Have you guys received your April earnings report yet? Usually what day of the month do they release? I saw a notification a week ago that said I would be getting a report in 24 to 48 hours but it's been long due. Thanks
Hello, we are trying to upload our self titled debut LP to Distrokid and it has rejected it. Our band name is Corners of the Sky and our album name is the same. How do we publish this? Please help!
Hi have a release that occurred almost a month ago. On DistroKid it’s showing 13k Spotify streams. Apple is showing zero yet the song is 2nd on my Apple Music app. Any ideas?
I make harsh noise/ambient and the tracks can get quite lengthy and about 5 of the albums ive uploaded say they have long periods of silence despite not having any silence whatsoever. any advice??
I swear all I have is problems with distrokid😭😭😭😭😭
For a few of my releases i’ve used a non legal first name in my credits (nickname most of my friends/followers know me by) Will there be any issues with this. I’ve heard that it can create trouble when it comes to distributing pay, but i’m also a solo artist. That and, couldn’t i just request to change the name i. the credits if i absolutely need to?
My plan is to create a YouTube channel, upload my songs, and then register my songs with DistroKID by adding my YouTube channel.
But I’ve read that you shouldn’t do that, because if you register your songs later, DistroKID will apply the copyright to your own channel.
Then I also read that if you open your channel later, you can link it to your Distro account.
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All of this is a bit confusing to me, because I’ve also read that DistroKID automatically manages your channels on all platforms, is that right ¿?
The thing is, I’d like to manage and run my own YouTube channel, and I can’t find a “guide” on how to do this while also having my songs on DistroKID.
Can someone give me a quick rundown on this please ?. Thanks in advance.
Have any one experienced this before? I distributed a 4 track EP with distrokid, all songs were mastered to -11LUFS professionally, multiple checks were made to ensure the accuracy of the loudness, Izotope RX analysis, Wavelab Mastering Analysis, Youlean Loudness Meter and lastly a TC electronic Clarity M stereo (hardware metering).. but to my greatest surprise, one track off the EP on all streaming platforms is currently very low in loudness/volume, it’s literally -38LUFS. How is this possible? I contacted support, first person said it’s a settings on individual devices which is totally bull, second and third support staff has put me in the “we have sent this to the appropriate team” loop. I can’t promote the song because of this, my listeners are sending me DM’s that the song is too low in loudness, my Engineering friends are texting me “wth is wrong with track %#”… i have never experienced this before. It has also created a very unpleasant listening experience for my fans. Just so disappointed ☹️
A sudden boost in profit was made from NetEase, has this happened to anyone else?
Our friend passed last year, and we want to make sure his music stays up on streaming. Is there anyway to transfer his music to a different account? We don’t have his login information.
if my song gets taken down to put it back up do i upload it the same way i did before? and it’ll keep the streams?
My channel meets all the requirements (I checked over and over again) and I even tried the renaming hack but still nothing. I waited 2 days and still have the error when I try linking it. I have two music videos for the songs I uploaded on distrokid, and have a topic channel with those same songs. My names match exactly. idk what I'm missing here.
I’ve read the FAQ up and down. Contacted “support”. They told me to wait another 5 days! Is this common? I feel like I did everything right, like way in advance. I did an initial rollout on Bandcamp May 1st, could that be triggering something?
Hey all, I’m currently dealing with an issue with distrokid. I recently uploaded an album about 1 week ago, and one of the tracks got flagged for copyright. Despite that, my song is a completely original song with no samples or copyrighted content. Here is the email:
Hi,
We've been notified that one or more of your songs may contain remixes, samples, or other audio that may not be 100% yours.
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**Additional detail:**
**Track 7 is associated with an active infringement claim, and until the dispute has been resolved, we are unable to distribute this audio. If you are the recipient of the original claim, please reach out to the claimant directly. Once the dispute is resolved, you can re-upload this content at your convenience.**
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You may only upload audio that you have 100% recorded yourself. Stores won't accept music that contain unauthorized samples, remixes, and so on.
We know this is super inconvenient and we apologize.
However, I have absolutely no information on who claimed me or how to find that out. In addition, since the track was never released, I don’t have a Spotify URL to the song, which I apparently need to submit a DMCA counter-claim form. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if this has been asked before. I have a song that's going to be on a compilation album where I'll be listed as a featured artist (that's the plan as of now). I was wondering if it's possible for me to upload the song to one of my own albums as well, using the same ISRC code?
I released an album in January and have around 7,000 Spotify streams so far. Three of the songs have over 1,000 streams.
Spotify for Artists reflects the streams normally, and DistroKid’s Stats page also shows Spotify stream activity.
However, I still have no Spotify royalty reporting/earnings showing in DistroKid.
I’ve contacted Distro support multiple times, but I haven’t gotten a meaningful technical/accounting explanation yet.
I understand royalties are delayed, but by this point I would expect at least some reporting data to appear.
Has anyone experienced something similar where stats appeared but royalties didn’t?
Was it eventually resolved?
Tried to distribute a song of mine a few months ago (ik ive left it ages...) but it quickly got blocked for potentially containing "remixes, samples, or other audio that may not be 100% yours."
The only reason I can think of this happening is due to the fact I uploaded it personally to my SoundCloud account a while beforehand, any way to rectify this?
The content ID and social media package service is taking far too long. Because of this, someone else registered the content ID of my songs and is generating revenue from the shorts that use my music—we're talking thousands of dollars a month. Before, you'd pay for the service and it would be activated the same day; now it's taking weeks, and for my last album, it took over a month. Apparently, other people are experiencing the same problem.
Hi everyone,
I’m having a problem with DistroKid’s synced lyrics and I wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.
Before, my workflow was simple: I uploaded a song to DistroKid, added the lyrics, and then I could sync those lyrics directly without any issue. The audio and lyrics were already inside DistroKid, so the process made sense.
But now, when I try to sync lyrics, DistroKid asks me to upload the audio again and also upload the lyrics again. After syncing, it gives me three different downloadable files in different formats, but inside DistroKid the song still doesn’t appear as having “synced lyrics”.
I paid for the lyrics feature so my lyrics could appear on Spotify, and this new process feels confusing and honestly kind of terrible compared to how it worked before.
Has anyone else had this happen recently?
Is this a new DistroKid change, a bug, or am I missing a step?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
