How to distribute classical music
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You can upload classical music to all of the world’s biggest digital music stores and streaming services for free with RouteNote.
Classical music has given us some of the most historically significant and memorable pieces of music in the world. Whilst it has a long and storied history, classical music is alive and well – and even seeing a resurgence in popularity with many of this year’s rising stars emerging from the classical scene.
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If you’re distributing classical music then there are a few formatting considerations to be aware of when filling in the metadata of your music.
Composers
Composers must be listed with their full name without any abbreviation or alterations. This must be added to the track an album details. This also applies for Jazz and Opera releases.
Performers
Performing artists must be marked as Primary artists on classical releases. This includes soloists, ensembles, and accompanists. However, individual members of an ensemble should not be marked as Primary unless they are featuring as a soloist on a piece.
Classical Titles
Classical titles need to be formatted correctly as follow:
[Major Work Title] in [Key], [Opus Number]: [Movement Title]
For example:
– “Symphony no. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: Feierlich”.
– “French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: Allemande”.
Please note that there are spaces inserted before numbers.
Indian Classical Music
For Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Pakistani & Sri Lankan Classical music, your release must contain either a primary genre or sub-genre as ‘Indian’. Please use the drop down menu on the release details page to add these genres.
Why don’t DistroKid, Tunecore, and Landr distribute Classical music to iTunes and Apple Music?
DistroKid currently do not distribute classical music on iTunes and Apple Music. Likewise, Tunecore do not deliver classical music to Apple services and neither do Landr.
Apple require particular formatting of classical music. Many other distributors do not have the capacity to meet those requirements. At RouteNote, we do.