r/MusicDistribution

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they might just randomly send you this, terminate your account and not respond to you to give you a reason or explanation in over a week, lol

Hello I am a rap/rnb artist looking to make his debut on streaming!

I have over 20+ songs i’ve been stacking up and have been looking to drop on a consistent basis and was wondering what the best distro would be based on what ur experience. probably looking to drop every 2-4 weeks and I also want a distro where I can drop music with quick to do some surprise drops (even tho i have no fans it’s more for fun)

LET ME KNOW!!!!!

Thank you guys

I was also thinking of going with either Amuse Ditto or Tunecore so yeah!

Whenever I had a problem or needed to change something, I used to send an email to which a HUMAN would respond and fix my problem in a few hours... Now I have to chat with an AI that can barely understand what I'm asking and that, for anything that isn't in the FAQ, just bails out and gives me no solution.

Just venting, Ai really did make everything WORSE.

It was my first time releasing and I went with Cdbaby basically because of the simple pricing plan.

How it went:
- I scheduled the release three weeks in advance and it was delivered and published in time.
- The release review by Cdbaby took 5 business days.
- The timecodes on ig and TikTok were messed up. I haven't opened a ticket yet, maybe I'll give it a try to solve the issue through cdbaby support.
- After the release date it took about 2 days to get access through cdbaby to my Spotify Artist account.
- Its one week after the release and I still don't have access to my Apple Music Artist page. I created a ticket but the support replies were just ai summaries. I found the release on the distributor and applied to claim it myself.
- The webpage ui/ux feels pretty outdated and I got a few spammy marketing emails from them.
- I haven't decided if with my next release I will use cdbaby or ditto.

I've been using DistroKid since 2020 and currently pay for their multi-artist plan (5 artists). I've released music through multiple projects before and never had an issue like this.

One of the reasons I originally chose DistroKid was the emphasis on fast delivery to platforms, because timing matters when you're planning a release strategy. I uploaded a release more than a month in advance specifically so I'd have enough time to claim Spotify for Artists and submit an editorial pitch.

Weeks later I still had no Spotify artist URI, no Spotify access through DistroKid, and no way to submit a pitch.

I contacted support early because timing mattered. During one of the conversations, the bot said an agent was processing my request and that my release was being resubmitted. I also received a support email, so I assumed a normal support process had started.

After that, nothing really happened. No human contact, no explanation, mostly automated messages. I even later received a satisfaction email despite the issue still not being resolved.

After finally reaching an actual agent, I was told that the release had apparently only been submitted recently, even though my release page still showed the original upload date.

The result is that I may have effectively lost around 3 weeks of lead time that I intentionally planned for. For independent artists trying to use Spotify editorial pitching properly, that's a pretty significant impact.

My feedback here is less about the delay itself and more about the process. I uploaded early, planned ahead, contacted support early, and followed the tools and guidance provided by the platform. Clearer communication about what support actions and tools actually do would help avoid situations like this.

Amuse has fallen hard over the years. I talked to support about moving my catalogue, (I have millions of streams, not a huge name but still) and support convinced me it will go smooth.

So I buy the subscription, submit some 20 of my songs, wake up and get an email that I'm banned, BUT MY SUBSCRIPTION WONT BE CANCELED OR REFUNDED 😆

Then they ghost your attempt to contact them.

Imagine that. I won't die because of those 50$, but you're gonna give it back :)

You're a service provider, if you can't deliver your service then refund the customer.

I am in the process of getting that refund from these smart people, and will post the solution for every other artist facing a similar issue. Because you're independent they think you're weak and without support. We'll change that ;)

It is a shame, but many of these distributors will use some made up accusation to ban you or simply to freeze your royalties, even tho everything is legitimate. It is a paramount to not let them get away with it.

For example Level music, before going bust, froze my 50,000$. I've gotten it all out.

Don't give your money and a platform to bad companies. Amuse is a bad company now. You've been warned

Hi all. Sorry if this has been asked before.

I am about to add a release through EmuBands. I was going through the FAQs when I saw something about the Audio Requirements.

Format: WAV

Sample size: 16-bit

Sample rate: 44.1kHz

Bit rate: 1411 kbps

Well the mastered file that I have here is pretty close but not quite.

Format: WAV

Sample size: 24-bit

Sample rate: 44.1kHz

Bit rate: 2116 kbps

I will not be on the Pro or Premium plan so is it okay for me to upload my file as it is or is it even possible? Will it make the audio worse if it IS possible?

Getting another export of the master file with changes made would be a complicated process right now so I would really appreciate some guidance in this matter.

Thank you.

I've tried to balance things differently as well as switch distributors entirely, and nothing helped. People who publish songs, what volume level are the tracks you publish?

I changed because I felt like TuneCore was taking a lot from my royalties

For white label b2b service

Has anyone here been catching up with their latest videos on distribution and A.I.?

As someone who is soon to be releasing music and have signed up for Distrokid's services it's looking very confusing atm. We are currently thinking about doing our own thing and setting up to self distribute etc after learning what is happening in the industry. Has anyone here looked into doing something similar?

Hi everyone,

My name is Mark, and I run an independent Christian music label focused on Russian-speaking audiences across Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

We currently work with around 50 artists and manage a catalog of ~600 tracks.

Right now, we are looking for a reliable music distributor with:

• Global DSP delivery (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, etc.)
• Automated royalty splits / artist royalty management
• A stable long-term infrastructure
• Preferably a distributor recommended or trusted by Spotify / Apple Music

Our current annual revenue is around $4,000/year.

The challenge is that we seem to be in an awkward middle position:

• too large for most DIY distributors
• too small for enterprise distributors

We’ve already spoken with or applied to:

• Symphonic
• Stem
• LabelWorx
• Cinq Music
• digdis
• Identity Music
• Euphoria Media
• Xelon
• Vydia
• Zebralution
• Syntax Creative
• Republic of Music
• Venice Music
• Forward Digital and several others.

Some declined due to our current revenue level, while others never replied.

We also looked at DIY services like:

• DistroKid
• TuneCore
• CD Baby
• Ditto
• Amuse
• RouteNote

But with ~50 artists, subscription-based DIY models become difficult to justify financially relative to our current turnover.

At the moment, LabelGrid seems like one of the more realistic options for us ($499/year for 500 tracks), but I’m wondering if there are other solutions we may be overlooking.

Would really appreciate any recommendations, experiences, or advice from label owners/distributors here.

Thanks!

Because if so, this would be the only place I'd distribute my music from now on. How are people not talking about this. As soon as Spotify goes into "recommended songs" mode, it's pure AI stuff.

Is there a streaming service that pays more attention to this?

Does anyone know of any sub-distributors of FUGA???? please name them

Does it really have to be so hard to get my music out there for people to listen to? what i mean is, every distributor is either free but crappy or paid (and im flippin broke) is the ONLY way to have my music accessible to everyone having to go through a friggin distributor?

(i already posted on youtube and bandcamp, what i mean by having accessible music is for the average streaming platform user to have the option to listen to or add my tracks to their playlists)

Good morning - My band used CD Baby in the distant past to distribute our music, and while it worked fine at the time, I've noticed that CD Baby essentially has zero support these days. For instance, I had to message them about a basic account issue, and after waiting 6 weeks for a reply, I'm giving up on them.

We're about to release an album and I plan to use Distrokid. Distrokid has an article about how to move previous albums to their service, which involves uploading the old album(s) to their service. I'm trying to figure out how to download our original lossless files from CD Baby, but I don't see any option to do this on their platform.

Anyone have any pointers on how I can download our old albums from CD Baby so I can toss them onto Distrokid?

Hello, I’m looking for a new music distributor and would like your recommendations. Could you suggest some that you are personally satisfied with?
So far, I have used Toolost, TuneCore, Offstep, Octiive, and RouteNote. Do you have any better alternatives to recommend? I had a lot of unnecessary problems with Toolost and TuneCore. Octiive takes excessively high commissions on withdrawals. I’ve only recently started using RouteNote and Offstep, so I don’t have much to say about them yet.

Does someone knows good Sonosuite sub Distros that are public and active?