From the course: The Business of Songwriting: First Steps
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Setting up digital and physical distribution of your music
From the course: The Business of Songwriting: First Steps
Setting up digital and physical distribution of your music
It's easier than ever to sell your music online these days. There are a number of services that can distribute music from independent artists to the plethora of online digital music stores like iTunes and streaming services like Spotify. TuneCore, CD Baby, The Orchard, Baseware for Beatport releases, and many others offer digital distribution. Here I'm going to focus on TuneCore and CD Baby as examples. These are two well respected and popular companies that offer a variety of services. And they're pretty much in competition with each other for your business. So, let's take a look at what they offer. CD Baby was one of the first independent digital distributors in the world. They currently have partnerships with nearly 100 digital music services, including the major players like iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play and Spotify. They also sell physical CDs, and they're one of the few services to do so. So, in addition to distributing your music digitally, you can also send them copies of…
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Being a do-it-yourself (DIY) musician3m 30s
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Setting up digital and physical distribution of your music5m 15s
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Direct-to-fan connection with Topspin, Bandcamp, and ReverbNation3m 40s
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Manufacturing physical copies of your music3m 34s
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Selling your music using Square Register and Reader3m 29s
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The importance of your website3m 53s
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Social promotion3m 50s
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Maintaining a mailing list4m 3s
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The importance of video and a YouTube presence4m 57s
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Music placement5m 2s
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Who's on your team?4m 31s
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