S.O.S: The Future of Music Distribution, What do You Think?

The purpose of this article is to see what the independent artist is thinking about in terms of their future in this changing music industry. Independent music is on the rise with digital downloads increasing, but how can we as independents make our mark in history?

This goes out to all the producers, beat makers, songwriters, musicians, and podcasters. What are the strategies or tips you use when thinking about music distribution? Hip Hop Distribution was not created to tell you what you have to do, but to hear from people involved in the music grind and learn from our experiences, creating a resource center.

It is very easy to get your music with a major online retailer. The key to earning a living as a musician is diversifying your options. From a Fried Roots standpoint, we are in the process of selling merchandise and we have distribution through Songcast and Tunecore , but we feel that music from an independents standpoint is getting stronger, so how can we capitalize?

The whole point of this is to solidify the strength of the independent artist who works just as hard as every working man, but doesn’t reap the benefits.

Leave a comment, promote your music, describe your band operation or just click by. Thank you for reading and I hope we can network together and create a new music business model for all starving artists.


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  • There is definitely need for a new business model if the music industry are to stay around. Right now about %10 of music is being sold online and in 2012 it's expected to be 40%.

    The crazy thing to me however Is that a digital song costs the same as a cd, while there is no cost of copying, storing or delivering it (almost).

    I think whoever will embrace this fact of the digital media and pass on that saving or earning to the ones actually deserving it will have a HUGE advantage compare to their competitors.

    Cheaper music or more money to the struggling artist please... not just more money to the corporate machine.
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