What is the best music distribution company? The answer is ADED.US Music Distribution. I wrote a blog way back in 2014 of what I considered to be the top 10 best music distributor companies in the world. For some reason, the search engines decided to take heed of that blog and it is popping up high in search ranking in 2016 and 2017. I had to wait 2-3 years in order to get a great ranking but good things come to those who wait I guess. Especially since I didn’t have to pay for that great search engine placement like all these music distribution companies do.
So I wanted to experiment here. Let’s gather some key words from my competitors in the blog and business world and see what happens. If you’re an independent musician and you want to learn how to sell your music on iTunes or how to get your music on Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, etc. then click the button below.
Best Music Distribution Company
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Music Distribution Companies
I am going to fool around with H1 and H2 tags to see what happens.
Music Promotion
Here, I will also pull the keywords associated with the top ranking site on Google for music promotion. So, “What is the best music promotion company?”. The answer is also ADED.US Music Distribution since they do promo as well.
Here are the keywords:
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Time to cook some collard greens with smoked turkey wings, actually smoked turkey legs.
Just so you know, I’ve tried this with mustard and turnip greens but it just wasn’t the same. I’ve perfected this recipe so I don’t see the need to adjust it from this formula. I’ve also seen people cook cabbage and collard greens together and it has this buttery texture.
Prep
Break away the collard green leaves from the stem and discard the stem. Rip (shred) the leaves so they are bite sized. Rinse thoroughly (I use a strainer (colander)). Soak them in a solution of warm water and apple cider vinegar for about 30 minutes to remove some of the dirt, grit, and grime. Rinse again and put it in a large pot or slow cooker.
In a separate pan, Simmer your (cubed) pork jowl bacon along with the (chopped) bell pepper and onions. Then combine everything with the big pot of greens.
Ingredients
The Veggies
collard greens –– 3 bunches
1-2 bell peppers (depending on size and how much you like bell peppers). Preferably red as this gives it a color that pops and it is traditionally what is used.
1 onion (chopped or diced) –– different onions have different tastes so remember that and experiment with it if need be.
The Seasoning
oil –– 3 tablespoons (disregard if you’re using pork jowl bacon as it already produces quite a bit of grease)
crushed red peppers –– 2 tablespoons
garlic –– 2 tablespoons, crushed or minced is fine
season salt –– 2 tablespoons (you might not need to use this if your chicken bouillon (broth) already has those elements in it. You don’t want to overdo it here cause it could blast you as it’s too much seasoning).
black pepper –– 1 tablespoon
apple cider vinegar –– 2 tablespoons (optional)
The Meat (choose one of these)
2 smoked turkey legs (leave whole)
1 pound of smoked pork jowl bacon (chopped into cubes) –– Usually, when I buy pork jowl bacon it is already so large that I only end up using half of it. Personally, I’ve tried both the smoked turkey and the bacon and (although they are both delicioso) I prefer the taste of the pork jowl bacon.
I actually combined what I saw and heard in 2 different videos to come up with a general idea of what I’d like to do with this recipe. See for yourself…
Many independent artists and musicians have enquired about how to put music on Apple Music. Apple Music is the music streaming section of Apple’s iTunes store and app. So, when you make your music available on the iTunes store, customers can purchase and download your albums and songs to their Apple devices, such as their iPod, iPhone, iPad, or just about any Apple device or computer running the iTunes app.
In order for you to get music on Apple Music you will need to register yourself as a distributing label. You can do this easily by partnering up with an actual music distribution label like the ADED.US Music Store, who will vouch for you and register you as a distributing label under their label.
ADED.US Music Distribution has broken the process down into 4 easy steps:
Pay your membership fee ($100)
Format your files
Upload and/or Share your files
Fill out the 3 submission forms
After you make your $100 payment and complete these 4 steps, a distribution rep will be assigned to you. This distribution rep will process your music and send your music to the various digital retailers (like iTunes and Apple Music). The distribution rep will also assign you 12 distribution credits. These 12 distribution credits allow you to submit 12 releases to all of the 1,000+ digital stores and apps that ADED.US distributes to.
A release can be defined as
A single: a release with 1 song
An EP: a release with 2-9 songs
An album: a release with 10-19 songs
So, what are you waiting for? Secure your distribution deal today and upload your music to Apple Music and iTunes!
Did you know?: When a customer buys your song on iTunes for 99¢, Apple keeps 29¢ and gives you 70¢ out of that 99¢ transaction.
I just had to post this music up the second I found out that it was published to iTunes, Apple Music, and YouTube Red. For anyone in the world, this album was sort of hard to come by unless you were living in Georgia circa 2002 and had access to underground albums.
This was Pastor Troy’s second unofficial solo mixtape. Hell 2 Pay came out in a time before the idea of offering up free mixtapes digitally was the ‘thing to do’. His first album, “We Ready: I Declare War” caused quite a stir for a couple of reasons:
Pastor Troy was openly dissing Master P who, at the time, was dominating radioplay in the city of Atlanta and (subsequently) the entire state of Georgia. Outkast, Goodie Mob, and the entire Dungeon Family were in a hiatus of sorts (at the time) and Georgia (as a state) didn’t have much representation in the world of Hip-Hop. We (Georgians) needed someone to carry the flag for us and Pastor Troy picked that flag up in 1999.
When Pastor Troy received so much radio play himself, the heads of UMG (Universal Music Group) took notice and offered Troy a deal. The deal was paramount since it was an independent artist (not a label powerhouse like LaFace Records) receiving the deal. Of course, that deal fizzled out and Troy himself has stated several times that he made more money independently.
T.I.‘s burgeoning label (Grand Hustle) and labelmates (PSC (Pimp Squad Click)) were also releasing underground tapes to the Hip-Hop spots of Georgia. But that’s for another post. These were interesting, albeit depressing, times indeed in the state of Georgia from 1999-2004..
This is a series with 9 volumes that was originally released by Unison Music circa 1995. Unison would release disjointed collections of ambient, classical, and soundscape music that were distributed throughout several grocery store chains in the U.S.A.. Usually, each release would have a specific artist taking the helm with several other instrumental performers backing them up.
Later, Unison Music would be acquired by Word Entertainment, LLC and the releases would be re-released digitally. Of course, they stripped all artist credits from these releases and simply listed the artist name as WordHarmonic.
Looking for the best music distribution company? Well, since most people would consider me a music distribution expert, here’s my list of the best music distribution companies. Keep in mind that, as a former musician myself, I’ve actually used the majority of these companies in my own music distribution efforts. So, I know what I’m talking about.
First up is ADED.US Music Distribution. Now, if you say the words into a voice recognition software like Siri, Google, or Cortana, it would sound like “added us music distribution”. You can communicate with them across social networks using #ADEDdotUS or @ADEDdotUS.
ADED.US will (most likely) always rank #1 because they give you the most bang for your buck. Their Ultimate Package is only $100 and here’s what you get:
12 distribution credits: This means you can submit 12 separate releases. Now, what is a release? Well, a ‘release’ can be a single, EP, or an album. A single is a release with 1 track and/or multiple versions of that 1 track. An EP is a release with 2-9 tracks. An album is a release with 10-19 tracks. ADED.US let’s you mixand match your submissions however you like.
1,000 stores: When you sign up for the Ultimate Package ($100), all 12 of your releases will automatically get distributed to all of the 1,000 digital stores and apps that ADED.US has contracts with. These stores include Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play, Shazam, YouTube Red, 7digital, Tidal, iHeartRadio, and more!
Free promotion + Paid promotion: Unlike most other music distributors, once your music has been published to the majority of stores – a process that can take up to 2 weeks – ADED.US will promote some of your listings for free across their own social networking pages. You can also opt-in to get your music e-blasted to over 25,000 verified music lovers and music industry reps for only $25.
There are several runners up that can distribute your music and show you how to sell your music on itunes and other stores. However, none of them match the deal that ADED.US is offering.
Many people get the concepts of music publishing and music distribution mixed up. In most cases, they may say things like “I want to get my music published” or “I want to make money from publishing”… but, what they are really talking about is music distribution. Here are the key differences:
Music Publishing is when you publish the lyrics of your music –– and in some cases the sounds themselves.If your music is used in a movie, on a TV show, or it is played on the radio, then the company that used it must pay you a royalty for using it
Music Distribution is when your music is made available for sale in a store. Now, there are basically 4 ways to get paid from distributing your music:
your music is available physically (in a store) in the form of a CD, cassette tape, or Vinyl record
your music is available for purchase and download as a digital downloadable file such as a mp3, wav, FLAC, mp4, etc. through stores like Apple iTunes, Amazon Digital Music, Google Play Music, etc..
your music is available for streaming on demand from stores and apps like Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music All Access, Amazon Prime Music, Slacker Radio, etc..
your music is part of a streaming radio set like Beats 1 Radio, Slacker Radio, Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc.
So, if you are interested in making your music available in as many stores and apps as possible then you will need to secure a distribution deal through a music distribution company –– also referred to as an ‘aggregator’ –– like ADED.US Music Distribution.
You may see ADED.US Music Distribution referred to by other names such as ADED Distribution, ADEDistribution, ADE Distribution, Added Us Music Distribution, #ADEDdotUS, or @ADEDdotUS.
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The world of digital distribution (in regards to music) can seem like a long walk through very murky waters for any independent musician. So, we’ve collected a pretty comprehensive list of music distribution companies and the stores they distribute to. If you were to ask: “What is the best music distribution company that will show me how to put music on itunes store?”, then our answer would be ADED.US Music Distribution at http://www.aded.us
Here is our list of music companies that offer placement services and distribution companies that can put your music onto the various digital music stores
This company is the only music distributor that will also promote your content for free on their channels. They also have options for further promotion (for as low as $25). Their network includes over 30,000 music industry professionals and they promote via e-blasts and social networking posts.
They have 4 package deals to match the scale of your needs:
The Ultimate Package –– $100 a year for 12 releases to be distributed to all 1,000 digital stores and apps. This essentially sets you up with a label deal. So, you are getting major label level distribution even though you are an indie artist or independent record label!
Pick-and-Choose Monthly –– $5 a month and you pick and choose (hence the name) only the stores you want to distribute to. –– These pick and choose packages are for people that want to distribute their music to certain stores but not all the stores. So pricing varies via the extra store placement fee you have to pay. Usually it’s only $3-$10 per store. So, members get a discount on store placement fees and only pay for what they want. Most other music distribution platforms do not offer this.
Pick-and-Choose Annual –– $45 a year + store placement fee(s). You save $15 a year on membership fees if you are willing to pay for a whole year up front.
Pick-and-Choose Weekly –– $1.25 a week + store placement fee(s).
One release to 1 store $8.99 flat fee for 1 song (a single).
They also do extra services for you like:
Promoting your material on their InstaGram, FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest pages
Verifying store front-end links. This is so you can see where your music goes. Most other music distributors don’t do this.
Adding your song(s) to 3 company radio playlists for guaranteed streaming. This can be negotiated for about $20.
You may encounter the name of ADED.US used in several ways: added us music distribution, aded distribution, ade distribution, adedistribution, aded us music distribution, etc..
Although CD Baby is considered to be one of the two largest music distribution companies in the world (TuneCore being the other), CD Baby is known to change prices constantly. This is annoying as well as confusing for members. In most instances, they will also keep 15% of your royalties ON TOP of the up-front fee they expect you to pay. This is referred to as “double dipping” and it is frowned upon.
They have an extensive history of making changes, such as who owns the company and overall pricing schemes. The company has been sold twice since being founded by Derek Sivers.
Based on the number of members it has, TuneCore is considered to be one of the two largest music distribution companies in the world (CD Baby being the other). Much like CD Baby, they have changed pricing schemes dramatically. Also, the ousting of it’s founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells was a public nightmare for the company and has left many members wondering what’s going on. The company is currently controlled by venture capitalists, not music business people…
Unfortunately, we cannot recommend that anyone join Ditto Music for the simple fact that the people who run Ditto Music –– and the people that work for them –– are known ‘trollers’ in the music distribution business. They will do things, like searching for videos and/or social networking pages of competitors and they will leave negative comments and/or taunt the other distributors. These actions make them look unprofessional.
They claim to be FREE, but this is merely a play on words. They use the word FREE because they are not charging you an up front fee. However, they keep 20% of your royalties. Therefore, it isn’t actually free.
ran by Kevin Rivers from Michigan, U.S.A.
Venzo Digital has had problems with maintaining relevancy in the digital distribution world. They have switched names several times. They were originally called WaTunes and claimed to be headed by a fake ‘umbrella’ company called Xeinge
MondoTunes is ran by Javan Mershad from Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A.
This is one of those fly-by-night companies that uses big numbers to sucker you in. They boast about being able to distribute your music to 750 stores. This may be technically accurate but not what YOU’RE thinking. Those are 750 stores… not BRANDS… iTunes accounts for at least 111+ of those “750 stores” because iTunes is available in at least 111 countries and each country is considered a different store. So, in reality, MondoTunes is a small outfit that doesn’t distribute to as many brands as they claim. Enticing would-be applicants to your service through misleading text is a bad way to start off.
a/k/a Catapult Music, Catapult Distribution, Catapult Music Distribution
Pricing: $25 for an 1 album, $9 for 1 single. They only pay out 91% of your royalties.
Their site says that they were founded in 2006 by Caleb Carruth and that they are based out of Dallas, TX, USA
Truth be told, although we’ve done extensive research on the various digital distribution companies for music, Catapult hasn’t come to the forefront until 2015. We suspect they are paying Google AdWords a pretty penny for those first page placements in Google’s search results
BandCamp is ran by Ethan Diamond from San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
This company is a DIY (do it yourself) company and they keep 10% of your sales for themselves. The way BandCamp collects their 10% is tricky. They don’t take 10% out of every sale. They give you 100% of 9 (out of 10) sales you make, then they take 100% of your 10th sale.
Songs purchased on BandCamp are not available to download directly to an Apple smart device.
BandCamp allows you to upload and sell your own music and set the pricing. However, they do not distribute your music to any other digital stores and apps. Your music will only be available on bandcamp.com.
This company is controlled by venture capitalist Tony Conrad of True Ventures.
They offer their own distribution but it’s really expensive. Especially compared to ADED.US Music Distribution. Plus, the songs that are available on their store are usually higher priced than the songs that are available on iTunes.
The website is centered around the EDM/IDM community
BeatPort is an active community of EDM Producers, DJs, and music buyers. Their site operates much like ReverbNation and BandCamp in the sense that you can buy and sell music all in the same community space, but they are lacking the artist apps of ADED.US Music Distribution
founded by John Acquaviva, it was bought out by Robert F. X. Sillerman’s company SFX Entertainment, for a reported price of slightly over $50 million.
Update: CreateSpace recently announced that they will no longer be allowing independent artists to submit their music to be placed on the Amazon store through CreateSpace (as of 9-9-2014)
DIY, distributes to Amazon only
Artists using CreateSpace only collect a maximum of $0.65 per song sold regardless of what price Amazon sells it for. This pales in comparison to iTunes, which offers at least 70% of the sale price.
Artists may feel limited in their options to upload their music, as CreateSpace only accepts AIFF and MP3 (320kbps CBR) quality files (in a zip file)
This service is extremely expensive and complicated compared to other services.
This company is ran by Martin Tjho from Amsterdam, Netherlands.
If you are an independent artist and you want to distribute your music to Spotify, then chances are the people that work for Spotify are going to tell you to sign up with FUGA (or CI) –– our advice is DON’T DO IT.
They require you to upload your files to them through FTP. While nerds like me understand how to do this, the general musician will not know how to do this
This company is somehow connected to another company called Target Media, not to be confused with the Target stores in America.
Ran by several people, Kontor is a music distribution company based in Germany. They claim the be a distributor for the Walt Disney Company in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
They claim to distribute music, movies, and e-books. They are not up front with their pricing. You have to e-mail them to sign up and get further information. iMusician Digital uses them to distribute and has stated that Kontor takes 15% of your royalties.
They do not have transparent pricing for any of their services. They require you to e-mail them for pricing. This is usually a shady business practice because, after you e-mail them, that’s when they decide to drop those high price tag bombs on you.
Located in Half Moon Bay, California, U.S.A.
WhoIs says their domain is registered by Granada Studios in El Granada, California, U.S.A.
ONErpm, which stands for One Revolution People’s Music, is a music distribution company based out of Brazil. Although the founder was born-n-raised in the U.S.A., he chose to work in the South American market.
01-05 track project = $25 (one time sign up fee) + $10.99 = $35.99
06-10 track project = $25 (one time sign up fee) + $19.99 = $44.99
11-15 track project = $25 (one time sign up fee) + $29.99 = $54.99
16-20 track project = $25 (one time sign up fee) + $39.99 = $64.99
Label Pricing (as of 9-24-2014) –– in order for you to collect 100% of your royalties (as a label) you have to pay them $500 up front.
Based out of Wesley Chapel, FL
ran by Jorge Brea, Jeannette Brea (Jorge’s wife), and Julio Brea (Jorge’s brother)
We saw a review from a former employee saying that they aren’t good to their employees.
They like to use word play and math trickery to make their prices seem lower than their competitors in comparison. However, Symphonic Distribution is (by far) one of the most expensive distribution services to use and, therefore, we can not recommend them.
Spinnup claims to be associated with (or ran by) Universal Music. They are pretty new in the space of ‘independent’ music distribution. However, the real question an independent artist should be asking themselves, when dealing with a company as ‘large’ as Universal, is… “Do I, as an independent musician, really want my music controlled by a major label who wouldn’t sign me in the first place?”
Consolidated Independent
a/k/a CI or C.I. | consolidatedindependent | ci-support.com
extremely high priced and complicated
If you are an independent artist and you want to distribute your music to Spotify, then chances are the people that work for Spotify are going to tell you to sign up with CI (or FUGA) –– our advice is DON’T DO IT
EMI is a publishing company that monitors radio stations, network television, and movies to see if music (from artists that use their service) is being used. They collect royalties on your behalf. They were acquired by UMG (Universal Music Group).
a site that showcases music offered in public domain, with or without creative commons licenses attached, sort of like a public library for downloading free music
Controlled by Robb McDaniels (CEO ) –– A decade ago he launched INgrooves out of his spare bedroom. Since then he’s raised over $50 million in capital and built a staff of 140, becoming one of the world’s largest distributors of digital music. INgrooves is home to acts from Mac Miller to Dolly Parton and small labels like X5 but also handles distribution for Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company.
Note: INgrooves does not have transparent pricing, you have to e-mail them to find out their prices.
A whois search on them says their domain was registered on September 30, 2002, but their information is being protected by a ‘privacy blocker’ company.
They claim to have offices in L.A., San Francisco, NYC, and London.
I don’t see how this differs from bandcamp, besides the fact that it’s more complicated and costs more. Artists wanting an official artist page/app would be better off just going through ADED.US Music Distribution or BandCamp as it is cheaper and less complicated.
ran by Andrew Drake from Sydney, Australia. Servers possibly located in London, U.K.
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Their website is very convoluted. They like to use big words but are very vague on the exact pricing details. They don’t outline (in a list) what stores they distribute to. They ‘appear’ to be more of an artist representation service than an actual distribution company
NoiseTrade is sort of like BandCamp. They have a clean interface that translates somewhat nicely to mobile. They allow you to sell music and books. They don’t have nearly as many members as most services because they seem to take in people on a case-by-case basis.
NoiseTrade Music helps artists & labels meaningfully connect with fans through the exchange of free music for email addresses & postal codes.
DistroKid is relatively new on the scene of music distribution. They smooth talked their way into getting, what appears to be, a ‘nod’ from former music distribution moguls Jeff Price and Derek Sivers. Their pricing scheme is unique in that it’s based on the number of artists you are submitting as opposed to the number of releases you are submitting.
For example, if you are trying to distribute the releases of 1 artist, then they will charge you $19.99 a year and that artist can upload an unlimited number of releases. You can also submit the releases of multiple artists (from 5-100) for anywhere from $80-$1200 a year.
We discovered that DistroKid is in fact a middleman of sorts as they are using Loudr.fm (now Soundrop or Soundr) to deliver their content to the various digital retail stores and apps.
The company was founded by Philip Kaplan and is based in San Francisco, California, U.S.A..
This site is possibly defunct and now it’s just a blog.
based out of France (French)
These are distributors and/or stores that we have heard of, but we have not (yet) consolidated information about
Accenture – Amie Street – AmazingTunes.com – Anywhere FM – Art Empire Industries – AWAL a/k/a Artists Without A Label – Arvato Digital Services – AStream – Audiojelly – Audiolife – Band Metrics – Bandstocks – Bitpass – Black Market (Soho) – Bleep – Blubster – Blueprint Media – Brilliant Digital – Broad Street Digital – Broadchart – BurnLounge – Cadiz Digital – CD Fuse – CD Unsigned – Dancetracks – Datz.com – Digital Music Group Inc. – Digstation.com – DJDownload – DoubleTwist – Dropcards – DX3 – Interoute – Into Music – IODA – Iris Distribution – ISA – Music – I Think Music – Javien – Juno – Kerascene – K-Tel Digital Distribution – Kudos Digital – Lime Wire – LimeWire Store (US) – Lost Tunes – Mashboxx – Masterbeat – Mbop – Mixmag Download – MJM – MOS Download – MTraks – Mubito – Musana (Beta) – Music Giants – Music Glue – Music Makes Friends – MusicNet – Musicslu – MusicStation Next Generation – Musiwave – Muziic – My Song Store – NDN – NetMusicPromotions – Nova – The Orchard – Passalong Networks – Passionato – PayPlay.FM – People’s Music Store – Piccadilly Records – Play.com – Prefueled
Puretracks –– this is a site dedicated to selling EDM music
QTrax (Amdocs) – RecordStore – Realnetworks – Soulbrother – Soul Jazz Records – Stompy – StreamUK – Tesco – Tema Digital Media – Topspin Media – Trackitdown – Trackseller – Traxsource – Xpress Beats – Hard To Find – HDtracks – IMD Fastrax – iMesh – Emu Bands – EPM – Finetunes Solutions – The Fresh Page
If you were to buy a Nokia smart phone with a Windows 8 mobile OS, chances are it would come Nokia Music pre-installed. However, the way the app operates isn’t very user friendly.
they’ve had problems in the past not paying out artists’ royalties
a lot of distributors will not distribute their catalog to Pandora due to their complicated ingestion process and the problems they’ve had paying out royalties
Rdio | rdio.com – 3/5 stars
they do not offer nearly as much freedom over the music you’re listening to as Spotify does
You can upload music to spotify by submitting your music to a music distribution company like ADED.US Music Distribution. ADED.US will show you how to upload songs to spotify. The good news is, they don’t charge an arm and a leg to do it either. Essentially, what you are doing is asking them to provide a distribution service to you. So, you upload your songs to them and they will (in turn) upload your music to Spotify for you.
Now, in case you’re wondering why Spotify doesn’t allow the general public –– and yes, that includes indie artists like you –– to upload their music… Well, just imagine how much of a mess it would create! Just look at sites like soundcloud and the (former) megaupload (now mega.nz). Sites that allow the general public to upload files almost always get taken down by copyright mongers. Plus, there has to be someone or ‘some company’ that serves as a gate keeper in the music business. Otherwise, apps like iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play Music, and Spotify would be flooded with low quality music and a lot of that music would probably be in violation of ‘some’ type of copyright law.
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