It will take a long time to hear back and a lot of revisions. The only stress is not always knowing why. First time? got all your bases covered?, then just re-apply.
Very good. This has made me realise there is no better platform to release any music on than TH-cam. It's simple as. Spotify makes it basically impossible.
@@mickeylmccarey311 how do you do that? I want to upload to spotify for fun, but I also want other people to be able to see it (friends, just people who randomly stumble upon it...) and I want to own what I do.
1. How much do I have to pay them? Or do we just have to hope that they accept our music? 2. Does it cost anything to get it distributed everywhere? 3. Is our music automatically copyrighted and safe from being stolen from others???
sarkar already answered the first two questions, but for the third one, absolutely any sort of piece of work uploaded publicly is protected by copyright. unless you specifically say so otherwise or there is some clause in the terms and conditions of the distributor that says that you lose copyright/ownership of the work, you are automatically protected by copyright. as long as you have proof its yours you can also sue other people for going against your copyrighted work if you feel like doing so
Are you making music? Share it with us in a comment so we can have a listen but don't spam a link, let us know what kind of music it is and where to find it.
Thank you very much for all this information, it really helped. As a new artist it can be very frustrating and confusing, especially after you have paid for ads and a distributor, to know where to find your song on Spotify. 👍
Thanks for that tutorial. I am very new to this process so this really is helpful. One question -- must I set up and pay for a Spotify account in order to place my songs there through a distributor? Thanks
My god, I am amazed that this concept actually worked out for spotify when you have another platform called youtube that just lets you upload on your own without the complicated process and arguably has a larger userbase.
We only pay once for a song or need to pay every years for that one song ? And after payment we can upload to all platforms for free of that one track?
I imagine you mean to upload them locally? Since you cannot upload songs to Spotify that you do not own. Did you watch the entire video? I explain how to upload files locally.
Thank you for information bro! After i watched your video, I realise there is no better platform to release any music on than TH-cam. Spotify make it impossible.
It really isn't that hard, use united masters. Its free and its in the app store, play store and its a website too. Unitedmasters allows you to keep your masters and they pay you but they own 10% of your payments. Unitedmaster has a subscription (Unitedmasters Select) and it allows you to keep 100% of your money and you can get your music in the NBA, video games, tv shows etc for $60 a year.
..I'm always hesitant to put a credit card out there when I do this and can people actually discover my music in masses..Are their distributors who can put the music.songs out to every steaming service?? And will they take percentages of what gets downloaded??
Hey Charles, thanks for the content. Can I claim my Spotify artist profile if my debut song is just uploaded but not released? In order to reach the playlists..
It starts at 0:00. Please don’t post the start time of what you’re subjective thought is. You’re generalizing that all viewers want the exact same thing as you.
The real reason you have to use a distributor as a middle man (Read: record label) is because people don't buy CD's anymore. Nobody really believes we don't know how to upload a minimum of 16 bit or 1500x1500 pixel cover art. It's a way to control artists/make money, since money isn't made via CD sales anymore. That's it.
I have about 40k listens on my 4 songs on SoundCloud, and have a pro account...do you think it’s easier to blow up on Spotify or Apple Music? What is the main wave right now in terms of what platforms people are using the most?
What kind of music are you making? It depends on this. It's really hard to "blow up" anywhere right now, other than Tik Tok. I would get your music on tik tok
How do you “copyright” music? I’m going to be doing relaxing music along with epic type music (I know complete opposite), n going to upload to TH-cam and eventually Spotify
![How To Upload Your First Song [in 7 minutes!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CfqfuuTQYqQ/mqdefault.jpg)
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"You need a distributer-"
Well that just ended my journey
You can do it!
Same
@@MiguelArches distrokid
It will take a long time to hear back and a lot of revisions. The only stress is not always knowing why. First time? got all your bases covered?, then just re-apply.
@@TheRobbur in gods time, i hope someday im still still achieving my goals.
When he said music distributer I imagined a big thug who goes around and submits your music
SAME
Bfb
Wait what
Battle for bfdi
Announcer
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THis helped me listen to my fav songs that are unrelased
How did you find them?
So what are your songs called
@@RobStar. all mine our on my spotify page, check them out! open.spotify.com/artist/3tvwYw8w04X8iwpZ2oOWSO?si=OxWuJqcgRkSYyw-Q72EECw
@@CharlesCleyn Woah you are like famous than us and you commented thats awsome! ○_○
@@RobStar. I try to comment on everything :)
"You need a distributer"
Me as a broke person: Time to pack up and move on :')
Same 😫
Let’s start a duo?
Same
There are free distributor too. Like one rpm
ok, but how it's cost to share own music on Spotify?
he sounds like there's bad news he needs to explain every time he talks
im not sure if that's a bad thing or a good thing
@@CharlesCleyn me either
😂😂
But it’s so satisfying when it’s good news
XD
"you need a distributer.."
and to the toilet my dreams go
go with a free one!
Don't forget to flush, then wash your hands. With soap
..and warm water
..oh at least 20 seconds
@@CharlesCleyn like what
@@Zombaytron like amuse it copyrights your song and distributes it for free
@@CharlesCleyn for example?
So you’re gonna tell me a distributor approved of ‘’yea I fricked a creeper’’
AYO
And all the other dodgy songs on Spotify haha
and Ram Ranch I’m scaref
what 😭✋
Very good. This has made me realise there is no better platform to release any music on than TH-cam. It's simple as. Spotify makes it basically impossible.
Yeah but with the algorithm being the way it is, good luck getting above 15 views in total!
But to get more views on your music you better hope the TH-cam algorithm feels like making it music I’m gonna do that now.
@@Higher-Ground That's the spirit but the reality is...
@@Higher-Ground youtube pays less than those apps
soundcloud
Thanks I can send this to Kendrick Lamar so we get a new album
I feel like the monster from insidious is gonna pop up behind you.
haha ya never know
Fuck bro why did you say that, now I'm always looking out for it
@@africasenergy lmao
“You need a distributor”
Ok.
*sends my music to a distributor*
Easy eno-
*the distributor has a subscription plan*
Ah crap.
Yep or I got mine declined
well, don't expect to get everything for free...
@@DanskeCrimeRiderTV u mean don't expect to be able to upload a song on a platform for songs
Me and my friend started a band, and were gonna try to put it on spotify, and this video really helped, so thank you
glad it helped!
@@CharlesCleyn does the files have to be waves files because I can't listen to the mp3s
@@prodmioo yes, the files have to be in wav to upload to spotify
What’s the band called I might check y’all out
What’s your band called?
Well that's fun, at 5:28 He finally shows!
And I accidently pressed alt f4 on my spotify app ;-;
Oh lol
1.5
me too
????
I feel you bro 😞🤞
Wise
@@sactiwa what
i just wanted to upload vocaloid songs, russian songs and slowed down songs that aren’t on spotify..
same here!
I swear
I publish on TH-cam and honestly when your beginning it’s perfect.
5:30 for those who want to know
that’s for local uploads only
very fucking helpful tysfm
@@CharlesCleyn I'm not getting an option like this on my android
"You need a distributor"
I'm barely old enough to have a TH-cam channel, how am I gonna get one?
ask a parent?
@@CharlesCleyn but what if his parent left to bring milk?
@@namansingla2975 💀💀💀💀
You can also use digital distributors, they'll take some of your spotify royalties but they're not a label.
@@mickeylmccarey311 how do you do that? I want to upload to spotify for fun, but I also want other people to be able to see it (friends, just people who randomly stumble upon it...) and I want to own what I do.
*and then there’s me who just want to upload the 2020 Animaniacs theme tune*
Did you did It?
Anyways, bruh I wanna put Steets Parade hahahaha
Out of ALLLL the videos on this FINALLYY someone who actually explains things!! THANK YOUUU
Thanks for watching!
It's Time for hitting Spotify!!!! 🥰tysm bro 💖
1. How much do I have to pay them? Or do we just have to hope that they accept our music?
2. Does it cost anything to get it distributed everywhere?
3. Is our music automatically copyrighted and safe from being stolen from others???
1 . Ans - some of them are free and they will accept
2. Ans - again some of them are free
3 . Ans - I don't know
sarkar already answered the first two questions, but for the third one, absolutely any sort of piece of work uploaded publicly is protected by copyright. unless you specifically say so otherwise or there is some clause in the terms and conditions of the distributor that says that you lose copyright/ownership of the work, you are automatically protected by copyright. as long as you have proof its yours you can also sue other people for going against your copyrighted work if you feel like doing so
Very Detailed and specific, thank you
you’re welcome!
*Stop talking and show us how to upload music to spotify.*
LOL fr
lol he just told you how, follow the procedure either you like it or not
Fr👁👄👁
@@jordankilikily4367 he was talking alot in the beginning
,.........fr
Thank you so much I was looking for a song and figured out they didn’t have it I really wanted it on my playlist.
Wow!! Your eyess are captivating!
Are you making music? Share it with us in a comment so we can have a listen but don't spam a link, let us know what kind of music it is and where to find it.
where is the local files ?
Yes I am
Samwel - Running In The Dark (th-cam.com/video/qX0VFhZ2mrs/w-d-xo.html)
soundcloud.com/user-161507896/your-name?ref=clipboard
check claws music mobashir rahman
@@sanarahman9174 yes please😄 it's a pride if you listen and leave a comment❤️🥰
th-cam.com/video/vDlBJ6V_QwQ/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much for all this information, it really helped. As a new artist it can be very frustrating and confusing, especially after you have paid for ads and a distributor, to know where to find your song on Spotify. 👍
I just watched a ad of Lebron James talking
That’s some odd ad targeting
This was eye-opening. Thanks. I had no idea. I need more material before I pay for a Distrokid sub but at least now I know the path!
Needing a distributer is one of the reasons Soundcloud is so much better than Spotify
this dude look like the typa guy who be starin at u on dem posters at the dentist
This video helped me... i just released my first ever song on youtube, now tryting to get it on spotify
Glad it helped, good luck with releasing your song!
your voice is like butter omg
and thanks for the video :)
Thanks for that tutorial. I am very new to this process so this really is helpful. One question -- must I set up and pay for a Spotify account in order to place my songs there through a distributor? Thanks
u have changed my life dude thx
this was really helpful because i was really struggling with this stuff but thank you
Bro I just want to upload some leaks onto Spotify so I can listen to it myself
Use local files
Onggh
Juice wrlds songs i guess
ong
I appreciate this video man!! much appreciated !
As much as I want to make music I think this is just gunna stay as something I do in my freetime
sounds good man!
Hi, bit late to the party but I’ve started finding my feet in Synthwave, uploads on my channel.. hopefully branching out to Spotify soon.
I wanted to upload slowed with reverb remixes but nvm, too many copyright obstacles there.
what kind of music are you making?
@@CharlesCleyn lofi
a lot of people download those through podcasts i believe? im not entirely sure but there is a slew of it out there
this will help me upload my new song
Is there a way to put spotify songs into your files if so please tell me how to
you mean downloading the songs and having them locally? No unfortunately you can't do that
Ok thanks for replying anyhow
U can screen record it off yt, download a video to mp3 and transfer the vid to a mp3 and now u have it
@@Aaaaaaaaaaaa417 or u can simply download it from Google!
Thank me later.
Bruh this like 7 year old uploaded her singing on Spotify and like dude.... who let her do that???
LMFAO
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EMILY MONTES
@the random person who like this comment *coughs in COPPA*
Loved your video!
Why I like TH-cam music
Wym?
This really helped. Thanks a lot Charles.
Your mic is soooooooo good !!!
Thank you!
My god, I am amazed that this concept actually worked out for spotify when you have another platform called youtube that just lets you upload on your own without the complicated process and arguably has a larger userbase.
Charles:However you cannot upload to spotify yourself.
Me: *Welp thats the end of my journey*
I would like you to make a video about different music distributors. :) (Also great vid!)
I really want to put my music on Spotify! It sounds complicated going through a distributed though, how much does that normally cost??
It’s less complicated then it seems I promise. It costs about 10 bucks a single or 20 bucks a year. Depending on which distributor you go with.
Excellent that was want I needed to know!!! Great question!
@@mosecarter3074 sorry I'm new to this, but what is a distributor?
@@jov.0580 its like a middleman that checks your music, after that he uploads it for you
We only pay once for a song or need to pay every years for that one song ?
And after payment we can upload to all platforms for free of that one track?
I didn't understand nothing😑😑😑
How can I promote and upload songs that I do not own, just to make them visible on Spotify?
I imagine you mean to upload them locally? Since you cannot upload songs to Spotify that you do not own. Did you watch the entire video? I explain how to upload files locally.
Charles Cleyn I think what he’s trying to ask is whether or not you need some sort of mechanical license to upload copyrighted music onto Spotify.
I came here to see if i could upload Rodrick singing ‘Baby’
I don’t wanna make money, I just wanna listen to music without the hassle.
Are you making music?
@@CharlesCleyn no, I just wanna make a play list with songs that I like, but they are unfortunately not on Spotify.
@@adam58583 you ever figure it out?
@@27two nah, i just switched to soundcloud. 10x easier and better music with half the ads
2:20 if you want him to get to the point
Is there a way I can upload “King of the fall” -The Weeknd to Spotify?
unfortunately not, you can only upload songs to spotify if you own the copyright
You can with Local Files. But only you'll be able to see it
@@zepp.5784 yes, that is true
Charles Cleyn how
@@CharlesCleyn so if I upload a song that is copyrighted only I will be able to see it?
I swear ... is not even about the money, its about making it available for ppl to listen at will
God bless everyone and protect everyone y’all be blessed and safe Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for information bro! After i watched your video, I realise there is no better platform to release any music on than TH-cam. Spotify make it impossible.
i just want to upload music that isn’t there
What are you looking for?
Charles Cleyn im looking for thim slick by fabolous
@@tyjanaeeeeee use local files
@@CharlesCleyn the device event music
If I'm ever in the hospital, I want this guy to explain to me how I got there LOL
haha
haha
haha
welp, i searched a song that isnt on Spotify so I wanted to try and upload it myself but it seems like it is waayyyy harder than it is - < -
It really isn't that hard, use united masters. Its free and its in the app store, play store and its a website too. Unitedmasters allows you to keep your masters and they pay you but they own 10% of your payments. Unitedmaster has a subscription (Unitedmasters Select) and it allows you to keep 100% of your money and you can get your music in the NBA, video games, tv shows etc for $60 a year.
Thanks for the help I liked and subscribed
Doesn’t it cost money to upload original music/covers to the streaming services?
yes, distributors will charge you a fee or they will take a % of your master royalties
honestly I just wanted to upload some songs of the moon men singing from Moonbase Alpha
Hello Charles how again do you get your songs (mine actually) to all the streaming services..And do you master songs to help artists yourself??
..I'm always hesitant to put a credit card out there when I do this and can people actually discover my music in masses..Are their distributors who can put the music.songs out to every steaming service?? And will they take percentages of what gets downloaded??
Dude, thank you so much for this video
You're very welcome
Hey Charles, thanks for the content.
Can I claim my Spotify artist profile if my debut song is just uploaded but not released? In order to reach the playlists..
Bouta make my own carti deluxe cause this nigga not dropping
My song is already in spotify🥵🥵 love from spain
Nice, how’s your promotion going for it?
thank you great video explains a lot
You're very welcome!
it starts at 5:29
It starts at 0:00. Please don’t post the start time of what you’re subjective thought is. You’re generalizing that all viewers want the exact same thing as you.
@@CharlesCleyn the person that liked my comment disagrees
😂
And I disliked your comment so I disagree.
this guys cadence is hypnotizing
does this work since my fans keep telling me to put my loops and albums into spotify
if you want to sell loops, you might consider something like beat stars instead?
@@CharlesCleyn they just want the song to be on spotify and i just wanna make em happy
Make em happy then
@@CharlesCleyn i dont have money :(
The real reason you have to use a distributor as a middle man (Read: record label) is because people don't buy CD's anymore. Nobody really believes we don't know how to upload a minimum of 16 bit or 1500x1500 pixel cover art. It's a way to control artists/make money, since money isn't made via CD sales anymore. That's it.
Welp, I was gonna share my music, but I'll stick with TH-cam for now.
You can also go with soundcloud too if you want to stay with the free option
this is actually such a good quality video tbfh
thanks!
Hey thanks for the info. Curious, about band or artist name. Wouldn’t that need to be patented or trademarked, or whatever it would be called?
Love your voice!
Zussman? What you doing here? Piersons looking for you.
Freddie! Is that you!?
Charles Cleyn Yes dear
Where's Turner???
Great video man. Cheers!
You’re very welcome.
Now I get to listen to doom music!
Like the classic doom game?
thank you very clear n articulate 👏
i just wanna upload alessia cara here lucian remix thats so sick
I'm on rap fame and my name is 3pac and I'm going to upload my rap fame songs to spotify
I have about 40k listens on my 4 songs on SoundCloud, and have a pro account...do you think it’s easier to blow up on Spotify or Apple Music? What is the main wave right now in terms of what platforms people are using the most?
What kind of music are you making? It depends on this. It's really hard to "blow up" anywhere right now, other than Tik Tok. I would get your music on tik tok
thank u big bro i like ur video
Can I do this at 13? I am good at making music and want to upload it to spotif
To be honest I’m not sure if there are any age restrictions. Anyone else know?
I would like a video comparing the distributors!!
Hey Amy, I got you! How's this? -> th-cam.com/video/--sKfd07o88/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=CharlesCleyn
If we upload, it can be shareable link on spotify?
Yes, once it’s on Spotify then you are free to share it.
Thank you man take care love you .
I’m having some difficulty uploading. The file I want to upload won’t let me click on it. What did I do wrong ??
Easiest one is amuse it’s free As well
no way
How do you “copyright” music? I’m going to be doing relaxing music along with epic type music (I know complete opposite), n going to upload to TH-cam and eventually Spotify
Starts at 5:30
Plz Help Sweet Dee Versace out?¿
What do you need help with?
THANKS! I want to be an artist and you helped me!!!