The avenues are endless when it comes to finding affordable distribution for the independent musician. Lets assume you have a produced album or podcast, you own a band website domain, and you want to sell digital copies of your album or podcast for download off of your website. There is a quick way for you to control your own distribution with EasyBe 1-2-3 music store. Easybe is a php script that you integrate into your website. The cost is $68 for musicians or $168 for labels. If you want them to set up your store then there is an installation … Continue reading
Tunecore is a music distribution service that offers distribution to online retailers such as iTunes for a flat fee. This arrangement also allows you to keep 100% of the money that you earned. The cost is $0.99 per store per album, $0.99 per track, and $19.98 per album per year storage and maintenance. This price is awesome. Test the marketability of your tracks and upload your projects. Tunecore this week delivered 468 albums to iTunes and $143,844.34 was earned in music sales.
Songcast has an amazing service. You get to have the same benefits as a major label with this form of distribution. Songcast is a music distribution service that places your music with major online retailers such as iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic and many more if you choose. The beauty of this service is that you dont have to worry about waiting for independent submission to each retailer, they take care of the dirty work. To get the process started, you create an account and upload your album. You then choose where you want your music. You have the option of … Continue reading
