TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.You get 100% of what iTunes and Rhapsody pay! We take NOTHING. Not a penny. It all goes to you. There are NO hidden costs or fees. You keep ALL the rights and ownership of your music and master recordings. TuneCore is non-exclusive. You're never locked in.You pay a one-time delivery charge of $0.99 per song.Songs (even if it's just one song) are grouped onto albums you create.There is a yearly maintenance fee of $7.98 per album.If you want your album in International iTunes stores (Canada, U.K./Europe, Japan and Australia) or on the Rhapsody service, there's a one-time delivery charge of $0.99 per store/service per album.TuneCore has arrangements with iTunes and Rhapsody that let us place your music in their online stores and subscription services. You get 100% of the money that iTunes and/or Rhapsody pays.Upload your music via our Website or mail your CD to us.Use our online art tool to design your own album cover, or upload your own.
Now we're paying for internet distribution to the big boys?Thoughts?
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 January 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)
shelf space, however, as a tangible commodity, had more value than virtual space - if nobody's looking for yr band on iTunes, nobody's gonna find it there
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Thursday, 19 January 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 19 January 2006 03:42 (twenty years ago)
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Thursday, 19 January 2006 03:43 (twenty years ago)
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 19 January 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)
Not entirely true. I find bands I don't intend to look for all the time due to having the same or similar words in song/album titles or band names. Then there's the "Customers also bought" feature.
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 19 January 2006 05:03 (twenty years ago)
In the meantime we hooked up with a digital distributor (there are a few, Digital Rights Agency, The Orchard, CDBaby, etc.) who work as a traditional analog distributor/middle man would work. They sit in the middle and mediate between artists/labels and stores. When records are sold they send you the money and skim some off the top. We were happy because at least our stuff was available on the stores. It's too bad we aren't receiving all of the money, but the distributor we went with has no upfront fees and doesn't get paid unless we sell (digital) records.
Just the other day we finally received an email back from the iTunes Music Store...here's what it said:
"Thank you for your interest in the iTunes Music Stores.
After careful consideratiion of your application, we believe that the most efficient way to get your content up on the iTunes Music Stores in a timely fashion would be for you to deliver the content through one of the several digital service providers with whom we currently work.
For your information, below is a list of several such digital service providers. Should you be interested, please determine which digital service provider is appropriate for your particular content.
North America (and genres): AWAL (Artists Without A Label) - http://www.awal.comCD Baby (Individual Artists & Labels) -http://www.cdbaby.comDigital Rights Agency (Labels Only) -http://www.digitalrightsagency.comIngrooves (Artists & Labels) - http://www.ingrooves.comIODA (All Genres - Individual Artists & Labels) - http://www.iodalliance.comIRIS Distribution (Primarily Alt/Rock & Electronic/Dance - Artists & Labels) -http://www.irisdistribution.comThe Orchard (Artists & Labels) -http://www.theorchard.com
Europe (and where located): AWAL (Artists Without A Label) - http://www.awal.co.ukArtspages (NO) - http://www.artspages.orgBelieve Digital - http://www.believedigital.frConsolidated Independent (UK/Europe) - http://www.ci-info.comEdel (DE) - http://www.edel.comFinetunes (DE) - http://www.finetunes-solutions.de/new/de/index.htmlPIAS (Benelux) - http://www.pias.bePinnacle (UK) - http://www.pinnacle-entertainment.co.ukSoulSeduction (AT) - [email protected]State 51 (UK) - http://www.state51.co.ukUploader (UK) - http://uploader-music.comVital (UK) - http://www.vitaluk.comZebralution (DE) - http://www.zebralution.com
We look forward to having your music onboard!
Kind regards,
The iTunes Music Store"
Apparently, even Apple realized they were too big for their britches and couldn't handle direct artist and label contact.
― bobby.lasers (bobby.lasers), Thursday, 19 January 2006 22:54 (twenty years ago)
which won't work if no one's bought yr stuff yet...
― caspar (caspar), Thursday, 19 January 2006 23:00 (twenty years ago)
So any more recent experiences with these guys? Sounds good, but I don't like the idea of paying $20 a year to keep the album up there. Or is it a fantastic deal and I'm being a giant tightarse?
― Bored of Canada (S-), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:04 (seventeen years ago)
so,,,, Tunecore: yes, or no?
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 15:25 (sixteen years ago)
i thought this was a new subgenre before opening the thread.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)
i've had good experiences with tunecore. their reporting and accounting is all really nicely organized, comprehensive, easy. they also are pretty quick to offer ins with the new digital stores. they have a ton of promotions going, so don't pay full price before searching out a discount code first.
― matinee, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 15:35 (sixteen years ago)
I just signed up with them. Will report on experiences as they come in.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 11 July 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)