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I write in a variety of styles -- from classical to EDM to ambient to I don't know what to call it. :D I use (and recommend) DistroKid for distribution, so my

I write in a variety of styles -- from classical to EDM to ambient to I don't know what to call it. :D I use (and recommend) DistroKid for distribution, so my music is in all the normal places -- YouTube, Spotify, Apple, ... https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OR0sCvSClo5DHkk7fEv72 https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OR0sCvSClo5DHkk7fEv72 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy5Wy1HJ8muFQM87g2ctUeg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy5Wy1HJ8muFQM87g2ctUeg https://music.apple.com/au/artist/barryvan/1453603433 https://music.apple.com/au/artist/barryvan/1453603433 Excitingly, an indie game developer liked some of my music and is about to release their first game for Switch, Chained: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/chained-switch/ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/chained-switch/

NotPavlovsDog 6y ago
Would you happen to know, does DistroKid offer the same pro publishing services like CD baby etc? At a cursory glanse, I saw a limited list on the DistroKid website vs a longer royalties services list competitors have. P.S. congratulations on the game relase! Spotify was asking me to login, so i think I found you on youtube, giving a listen. Perhaps consider updating your post by adding a non-spotify link?
- barryvan 6y ago
  Thanks! I've updated the post with more links. :) CDBaby and Distrokid have a different model. Distrokid is effectively subscription based, with unlimited uploads of singles and albums as long as you keep up with your payments. CDBaby, by contrast, is more transactional. This works better for me, at least, because I do music as a hobby on the side, and so tend to release individual tracks sporadically, rather than entire albums. (Although having said that, I'm working on an ambient album right now!) I'm certainly not raking in money through music streams, but I'm also not doing much marketing -- this post on HN is the most marketing I've done in the past month. ;) Unfortunately that means I can't really comment on how Distrokid compares in terms of managing payments etc.

NotPavlovsDog 6y ago

Would you happen to know, does DistroKid offer the same pro publishing services like CD baby etc? At a cursory glanse, I saw a limited list on the DistroKid website vs a longer royalties services list competitors have. P.S. congratulations on the game relase! Spotify was asking me to login, so i think I found you on youtube, giving a listen. Perhaps consider updating your post by adding a non-spotify link?

barryvan 6y ago
Thanks! I've updated the post with more links. :) CDBaby and Distrokid have a different model. Distrokid is effectively subscription based, with unlimited uploads of singles and albums as long as you keep up with your payments. CDBaby, by contrast, is more transactional. This works better for me, at least, because I do music as a hobby on the side, and so tend to release individual tracks sporadically, rather than entire albums. (Although having said that, I'm working on an ambient album right now!) I'm certainly not raking in money through music streams, but I'm also not doing much marketing -- this post on HN is the most marketing I've done in the past month. ;) Unfortunately that means I can't really comment on how Distrokid compares in terms of managing payments etc.