TuneCore vs DistroKid - An Honest Comparison
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0:57 - distribution
2:49 - cost - who is cheaper
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14:27 - getting paid for your music
17:12 - customer service
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What do Tunecore and DistroKid do?
Both Tunecore and DistroKid are music distributors which mean they will help you upload your music to Spotify, Apple Music, TH-cam Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer. Basically every streaming service there is. Well, at least the main ones. If you're looking for a more niche streaming service in a different country then you might want to double check with them but comparing both of them at face value, they both release to all the major streaming services.
Is TuneCore better than Distrokid?
TuneCore just launched a new pricing plan that does make it quite a competitive option if you're looking to get your music uploaded online. They now have a free plan which is something DistroKid does not offer. TuneCore also has reasonably annual priced plans comparing to DistroKid. I would say Tunecore is better than DistroKid, right now, in terms of upload cost. It is cheaper to upload your music with TuneCore than it is with DistroKid. There are a lot of other things to consider which is why I suggest watching the entire video.
Is DistroKid better than TuneCore?
In my opinion, DistroKid is more simple than TuneCore and I enjoy simplicity as I'm sure you do. They also have a lot of cool added features that TuneCore does not have. For example, DistroKid offers a temporary phone number so you can text your friends. They also offer you a hyperfollow page for you to collect Spotify pre saves before you release your music. If we compare them just on price, I would say TuneCore wins, and if we review them both on features then they both have there added value. TuneCore also offers added features that DistroKid does not. So you see, there is a lot to consider!
How do you compare DistroKid and TuneCore to other music distribution companies like CD Baby or Ditto?
If we review Tunecore and DistroKid against some of the other music distribution platforms like CD Baby, Ditto, Amuse, United Masters, etc. There are a lot of them! Essentially, they all do the same thing. They get your music uploaded to Spotify, Apple Music, and all other major platforms! The main differences when we compare them all is cost and features. In terms of cost, we would have a fixed fee. For example, both Tunecore and DistroKid apply a fixed annual fee and in return your keep 100% of your music royalties. On the other hand, CD Baby, Amuse, and United Masters offer lower fees (some times even free) for a cut of your music royalties. For instance, you pay a one time fee to release your music on CD Baby but in return they keep 9% of your music royalties. Above all this we have features which is a purely subjective discussion on what you're looking for in your career. Do you need a Spotify pre save page? Do you need vinyl and CD printing? Do you need music admin publishing? Go with the music distributor that has the features you need the most.
Which is cheaper when comparing Tunecore vs DistroKid?
If we review TuneCore vs DistroKid purely on price then TuneCore is the cheaper option. Simply because they do offer a free option. You can't beat free! There are limitations though to the free option. Nothing can be free forever. The price will always change when you start to add on new feature which both TuneCore and DistroKid have. For example, if you want youtube monetization or you'd like a hyperfollow page for Spotify campaigns, or maybe admin publishing. This all starts to add to your annual price. You can rest assure though that both DistroKid and TuneCore will give you 100% of your royalties. However, is it the same payout? Not necessarily. Watch the video to find out more as I compare a music royalty payout on TuneCore and a music royalty payout on DistroKid to see who pays a higher amount.
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If you use TuneCore or DistroKid, can you let me know your payout per stream? Let's find out which one is actually more!! Find out for me: 14:27
Hey Charles-thanks a lot for this video.
I'm currently working through your 'Professional' course.
Fingers crossed that everything will go well so I can come back to this video to share my stats. 😁
Hi Denis, I'm sure it will and let me know how I can help along the way.
Which will you recommend,I make beats
@@dazeclick712 it really depends man, lots of things to consider, you could try both and see which one you like too.
Are you talking to me when you said you want to know what the payout is per
stream
One of the most important aspect everyone forgets to mention is what happens to your music if you die and annual payment to distributor does not happen, your work of entire life will be taken down immediately, that's why legacy feature is very important in my opinion. Distrokid has it but tunecore doesn't. I have written to tunecore about this, they said they are thinking about it. If more people write to them about it, maybe they will add it.
I’m pretty sure if your dead you wouldn’t care if your music got taken down, because your dead
@@silverninja3570 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 dead
@@silverninja3570 If you're dead your work as an artist should be available to the public. That the most rational and logical thing to do, it's also always been that way.
@@silverninja3570 what about ur kids smart guy?
@@silverninja3570 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Thanks a lot for this video, it was really vital for me to watch something like that. It is topical because others are talking about TuneCore's old prices
Excellent presentation. I've been a BMI writer for a long time, but have never released any of my own music as an artist. Getting ready to try that now, and your very clear discussion of the various features of the two distributors was very helpful. Thanks!
Finally a music-production-related review with GOOD audio production.
thank you for this brother... i got something i didn't noticed before
Thanks a lot, very helpful and informative
Thanks my friend I'm going with tunecore I'm already with distrokid but I'm leaving tunecore seems like a better fit for me to get my song worldwide and publishing
Great review Charles, thanks for this. I mostly use CDBaby as I have a deal that allows me to distribute for free but their interface could use some updating. I recently signed up with Distrokid, solely for their "Splits" feature. I work with a lot of artists and producers and I HATE doing the accounting every month, the splits feature takes care of that for me. I am not doing backflips over the extra $5 a year per release for the TH-cam monetization but it is what it is.. once TuneCore introduces their Splits feature, maybe I'll check them out too.
I was hoping you would give some insight into each of the plans offered by the distributors (example, Tunecore has pay per release plans vs their unlimited plans). I hoped to see you compare the pros and cons of these.
Tunecore professional is $49.99+14.99 per additional artist, so to get 5 artists would be $110 a year, you get 5 for the $79.99 with distrokid, but over 5 you pay additional cost per but you can only pay per 5 artist.
Very good information thanks i will try them both soon!!
Only watched one video You're a very good teacher.🔥🔥🙏🙏 from South Africa
I was with Tunecore. had 4 albums on Spotify platforms, had 30,,000 monthly listeners. I was making money. Happy. Then my numbers started to decline. Then some of my American friends told me I was no longer on Spotify. Tunecore pulled my albums out of US Spotify because of some lawsuit. I was never notified. I watched my listeners drop to under 2000. After a year of waiting for my albums to be put back on US Spotify, as I was paying for it,I decided to upload my albums onto Distrokid. I’ve deleted my albums off Tuncore. My numbers are once again on the rise as I’m back in the largest market, US Spotify. If you’re a comedian Distrokid is better. Tunecore sucks.
Thanks for the info
thanks
Is is still good ? the best?
Same. Tunecore got my music down without notifying me
DistroKid did the same thing to me, I don’t know what do at this point 😢🤷🏾♂️
Thanks for the video! FYI on DK, they will charge more depending on how many artists you select when signing up for the plan. I found this out as I was searching. For 5 artists it starts at $89.99/year. If you select 10 artists it goes up to $157.99/year, and so on. 20 artists - $269.99/year
50 artists - $674.99/year
100 artists - $1,349.99/year
that’s not true
look up the 3 distrokid tiers
@@gabesvideosofficial you look it up. What I told you is true 😂 just double checked myself. Do your homework before you post a comment.
@@bradleybates3256 you takin internet too seriously, what a sad life
Thanks! Great video.
I have both but I’m sticking to distrokid …less stressful plus I could download my songs with tune core they charge you $10 each song and it’s a pain to get a hold of them…I don’t mine paying the extra $5 dollars the year👊🏽 distrokid 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
@Mr.Enigma Yes. U can release them through distro even if u hv them on ur youTube channel. Check on their website
Very important to independent labels (and not covered here) is the cost per artist that they manage. The top plan on distrokid is $75 , vs. tunecore's $50 - yes. But you don't just get endless artists. Distrokid's 5 artists at $75 makes for about $15/artist. Push it to 50 artists, and it'll be $675/yr - $13.50/artist. Tunecore charges $15 per artist (tunecore users, correct me if I'm wrong). That'd make distrokid cheaper by $1.50 / artist in bulk. It may not seem like much; but at 50 artists, that is $75 / year additional cost for tunecore's service.
Yes I was going to bring this up BUT my catch on that is Distrokid is in tiers. So you are paying for say 100 artists even if you only have 51 artists. Where as Tunecore, I'm paying flat fee plus my cost per artist...so if you are maximizing on DistroKid then it is worth more....if you are only 2 artists over the tier...Tunecore makes more sense.
I’m honestly scared of buying the wrong one😭
same lmaoo
Pick whatever one your gut is saying and then if you mess up, you can always switch
Distrokid better
Same boat bro!!!🤣
which one you picked?
thanks for the Video Charles!
So helpful, thanks a lot.
You’re very welcome ;)
Very informative and helpful, thank you. I recently began to get into this world to upload my music and suscribed to Amuse which I got recommended but I didn't even inagine there were so many to consider and these ones seem to be on the top 5 when it comes to music distribution. Can anybody compare experiences between DistroKid and TunesCore
Amazing comparative review thanks - as a remix artist as well as artist - which is recomended? Is it correct that with Distrokid, I'd need the Musician Plus package, in order to add the original artist as well as myself, the remix artist? How does Tunecore compare there?
Hi everyone, I have to talk about the cost per stream aspect of the video.
Just to clarify, this isn't, in my opinion a worthy metric to look at in general for the following reasons:
1. Just like every country has its own pay rate. I.e. Spotify India pays different amount per stream compared to Spotify US (for example). Furthermore, if a listener has Spotify freemium account it pays different amount compared to if that listener paid for Spotify premium. For this reason alone your cost per stream idea will drastically vary track per track and artist to artist so it's not by any means a fair metric to judge a distributor by. Currency also had a factor in affecting the total stream amount. So if someone is in a country that uses Rupees it's going to be a different pay rate per stream to if that same some was streamed in a country that uses US dollars. Again variables are a many.
2. Each streaming platform and social media platform that streams your music or video also pays out different rates due to the rates that agreed with the industry. I.e. A song streamed on Instagram reels with video differs from audio sticker on Instagram. Again differs per country per currency and per usage. Whereas TH-cam music will have its own rate.
So to compare cost average per stream amongst different artists isn't fair as artist A might be strong with video content on youtube and artist B may be strong with audio background stream type music on a platform like Pandora.
The key is to market your music.
This is just my take.
Enjoy making music and do your best to reach your audience with your own marketing strategies. Would love to see an honest video on marketing at various budget levels. Because that's the real snake oil being pushed to artists on TH-cam unfortunately.
Hi i have a question about uploading with distributors... what if i go ahead with content id with lets say tunecore.. and then whem i upload my musicvideo to youtube after that, i get a copyright
Claim?
Do i upload my vid to youtube first and then register to the distributor? What is the best way to go about it?
Also my music is serbian, distrokid doesnt have serbian language as an option.. does the language of the music an affect on whie distibutor i use? Does tunecore have serbian as an option for language?
Any help is appreciated thanks!
I was kind of surprised that Tunecore isn't letting artists choose their own songs for Spotify's discovery mode... and I'm seriously considering moving off Tunecore and onto Distrokid for this reason. Does anyone have input on this? Does Distrokid do better?
I've uploaded one song via Tunecore. 1) They did not provide a link to access my Spotify artist account. 2) THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE - there is a chat- bot that sends you into an endless loop of frustration. NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT EMAIL EXISTS. (Or, at the very least, it is not published. For this reason alone, I am cancelling my service and going elsewhere.
Any updates?
All the above has since been rectified. Tunecore updated their website and dashboard- much more intuitive and user friendly now. Links are available. There is a customer service email and they have been fairly responsive. I feel like they were in a transition period of some kind when I first joined. I’m happy now.
Theres so many reviews and videos from people talking about being scammed and robbed by all of the big distributors, is there any others that dont suck and carry a major risk of getting screwed over?
Very informative and helpful, thank you. I recently began to get into this world to upload my music and suscribed to Amuse which I got recommended but I didn't even inagine there were so many to consider and these ones seem to be in the top 5 when it comes to music distribution. Can anybody compare experiences between DistroKid or TunesCore and Amuse? Can you guys find differences in between?
Can I distribute music to tunecore only for the TH-cam Music service, but exclude the functionality of youtube content id?
Yes, you can!
Well explained.
Thank you
You’re welcome
Really helpful video. Thx
thank you bro
hi charles , i just want say, thanks for this important information. I like to know if I hasto register my music and lirycs with de copyright office before registering with Distrokid or TuneCore or other plataform. againg thanks so much for your valuable information.
Thank you.
My music is currently exclusively Christmas stuff. Which streaming service would you suggest is best for this please?
There’s a clearly winner, the one that is cheaper, more services, gives you scheduled release dates and something you didn’t specify is content id free with no charge, while distrokid charges $5 a year
great added context, thanks Silver.
What exactly is content id? Is this some sort of hidden fee?
Does tuncore do synced lyrics? I just wanna know
@@trevgocrazy I don’t think so but you can use an website for this feature
@@trevgocrazy any news on that?
I bought the rising artist plan, and the publishing in tune core (98 euro in total), I released one song and they blocked it, i asked explanation and they sent this:
'
'Hello,
Thank you for writing.
We apologize for any frustration; however, we have made an internal decision not to distribute this content. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide any specific practices for our manual review process.
In the meantime, please let us know if you need anything else.
Thank you.
Best,
Mel
Content Review and Rights Administration Specialist''
So basically i spent money and time to nothing. I feel shity and totaly robbed.
On youtube is full of similar cases.
If you have any explanation please tell me.
hey bro..as a up and coming artist from a 3 rd world country...i recomend cdbaby for a start
Thanks for sharing
Hi! The tunecore says on their site: You can create a single account to upload music for multiple artists, and track each release/sale separately. You said on Your video that in tunecore you can have only one artist name.
I have one remark at 4:14 : DistroKid 80$ Label option is for 5 artists only, for 100 artists it's 1200$
Where do you see that Lasha?
@@CharlesCleyn If you click on the label option ("Pick me" button), you're redirect to a page where you get to select between 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 artists with different pricing. Only the starting price is 80$ (5 artists). Btw thanks for the awesome and detailed video!
thanks for this extra context Lasha!
And as additional information: The Label-Plan on Tunecore ist 49,99, but only for one artist. every additional artist is an extra 14,99. Compared to Distrokid with 5 artists, Tunecore with 5 Artists is 109,95/y. Advantage is, you can add a single artist and not choose 5-10-20 ....
@@k2osha which one your are using, can you please tell
I just got Tunecore a week ago and already having a terrible experience. My song has been rejected twice due to “an issue with how the songwriter names were entered on your release.” I’m confused as to what the issue is because i entered the legal names in the songwriter spots and saved them. Tunecore is not responding back to me so i have no idea what they want me to do.
For it to take this long for them to get back to me is kinda crazy, it’s not even passed the front end review so right now i’m in limbo
hey Benjamin, what plan did you sign up for? Because the guarantee fast support times with certain plans.
Same herey its horrible
Very frustrating... same here I’ve been waiting more than a month
Dude just use distrokid because I have a lot of friends that has distro and I might get salt but never from my friends complain of anything. They never use tunecore but I always hear a lot about tunecore especially when it comes to money stealing cause artist don’t get their full amount of income as they should I mean sure some people say distro as well but they gotta understand it’s your responsibility because that’s why their is songtrust that helps with the messing money for distrokid. I’ll admit I sign up distro last year I havnt release any music but will soon but friends of mine I have a lot that uses distro and I’m happy to release music seriously soon on this page and so yea.seeing tunecore new thing looks cool but I still wouldn’t trust them due to the fact that it seems tunecore is messy with customer support and incomes at times….yea no no no especially Spotify is a big thing these days and distrokid is so smart with their Spotify features
@@RRRSoulEvan I use both
Great comparison!
Thanks for watching :)
Hi Charles, For the most part all of this is scrambling my brain - because I'm new to this. Easy question: I have one song produced. Should I try to distribute it or wait until I have multiple songs.
And, suppose it "takes off". Do the distributors flock to me asking for more music?
I'm only answering because it's been 13 days, so I assume the channel isn't able to respond. 1) It depends. Momentum is pretty important, so it's good to have a bunch of future releases ready to go and to keep a steady release schedule going all year round if you can. I would recommend looking at Damien Keyes's TH-cam channel for release strategies. 2) No, digital distributors will not ask for more material. They're doing the same job that distributors of physical formats do: they simplify the paperwork, get your music into stores, and collect income. They're not like labels, and they won't notice your success or be attracted to it.
Is distrokid ok to use in the UK? Or is it U.S mainly
Hi!
The discount for TuneCore is 20%?
Its still available?
Thank you for this video because i really didn't know what to choose, but now i know.
And if the discount is still available, that will give me the push to get in.
Thank you again!
I recently moved to distro for my latest release due to their yearly plan and soon after that tunecore brought theirs out lol.
You could always try out Tunecore for your next release to see what you think of it.
Hello @CharlesCleyn
I released one single by using Tunecore but I want to use Distrokid for my second single, so here is my question ;
Can I release my second single by using the same Spotify account on Distrokid ?
Beacuse I don't want to carry over my first single from The Tunecore to the Disttrokid.All I have been wondering is whether I am able to use both distributors for DIFFERENT songs in the same Spotify account.
Great video - should a musician plug their Paypal or CC?
Hi Charles thanks for the video, but i just wanna know if i can get that 20% on the label plan
I don't see why not, let me know what happens.
@@CharlesCleyn ok
Under TuneCore, is the Professional price option intended for Labels or there's another price plan for Labels?
mostly for labels yes
@@CharlesCleyn
Okay, thank you bro.
What if I upload a song as an independent artiste through a distributor.
Hey Charles! Thanks for this video. Has TuneCore added the "Artist Revenue Splits" function yet? If not, any word on when that might come around?
Justin Jacob Foundation
@CharlesCleyn any word on this?
@@justinjfountain they have
Yeah, it's added.
Yes it added now
Having trouble getting it to apply any discount for Tunecore.
Hey there Charles and all you beautiful people! I would like to ask you what happens when you change distributor with your already uploaded music, as well as, if you have to pay - whichever ammount of money you chose per year - either you upload new music or not, only to maintain your uploads. Thank you!
Thanks! Question; How about uploading unique remixes. Will it be accepted? If I have a lecture mixed with Dr Dre beats will it be accepted to the big music platforms. Looking to get out good messages for free! Thanks!
Hi beat box, you'll need to own the copyright to release the music, have the permission, or use royalty free samples/beats, if that is correct, then yes you can!
thank you !
I have a question. Does tunecore have the feature of letting you verify if the artist page their gonna send the track to is your actual artist page on that streaming platform?
Yes, they do
Yeah bro
The big problem with both: when the subscription is stopped, the songs are also taken out of the stores.
Ya, that’s why some people using Cd baby
I mean with Soundcloud it also works without extra costs. With Distrokid you have to pay quite a lot if you want the songs to stay in the stores permanently. You just have to be careful and people often forget to mention that.
Doesnt sound like a problem but a logical feat of their services, at least for me 🤔
Not if you pay for Distrokid's legacy feature, right?
Yes, but it is very expensive!
Hi Charles! May you make a video about the quality performance of your distributed song?
I mean which distributor make you sound better. Thanks
do you have the legacy option on tunecore tho?
For indian music which will u suggest?
Should I pay extra to distrokid for each platform?
Hey Charles, what's the music from 0:00 to 1:15 please? Intriguing rhythmic displacement. Very cool! Would like to listen to it properly. Many thanks.
hey nada, I get my music from epidemic sound :)
If you already have a TH-cam artist page, will they still create one for you? which i think would not be necessary, or can they skip that? Like do they ask, or it just goes automatic? Thanks
They will actually create another one, but under same name, TH-cam will later merge everything together into one channel
@@emmadroid Thanks 😊
@@meggyjones2448 u welcome
Are u using distro or tunecore?
@@emmadroid None yet
@@meggyjones2448 Oh alright
Distrokid's paying extra for Shazam, is the most annoying thing about them for me.
Not sure about tunecore... seen too many content creators having issues with them.
Hey does Tunecore let you whitelist your chamnel before i upload my music video to youtube? Because i just found out with distrokid... you have to wait until you get a cc claim on your channel and then dispute it.. i find that unfair if that's the case.. then the distributors earn 20% until the cc claim is cleared and that couls take days or weeks.. does anyone have more info on this? Are you able whitelist your chanell on Tunecore and then when you upload on music is should be all clear automatically?
Recently when i tried to distribute via tunecore i ran into a problem. They said that the title should have more details and stuff. I mean why should i do so if i make my own music and don’t i have the right to name the music whatever i like? Any idea what this is all about?
That sounds super odd, the only think I could think of is sometimes the distributor have naming conventions like you can't have all caps or something like that.
@@CharlesCleyn actually i fixed it by renaming the track. It’s good to go
Bro on tunecore professional subscription, how many artists can you accommodate. Because Distrokit now changed from yearly to monthly subscription. So we planning on quitting Distrokit to tunecore. We can't manage to make monthly payments
hey man, I think its' quote a lot, it could even be unlimited
yo, help me. Can i change release date? for example , i uploaded my old song in 2023 but i want change date on 2022
Can I release the same album on both, and if so how will they determine which distributor will pay me for the streams on platforms used by both?
Hello, I have a question I hope you can help.
I am about to release my first project, it’s an EP of 6 songs. But the thing is, since it is my first songs I want to release them one at a time, but not have them as singles. Is this something I can do with tunecore ?
Like on song a week for 6 weeks, the whole being an EP
hey Sa, you can release each as a single, at the end you can release as an EP. You're right in saying you can do this all with TuneCore.
@@CharlesCleyn thank you very much ! Does this mean that at the end I have to publish the songs once again ? Or can I simply « group » them as an EP?
@@CS-hn9xk if you release them one at a time they have to be singles, so I’d say drop some singles to grab some traffic to your page then drop EP w some new songs
@@HighFor3ver Crapppppp
@@CS-hn9xk trust the process you’ll be good if you release every song one by one as a single you can make it a playlist when you done n name it your Ep & send it out to ppl like tht as well
A helpful video!
Thanks Kevin, glad it was helpful!
I paid and still pay for tunecore.
The communication is terrible. Spotify artist didn't work, they never answer when I need help and I couldn't even get help trying cancelling to stop pay. Really regret it and I cant even get rid of it 😅
13:16 bro this feature is out now 👍
Can i still use w distrokid account if I have a tune core account ? How do i delete my tunecore account ??
is it true that u have to pay annually like 50 for each song or album to keep them on tunecore?
They updated it now you pay annually & not every song now
Yes exactly!
Hey Charles! Thank you for this video, super helpful. I'm just getting started making my own music and have a (potentially silly) question. I'm making music with two friends and we'd like all of our names to feature on the track as artists. Does that mean we'll have to sign up for the DistroKid Label pack/each of us have our own individual Musician packs?
To add to this, do I have the option to add an artist to a song on Spotify once it's already live?
do you have a video step by step upload songs to tunecore?
Hey Ivan, you could start here m.th-cam.com/video/thJn78MRzUY/w-d-xo.html
Bro the $80 per year plan on distrokid is only for 5 artists. The 100 artists plan costs $1,200 per year. If you would have clicked “see upgrades” on the label plan if you scroll down, there’s different options from 5 to 100 artists.
Here’s the exact Prices at the moment.
Musician: 1 band/artist, $19.99/year
Musician Plus: 2 bands/artists, $35.99/year (save 10%)
Ultimate 5: 5 bands/artists, $79.99/year (save 20%)
Ultimate 10: 10 bands/artists, $139.99/year (save 30%)
Ultimate 20: 20 bands/artists, $239.99/year (save 40%)
Ultimate 50: 50 bands/artists, $599.99/year (save 40%)
Ultimate 100: 100 bands/artists, $1199.99/year (save 40%)
I’m currently using distrokid. I would like to move towards tunecore. That would mean I’d have to use the upc and isrc codes that had already been given by distrokid. So would the $14.99 tunecore plan work out for me?
Hey Sheetal, that's right, the ISRC is the most important code but you should carry over the UPC code as well and make sure all the other date (artwork, song name, etc) is the exact same.
@@CharlesCleyn so the 14.99 plan should work right? ‘Cause the “use your own upc” doesn’t come under the 14.99 plan. So I am not sure what that means.
Oh okay. Thank you so much!
Don’t use tunecore bro, they scam artists, they delay ur releases and their customer service is non existent. I haven’t used distrokid but I’m giving it a shot
Honestly, if youtube decided to become or have a side business that allowed artists to distribute their music I’d use it
Tunecore - Very Expensive
Distrokid - They kick you out very easy without warning
I have wrote so many songs but haven't started recording yet writing music is so easy but when I think of how to get my music out there I get scared trying to start my home studio but everything just seems expensive any advice on how I should start....??
Hey you need a macbook and a free program to record (f.e. Reaper)
on the internet there is a lot of good free software for musicians
@@siarheihuzhonak5695 thanks I'll try to see how they work
@@cathywilliams3717 Also Ableton is a very good program. You can get all the features of Live 11 Suite free for 90 days
I am just a month at TuneCore and had lately a bad experience. I tried to release a single, but the homepage seems bugged. I cant finish the release process. It's always telling me that i haven't got the necessary licence and i need to upgrade my plan although i have already subscribed and paid for the premium plan breakthrough artist. Of course i have written to customer service but i haven't received any reply for 2 weeks. Anyone else made the same experiences?
I experienced it. Every time the process of uploading a song / photo file, the computer's performance becomes slow and even freezes
Thanks a lot for this breakdown Charles.
you're welcome, have you tried distributing on tunecore or distrokid?
@@CharlesCleyn I have tried Distrokid. Can't really say I gained much out of it. I want to give another distro platform a shot.
Worth a shot just to try it out.
@@CharlesCleyn I sure will brother. Keep furnishing us with these needed info though...don't stop!
Hello Charles.
I have encountered an issue when uploading my song on tunecore shosing Rising Artist plan. What I did is:
I made my payment first(14$) and I started filling the details after, when I wanted now to distribute the song they Said that with that plan I can't be able to distribute my song, I need to upgrade shosing an other plan, and the only option they gave is to go for the Professional plan which is more expensive.
So I'm questioning my self, making the payment before filling the details was wrong or is there something that I was supposed to do which I did not do?
Please help me, I'm stuck and confused!
Hey Patient, interesting, what about choosing the middle plan though? Better question is, where do you want to upload your music too?
@@CharlesCleyn actually I was talking about Tunecore.
I have paid already for the rising artist without result, Which throwed me off. I'm scared to continue with Tunecore. I will have to go for Distrokid
Do anyone have experience if Tuncore take down uploads or stop you from Uploading???
Because I have this bad experience with distrokid. I want to know if Tuncore doe's not do that before moving to them?
I dont' think any distributor will just randomly take your music down but they will however if you don't own the copyright, so just make sure of that.
Thank you for your honest review. It's definitely a difficult thing to compare! I wasnt a fan of tunecore at first and still on the fence about renewing or trying to change to a new distro service...I had a problem where so many other people had the name Juliano that my tracks and theirs wld get mixed up on the different platforms so i switched my name to DJOL a few months ago and its kinda been a mess.
Im almost thinking aboit taking my music down and starting over with Tunecore smh! I will say that even tho Tunecores suppprt may not be the fastest for the unlimited plan Im on, its consistent and even tho they will sometimes ask u dumb questions and stuff which only takes longer they are helpful amd consistent. I JUST REALLY WISH THEY WLD LIKE ASSIGN U ONE PERSON FOR SUPPORT SO THAT U DONT HAVE TO KEEP EXPLAINING WHATS GOING ON AND WHAT U NEED HELP WITH EVERY EMAIL.
I had the same issue with Distrokid so I stopped using their services and my songs are no longer on spotify now, I am just thinking if I can release the same songs again as a new release through TuneCore.
Hi, I got a question guys.
I’m thinking about signing up to Distrokid with my friend and we would like to form a band. When we select the $20 plan where you got 1 artist, can you have two credit cards registered to the one account or not? Because we would like to get payments on eachothers credit card. - If yes, can you also select how many % of earnings each other gets from every song?
I'm trying to release music from multiple artists under one label and that $49.99 Tunecore account is looking very tempting...
some people say you have to add an additional $14.99 for every artist you add to your label.
that 0.0037 breaks down to getting almost 1 penny for every 250 streams - and people used to say the record labels were robbing the musicians - the internet is MUCH more crooked than the labels ever were
Do we get unlimited artists in tunecore professional plan?
Yes
The more I watch this, the more I feel that I get special treatment from tunecore.
I've had only 1 issue and nothing after that.
I have custom labeling even tho I use the cheapest plan, and my releases usually release the next day after submission
Hey bro is tunecore faster ?
I don't want any isuue of contacting them again and again.... because of this issue i switched many distributor...now i am on distrokid.....but i want to go with tunecore for that free youtube content id
Tunecore takes a day to post, distrokid takes a day also. It’s pretty much the same shit. One exception is that distrokid can post on weekends while Tunecore doenst
ya, I agree, it's more or less the same. Both have been fast for me.
Distrokid suddenly deleted all my own music from all stores without a warning. But my cover songs are still online. It is really weird. I pay my account on time. Now Distrokid acts like a scam 😑
They did me like that twice I’m on tunecore now and ditto
Distrokid and Tunecore are both scam
interesting but sounds odd to me... were you using royalty free samples/beats, and did you own all the copyright to the music?
@@CharlesCleyn they did it to me too and my stuff was all from scratch
So damn. Where do we go? That Ditto one? 😂
Does distrokid get 20% rerevenue from view on topic channel?
And what if i dont select content id, is my music video/song protected if someone tried to repload it or perform covers of it?
If you get content Id you will get the revenue from others who have used or (played in their video)your music and from that distrokid will take 20% of it.
yes, exactly that.
Your Tunecore link saved me $. Thanks.
You're very welcome!
It did not save me money. I am not sure how to apply the promo code, or what the promo code actually is. I followed the link in the description, but the promo code was not automatically added when I went to the Tunecore check out page.
Hey Amy, it's not a promo code, you have to sign up with the link. If not, you don't get the discount.
Hi, I have 2 songs that got picked up for sync deals on musicxray that may be going onto the usa tv show Pretty Little Liars. I was hoping you could tell me if having a distribution deal will effect that in any way or am I good to still get a distribution deal?
I write great songs but the marketing I struggle with.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Voiceoftheppl
I want to know, tune core and distrokid can upload a same music?
hey man, yes, they can upload the same music.
@@CharlesCleyn Thank you so much for reply.