{"id":88287,"date":"2021-10-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=88287"},"modified":"2021-10-20T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:58:50","slug":"how-to-sell-my-music-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-sell-my-music-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How to sell my music online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> How do I get my music on Spotify and other streaming services for free, and start selling my songs online?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We see you \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-have-a-better-band-practice\/\">band <\/a>that\u2019s just finished your first song, the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/5-mistakes-new-music-producers-make\/\">producer <\/a>sitting on a hard drive full of tracks. You\u2019re starting to feel that people are going to love your music as much as you do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are you waiting for? Time to get your music online.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It used to be the case that musicians, bands and producers needed a <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/is-streaming-biased-towards-major-labels\/\">record deal<\/a> to release songs and albums. Those barriers have been blasted aside in the age of streaming. Now anyone making music can sell songs online, without signing away the rights to your music or getting twisted up in <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-start-a-label-online\/\">record label<\/a> contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3>How do you get your music on streaming services?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists can\u2019t upload their music to <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-put-any-song-on-spotify\/\">Spotify <\/a>or other streaming platforms by themselves. Instead, digital music distributors sell your songs online on your behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/routenote-what-is-music-distribution-video\/\">distributors <\/a>act as a middleman to upload your tracks to download stores and music streaming services, you want to know they\u2019re a service you can trust. You\u2019ve spent hours making your music and when you release it to the world it needs to be in safe hands; not with a company who will take a big slice of the credit, not to mention the profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\">RouteNote<\/a>. We\u2019re an independent music distributor and since 2007 we\u2019ve been helping unsigned artists and indie record labels sell their music online \u2013 for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Music Distribution?\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-wrn7BOK-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3>How is RouteNote free?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember what I was saying about trust? We&#8217;re completely transparent about how our distribution works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You create your account at <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\">RouteNote.com<\/a> and upload your songs, choosing which streaming platforms and stores you want your music to be released around the world. We cover 95% of the digital market, and our partners are growing all the time, from Deezer to Tencent to <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-anghami-for-free\/\">Anghami<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your songs are online and you start earning <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-split-royalties-between-artists\/\">royalties <\/a>from people streaming your music, you keep <strong>85% of revenue<\/strong>. That\u2019s the extent of the small print. No matter how many stores you choose or how many songs you upload, there\u2019s never any extra costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You keep all the rights to your music \u2013 we don\u2019t own your songs, so at any time you can remove your tracks, switch distributor or change which <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/partner\">stores <\/a>and territories you release music to. You can even use us to upload your music to only a couple of stores that other distributors don\u2019t cover. You\u2019re never locked in and stay in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also get your songs on <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-instagram-story\/\">Instagram<\/a>, Facebook and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/10-ways-to-be-successful-as-a-musician-on-tiktok-in-2021\/\">TikTok <\/a>so users can put your music over their Reels and Stories, and protect your music when its used in YouTube videos with YouTube Content ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-content-id-music-distribution\/\">more on that here<\/a>). That\u2019s free too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3>RouteNote Premium distribution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For established artists and labels who know they\u2019re going to generate a lot of streams, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/should-you-choose-routenotes-free-or-premium-distribution\/\">RouteNote Premium<\/a>. Premium has all the same perks as Free distribution, but you keep <strong>100% of royalties<\/strong> in exchange for the small fees outlined <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/pricing\">here<\/a>. You can switch between Free and Premium at any point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music Distribution: Should I choose Free or Premium?\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gm7HAaqNpsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\">680,000 artists sell their music with the help of RouteNote. If you\u2019d like to join them, find out more here and sign up today. We\u2019d love to meet you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I get my music on Spotify and other streaming services for free, and start selling my songs online?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":88288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24798],"tags":[128,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to sell my music online - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-sell-my-music-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to sell my music online - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How do I get my music on Spotify and other streaming services for free, and start selling my songs online?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-sell-my-music-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-14T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-20T11:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/free-music-distribution-sell-music-on-spotify-apple-music-700x394.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Madeleine Amos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RouteNote\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"RouteNote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Blog\",\"description\":\"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-sell-my-music-online\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/free-music-distribution-sell-music-on-spotify-apple-music.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/free-music-distribution-sell-music-on-spotify-apple-music.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Free distribution to the world's best music services. 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