MUSIC DISTRIBUTION RESOURCESThe internet has been a huge tool helping musicians find music distribution resources with the click of a mouse. Because of this, the playing field truly has been leveled in many arenas! We now have the ability to create great quality music with our home studios, complete a finished product, and upload that music right onto the internet to be distributed through companies which provide this service. These companies even provide tips and information on how to promote and market yourself and your music. Ioda Alliance IODA is the industry-leading digital distribution company for the global independent music community. Here is a direct link to their “About” page: The Orchard Distribution Company The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD) licenses and globally distributes more than 1.3 million songs and over 5,000 video titles through hundreds of digital stores (e.g. iTunes, eMusic, Google, Netflix, V CAST) and mobile carriers (e.g. Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Bell Canada, 3). With operations in 29 regions around the world, The Orchard drives sales for its label, retailer, brand, and agency clients through innovative marketing and promotional campaigns; brand entertainment programs; and film, advertising, gaming and television licensing. Through its recently acquired TVT Distribution division, The Orchard also offers physical distribution solutions of music in CD and vinyl format for select record label partners. A pioneer in digital music and media services, The Orchard fosters creativity and independence. The Orchard delivers to the leading online and mobile digital retailers throughout the world – over 400 and counting – with their fast, secure and efficient ingestion and delivery system, which is entirely managed in-house, under their strict control. Here is a direct link to their “Distribution
Services” page: CD Baby Music Distribution Company CDBaby is a trusted resource for music distribution for the independent artist who is looking to inexpensively find distribution for your music both physically and digitally. In business, and thriving since March 1998 they are one of the largest sellers of independent music on the web. They will seamlessly also distribute your music physically when you decide to provide product to them. They also have fantastic information there on exactly how to correctly go about including someone else’s music on your cd with you as the artist covering it, plus a wealth of other valuable information. Songcast Music SongCast
is one of the World's largest
distributors of independent music. Their relationships with iTunes,
Rhapsody, Amazon, Emusic and Napster enables them to put your music in
front of millions of music purchasing consumers. With SongCast, you can
start selling your own music on these major retail sites. They also
provide you with customized code to link your MySpace and other
websites directly to iTunes. Your fans will easily be able to find and
purchase your music online. TuneCore TuneCore is all about getting your music heard and available to buy. They want you to earn money from your music and make a living doing what you love. They believe that all artists and bands should have equal access to the channels of music distribution, the physical and virtual stores alike. Why should you have to give up money from each and every sale of your music? Why should you have to enter into exclusive deals and sign strangling contracts? Why should you have to give up your rights and the ownership of your own music to some other company just to gain access to music stores? TuneCore changes all that. TuneCore
believes that all artists should have
affordable access to all channels of music distribution, get all of the
money generated from the sale of their music, and all without giving up
any of their master recording ownership, copyrights, merchandise
rights, live performance income, public performance royalties or any
other rights or money.
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