Free music distributors anyone?

[maiden bear]

There isnt any free music distributors

Distributiors need payment

Platforms need payment

Wha i can tell u tho is that distrokid is a good distributor

[half thunder]

Shii but why did old distributors used to be free tho and now they all became paid

[half thunder]

Is it the cheapest?

[languid kindle]

@half thunder RouteNote

[half thunder]

Is it 100% free??

[languid kindle]

No upfront costs, but they take a big chunk of royalties

[half thunder]

Okay thanks and i can always change later? also should i use it to post on youtube too ?

[languid kindle]

Change what exactly? If you explode, you can pay them a set amount and get all the royalties after releasing if that's what you're talking about

They post it to YouTube for you via YouTube Music, but you should do music videos for publicity too

[half thunder]

Oh okay thanks yeah cause i like its not worth to pay for those for now since i will barely make a cent but if i ever explode id be mad that i only get a small share but now that ylu say that im safe

[half thunder]

What about just posting my song (just the cover art and the song playing) on youtube ? is it bad bc i can get stolen or idk? like should i ALWAYS use a distributor to post on ytb too?

[languid kindle]

Doesn't matter who posts it, putting it on YouTube always makes it downloadable

[half thunder]

Okay cool i think ill stick to posting ytb stuff myself because its easier and quicker

[languid kindle]

If you're that worried about theft, that's why we have tags

[half thunder]

Tags?

[languid kindle]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_tag