

It’s moving from “Movie style” to “Youtube Style”. Right now the industry is changing rapidly and artists are finding that thanks to technology a new release schedule is becoming extremely lucrative.

The $36/yr plan is recommended, as it allows you to set release/preorder dates, gain data insights, and set iTunes prices. You get to keep 100% of your royalties and can release an unlimited amount of tracks and albums, without raising the price of the subscription. It immediately beats Tunecore and CDBaby with that pricing unless you’re only releasing 2 singles for the entirety of your artistic career with Tunecore (or 2 a year with CDBaby). Yet is almost always behind DistroKid.ĭistroKid charges a yearly subscription to stay on their service. Any differences usually amount to $950 yearly revenue the service starts to lag behind Tunecore. All of the companies have almost the same distribution networks. Which service you go with generally amounts to how much traction you have on your own and whether you’re planning to be a releasing under multiple artists/bands. This section will explain in-depth why this is so. As an indie artist or band manager, go with DistroKid. Unless you are running your own record label, and releasing multiple large records for multiple large bands. Tunecore VS Distrokid VS CDBaby for ReleasesĢ020 Update: As it stands I have to almost always suggest Distrokid over Tunecore and the other competitors. However, in almost any other circumstance, Distrokid is your best option.

In my opinion, Tunecore is only viable if you are a full-time musician with a large following or a record label with many artists.

If you’re frequently getting questions about where to find your tracks during outreach and shows it’s definitely worth looking into. Essentially the bigger your following is, the better Tunecore is for you. Whether or not Tunecore is worth it is entirely dependent on where you are in your artistic career. A single has a flat rate of $11.99 ($1/mo). For an album it costs $35.99 ($3/mo) for the first year and $59.99 ($5/mo) for every following year. If you stop paying, your music is removed from the service. Tunecore has a subscription pricing strategy that’s separate for every album and single released on the service. How much does Tunecore Cost and What’s It’s Pricing Strategy? Google Play ( 2020 Update: Being Discontinued and combined with YouTube).The service allows artists to feature their work on a total of 150+ platforms, with the biggest networks being: With a smaller year one stocking fee, and a larger recurring annual fee. In exchange for the distribution of your music to these services, they ask for flat yearly fees for putting the tracks and albums in their system. The main appeal of Tunecore is the sheer amount of implied reach that the site promises. The main reason to use this service is it allows for musicians to get their mixes and songs on multiple online distribution platforms. Tunecore is a platform for conglomerating the distribution of digital music. You can see my in-depth DistroKid Review here. See the comparison section below for details. Is Tunecore a Scam For New Artists? Review of TunecoreĢ020 Update: As it stands I have to almost always suggest DistroKid over Tunecore and the other competitors.
