From the course: Selling Music: MP3s, Streams, and CDs
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Choosing a digital music aggregator
From the course: Selling Music: MP3s, Streams, and CDs
Choosing a digital music aggregator
The easiest way to submit your music to a digital distribution service like iTunes or Spotify is to use what's known as an aggregator. An aggregation service submits your songs or album to multiple services all over the world, and also collects the royalty for the downloads or streams. There are more than 40 digital aggregators doing business around the world. But they all fall into two basic categories. They take a percentage of sales or you pay a fee. Examples of services that take a percentage are CD Baby, Louder, MondoTunes and Bandcamp. Services that charge on a per album or song basis include TuneCore and ReverbNation. Some services, like DistroKid, just require a yearly fee for unlimited submissions. There are a lot of options between aggregators, and there's no clear choice between them all. So, you have to find the one that fits your situation best. Some questions to ask when comparing services include, do they report to Nielsen SoundScan? Do you maintain your rights over…
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An overview of digital music delivery services2m 32s
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Choosing a digital music aggregator1m 42s
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Monetizing your YouTube videos1m 49s
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Why the $0.99 price point?1m 55s
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The pros and cons of giving your music away2m 53s
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The four kinds of free2m 26s
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The reason why metadata is so important2m 7s
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The basic metadata every track should have2m 50s
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How to register your songs with the performance rights organizations (PROs)2m 4s
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Submitting your songs to Pandora1m 39s
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Submitting your songs to Spotify2m 6s
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Submitting your songs to iTunes44s
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High-resolution music options2m 9s
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The new release schedule1m 55s
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