The process of uploading one's music to the net may seem quite easy but amazingly it isn't always what we think. In this article, I am going to break down every thing to make it easy so just sit back and relax and scroll through and trust me, you are going to enjoy this.
Firstly, distribution services are just like a couple of services on the net solely for the purpose of making your life as a musician easy. Take for instance to get your music on a couple of streaming services, you first have to download the app and make a direct upload of course,that is very hectic although there are a couple of apps out there that you can actually make your songs available there through the use of direct uploads, take for instance sound cloud but you just don't go about trying the same thing for every app like Spotify for instance cannot take direct uploads and you therefore need to hire the services of a distribution service and even if all the streaming platforms were to take direct uploads doing that would be in every way stressful so that's why whoever came up with the idea of distribution services is like some music messiah.With the advent of the internet, everything including music has to function from a technical perspective gone are the days when upcoming artistes used to go from street to street trying to find someone to make a purchase of their cassettes now you just drop your music on the line and sell it there so distribution service is kind of like a technological gift.
You may be like how do I get my music out there using a distribution service but that's no stress you see, the first step is choosing a distribution service of your choice it may be tunecore, distro kids, mangrove or fresh tunes just depending on your budget and your preference in the terms of budget, I mean most distribution services come for a fee if you are just starting and you aren't sure of yourself, I suggest you use fresh tunes it's free with no hidden cost.
Moving on, after you have chosen a distribution service, you then create an account there maybe with your email, Facebook, or I cloud.
After setting up your account you will go to the upload icon and click upload you will then go to your phone's audio content and Click on the File you want to upload it is important to note that most times you may need to convert your audio file to a Wav or flac format you can make use of vlc media to do this or any of the numerous apps for converting audio files like for example the audio converter app on play store.
The next step to take is filling in the information like the track name, selling price, contributing artistes countries it would be available on, the track cover photo and a whole lot of other things but you need to be careful as this part can be a little bit complicated as slight errors may lead to upload errors which can be pretty much frustrating.
After following all these procedures, your song would be on every recognized streaming platform in the world it is then your duty to effectively market your music and handle the royalties.
Most of the information here are from fresh tunes distribution service to learn more about using fresh tunes, follow Dylan's guide on his YouTube channel although these procedures can still apply to other distribution services.
I hope this information was in every way helpful as I am expecting you all to leave your comments as I am open to positive criticism and I am really willing to help just as you help me get better.
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