India is rapidly becoming one of the most important music markets in the world. From Bollywood and Punjabi music to Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, hip-hop, electronic music and independent artists, India has an enormous and increasingly…
Tag: Music Distribution
Going viral on TikTok can change the trajectory of a song almost overnight. A track that was receiving a few hundred streams can suddenly appear in thousands of TikTok videos, reach millions of people and…
Too Lost regularly positions itself as a technology-led music distribution company. But there is an interesting relationship sitting underneath its distribution infrastructure: AudioSalad. A Too Lost-branded AudioSalad portal is publicly accessible at toolost.audiosalad.com, with the…
TikTok isn’t just somewhere to promote your music. If your songs are properly distributed to TikTok, you can get paid when creators use your music in their videos. For independent artists, that means TikTok can…
DistroKid is inexpensive. But it isn’t necessarily the cheapest music distributor for every artist. That’s because “cheap” depends on how much music you release and how much money it earns. DistroKid US pricing currently starts…
The biggest difference between DistroKid and some competing distributors isn’t royalty percentage. It’s who takes the initial financial risk. DistroKid requires an annual subscription. Several alternatives use models where musicians don’t need to maintain the…
Japanese artists and independent record labels no longer need a large budget or a major-label deal to release music around the world. With RouteNote, artists and labels in Japan can distribute music to major streaming…
If you’re looking for a DistroKid alternative with no annual fee, there is another way to distribute your music. RouteNote Free lets independent artists distribute music to major streaming services without paying an upfront subscription…
TikTok has become one of the most important music discovery platforms in the world. Songs can move from relative obscurity to millions of listeners after being featured in a popular TikTok video, trend or challenge.…
Music distributors love talking about what distribution costs. They talk less about what it costs to get your money out. For independent artists, that can matter. A distributor might advertise a cheap annual subscription or…
