As of April 3, 2008 iTunes has officially become the top US music retailer beating out Walmart for top position. According to Apple sources, the data was taken from an independent research company called NDP Group. This is very impressive for the independent musician front because selling music online is thriving and continuing to grow. iTunes has over 50 million customers and their catalog of music spans the globe and includes over six million songs. As an independent artist, you must showcase your music and take advantage of Apple’s popularity. Selling music on iTunes can provide you the attention and … 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
