of the major music label's monopoly on the distribution of music and we can develop a system that favros the artist and the consumer, and not some random music label suit!
- PeterTuneCore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's true, Natorator, we have no control over how iTunes or anyone else sells the music. That's a bigger question than TuneCore, that has to do with U.S. law, which only lets us set a "suggested retail price."
But your rights are protected! No matter what iTunes sells your music for, even if they give it away, they MUST pay you the agreed-upon pay rate. So there's no way they can jerk you around on that score. So long as they pay, we won't (and can't) tell them how to run their business.
--Peter - fa_pa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1too bad that I hate iTunes AND Rhapsody. There are way better places for artists to sell their music. Some of them are mentioned one or two posts over this one ;)
- DEEZED, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't get this Tunecore company... Whats in it for them? They don't take a cut of the money Itunes and Rhapsody pay.
- Subtonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1CDBaby has been doing this for a while:
http://cdbaby.net/dd
Also, I find this snippet on Tunecore interesting:
"...service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody..."
I hope that the people who submit covers and don't pay the license to do so don't get busted. Yes, you have to get a license to release a cover for commercial purposes.
http://www.harryfox.com - MusicChic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Someone posted the following earlier: "Read the fine print. There are several extra charges listed in very small print."
So I read, and re-read, and then re-read again. There just aren't any "extra charges" in the small print. The fees straight off thier own page (cut and pasted) are:
FEE SCHEDULE
as of January 22, 2006
ONE TIME FEES:
$0.99 (ninety nine cents) per song
All song(s) must be associated with an album--even if it is just one song
To add any additional digital Internet consumer stores beyond the Apple / iTunes U.S. store (i.e. Rhapsody, iTunes Canada, iTunes Japan, Music Net, Sony Connect, etc.), $0.99 (ninety nine cents) per additional digital Internet consumer store per album
In the event customer would like their content removed prior to six months from when it first became available in the digital Internet consumer store(s), $20.00 (twenty dollars) early termination fee per request per album
All fees must be paid prior to company delivery any material to third parties.
ANNUAL FEES:
$7.98 per album
They don't even try to charge you for a bar code if you don't have one like CD Baby does! - grahamenglish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I also recommend setting up a podcast to talk about yourself and presell your music. It's a really good model.
- vurtx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, I signed up, unfortunately its not allowing me to upload an album cover either, anyone else trying this out?
- ionsonic, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Here on ionsonic.com we have no setup or reoccurring fees. To cover our costs we run a default 85:15 split on sales. However each artist, when established (250+ track sales), may present his or her own case, meaning the sale split ratio is fully negotiable. If you want more details or want to submit a sales ratio proposal please use the Contact link below.
http://www.ionsonic.com/portal/index.php?t=contact
All the best,
Steve
http://www.ionsonic.com - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just hope this doesn't dilute iTunes with a bunch of crappy music. I dont know that the iTunes interface can handle wading through that large of an inventory efficiently.
- TuxFan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1RIAA will sue once this becomes popular. Hell, they might lobby Congress and the President to have a law that states all music is owned by RIAA. Just watch that happen.
- vurtx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1kinkysexradio -
Thanks, was wondering, they must be working on it right now... I got an email but it was blank, and didn't have a sender or subject or any message.. odd.. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What is so wrong with this? Why are you people having such a hard time with this? It's a brilliant service!
If anybody shuts it down it will be the RIAA and when that happens I'm hoping a congressional hearing is started on the RIAA and its underhanded tactics. If the RIAA does anything like that I hope they get their collective heads served on a platter. - kinkysexradio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1vurtx -
I had the same problem. I sent an e-mail and received an answer about 2 minutes later! That's some freaky fast service, huh?
Anyway, the answer was basically, "we know, we're working on it. Try later."
So, good news - bad news. - MusicThingy, on 01/02/2009, -0/+0GetItOut.com is a good website for putting music on iTunes. They don't take a cut of the sales and they let you keep all the rights and royalties. Apparently in 09 they will also be offering professional music marketing services to artist's that use them to sell music on iTunes and other digital download stores.
http://www.getitout.com/
http://www.sellingmusiconitunes.com/ - jonnynutrition, on 12/27/2008, -0/+0Not bad... but not great. Check out CDbaby.com - $35 per album processing fee (one time- not per year), they send it to all sorts of distributors - itunes, rhapsody, napster, etc. They encode your cd for you (you have to send it to them), and they take 9% of the money from the sales. Better deal in my mind... I'm in the process of sending my disc into them as I write this... but yeah, DOWN with lables ripping off the artist!!
- cortezmusic21, on 11/13/2008, -0/+0ya'll where can i sell my music online that won't rip me off is easy to do and pays me actual money like a check could someone plz email me or respond to this i prefer artist who been there done that thank you much love
- overunder8, on 04/13/2009, -0/+0My friends and I use:
http://catapultdistribution.com
Simple and only costs $25 for all the online music stores. - cortezmusic21, on 11/13/2008, -0/+0hey have you made any money how can i make money doin the indie thing
- thetunedepot, on 06/13/2009, -0/+0It is all to easy to forget to think outside of the box when it comes to selling your music online. Sure selling your music on itunes, amazon or other services is a great way to get sales and possibly some exposure, but if you only sell from these types of sites you are leaving money on the table that could easily be put in your pocket. Why?
A) You are giving up much deserved royalties
B) You are not able to sell merchandise (Tshirts, Hats, Pins, etc...)
A suggestion to all of you that are currently selling music online or want to sell your music online...
In addition to selling music from the major sites (itunes, amazon) sell music from your website, blog, or social media page (mySpace).
A great service that will allow you to sell your music, merchandise and more is - http://www.thetunedepot.com
It is a yearly or monthly fee based service with a FREE Music Widget that can be posted anywhere and you keep all the money from your sales. - thetunedepot, on 06/13/2009, -0/+0http://www.thetunedepot.com
- donnyteacher, on 09/09/2008, -0/+0My A-level students wrote an article about this topic some time ago -
http://www.podcastrevision.org/tunes/itunes.html
Submitting your track to iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, and GroupieTunes
This is one of the things that I have always had trouble with, getting my tracks out to the public, especially the spoken word or comedy tracks, and at the same time starting to receive some sort of income from any sales I make. I managed just that recently and thought that my story and experience so far should be shared with other musicians who want to do the same without the need for a record label…
I created a comedy track recently and I went on the search for a few labels that might be interested in my tracks, only to find that my music doesn’t really fit any of the music labels, as they tend to release from a very narrow genre of music where most of their tracks sound the same on each label.
So I skipped the whole getting signed to a label thing and thought to myself about what a label actually does for a musician today in the age of the internet and realised that the only thing a label does for you today is to promote your music (And it looks like they sometimes do a bad job at that too) and then take a large cut of any royalties. So I decided I’m going do this myself and release my tracks digitally on-line via the now many Mp3 stores such as iTunes.
So I went along to the mp3 stores websites, went to their FAQs and looked for the question “I am a musician, how do I sell my music in this store”. Only to see the answer at all of these sites to be along the lines of “we only accept bands/musicians who are established/signed to a label” or that “you’ve got to fill out this hefty long form and then wait months” (With the possibility of not being accepted and I’ve even heard of people not even getting a reply just to say they are not accepted)
Surely this has got to be easier and that’s when I came across http://www.MDMArecords.net . At first I was a bit sceptical because I have seen companies like this in the past who want to firstly charge you a hefty sign-up fee running into 3 figures, they then want to take commission on your royalties and then they also have the cheek to want to take ownership of your copyrights. But I’m glad to say that MDMA records does none of that and that’s why I’m happy to be using them.
So I've uploaded my comedy song and I applied to MDMA records to release my track on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, and GroupieTunes and paid the sum of £19.99. They said that it would take about 6-8 weeks and it worked!
The best thing about this is that I keep any royalties made and MDMA records don't take a thing and I get to keep copyright control. What could be better than that? If you decide to use http://www.MDMArecords.net I believe you are making a wise choice, I also believe that this looks like we could be getting towards a good era for musicians where you will see more going it alone without record labels and anyone who decides this is the way to go after reading this, I wish you good luck. - eubean, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0100% according to the site.
- Jamespeople, on 05/13/2009, -0/+0Tunecore only cover a handful of sites.
For wider coverage and new great sites like Spotify you are better off looking at someone like www.dittomusic.com
We have put two releases through them now and they have been fantastic!
They do around 700 sites in total and give you a proper release date, something you dont get elsewhere.
They have had 7 UK top 40 singles, all with unsigned artists. - Jamespeople, on 05/08/2009, -0/+0The only distributor worth their salt is www.dittomusic.com
They cover 700 stores, not just tunecores lousy 9!
They also put your music on iTunes and Spotify, ( tunecore dont even deliver to Spotify ) FREE of charge.
You can be chart eligible, pick a release date, SMS downloading, and about 100 other things you cant do on tunecore. - platinumhorse, on 04/22/2009, -0/+0I keep hearing you give the artists 100% of payments from Itunes and Rhapsody. What about other avenues of retail sales? I'm sure their are other sites people can sell their music on.
- ericd543, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"all those itunes savvy ipod sporters will start noticing the music, instead of download kelly clarkson."
"I've been trying to get people to stop listening to popular music for years, its not gonna happen."
My hope is that the cream will rise to the top -- that good music will be popular, not just the heavily promoted (payola) music. I think we would all prefer a meritocracy. All but the manufactured boy bands out there. Viva la revolution! - avocade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This sounds a bit of the old "too good to be true". And I thought Steve said explicitly when he launched the iTunes Music Store that they would only offer:
"...Quality music. There are several sites out there that lets anyone upload music to their stores. Not us".
Has the mood over there really been changed this much as of late? If so, fan_TASTIC_. This is great! And the music.podshow.com guys must be somewhat worried now. - ComputerKraft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is brilliant. And an excellent bunker to be building in anticipatio of digital music's ongoing disruption of traditional music business models.
- natorator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Never mind, I'm being naive
http://www.tunecore.com/index/faq#SongCost
"Only iTunes or Rhapsody can set the selling price, and it's subject to change at any time."
What happened to the artist rights I keep hearing about? - avocade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's not very bad. everything looks (sounds...) solid for this venture this far. good luck guys! (swedish for Dick: Hoppas allt är bra där borta. Var lärde du dig prata svenska och varför? :))
- donchoi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Can't imagine that the record labels will be too happy with this.. Won't they want to pull their music from iTunes?
- Bliss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have had 3 tracks on multiple DD services for over a year. I have made around $160 so far but that is with no promotion on my part. iTunes is the most profitable by a long way. This TuneCore looks okay, I think Cdbaby is better value for money though.
I'm a big fan of last.fm. I hope they get their paid for downloads working soon.
http://www.last.fm/music/Planet+Bliss - Ninasilvert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hi I have an album recorded I want to put out on the net.
How do you get to the right iTunes site? - seattle98104, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they charge listing fees. there's the catch. and a yearly maintence fee. and other fees. such as check dispersion fees, AHC deposit fees. etc. etc. etc.
fees out the yin yang, but yeah you get listed on itunes US (.99 per listing). want to be listed on itunes jp?? yup you guessed it, another fee. - theblue1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Big thanks to enableguy, from the cool label SpinArt.
I looked into Tunecore and I was impressed with their straightforward business model. I especially like the fact that you pay for the service they render and then they don't have their hooks in you for a slice.
Of course, there are other outfits that allow you to sell your stuff. Those who want to get started selling their music right away with no upfront costs can do so at Soundclick.com, for instance. But the nice thing about Tunecore seems to be that you end up place in a number of sales venues. - logicalnoise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"they charge listing fees. there's the catch. and a yearly maintence fee. and other fees. such as check dispersion fees, AHC deposit fees. etc. etc. etc.
fees out the yin yang, but yeah you get listed on itunes US (.99 per listing). want to be listed on itunes jp?? yup you guessed it, another fee."
how is that better than a record company taking 80% of the money made form your creation. I'm much happier with these small fees especially if my stuff gets more people listening and interested in something I do. Ask any true musician or songwriter. They do it to be heard not to make money. Unfortunatly the current standard for releasing a record deprives the artist of way too much. - jeremiahx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is not a new thing... CD baby has been doing this for a long time... 2 years I think. $35 gets you on CDbaby and iTunes etc.
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