How to sell your music through i-tunes.
I have recently been made away if TuneCore , which allows you to set up your music for sale through i-tunes and other online sellers…
The beauty of the service is that submitting your music costs a flat fee of $0.99 per track, which works out at about 60p after exchange. Once the music is available all of the royalties are paid to the submitter – unlike many other similar services which take a percentage.
TuneCore have Non-Exclusive rights to distribute your material, which means that you can continue to release the music on other formats which is great news if you are already running a small indie label. There is a danger as an artist however that record labels may not want to work with material you have submitted through TuneCore being as they often like exclusive rights and may already have channels to distribute digital music. But if you plan to go it alone, this is of no real concern.
To get started you can set up an account for free which will help you understand how the service operates and it is worth taking the time to read the full terms and conditions. So far I have only set up a free account, but do intend to use this service for the release of some future Arcade material, so when I do I will report back my findings.
Hmmm interesting, I’ve been considering a couple of companies who will sort out digital distribution. Ditto in brum did have a good reputation as they managed to get Stourbridge band (whos name escapes me at present) into the top 40. I’ve since heard that they have taken on too much and are failing to deliver what they promise somewhat. They will however get you on iTunes, HMV etc for about £55 and do not retain exclusive rights. Kudos in London are another option but do ask a 2 year exclusive rights deal – I think they ask £5 per track up front and take a small percent from there on.
I have an e.p I am working on which should hopefully be ready in the New Year, I will use this as a tester…