What digital distributors / aggregators are you using? Eg distrokid , one rpm etc

hollywoodrox

Hi , fascinating subject  what digital distributors do you use , Horus , distrokid ,onerpm , etc
  
  Distrokid initially seemed very good but I’ve heard of some people having trouble 
  I like the fact that they apparently email you a link when your track goes live on different services 
  Eg Apple Music ,Spotify etc .  There are so many streaming services too 

  It’s an amazing subject I like to listen to podcasts about it . A guy called ARI herstrand has lots of info 

  Thanks

PolarityMan

WE use cdbaby but that mostly cos that what I started out on 10 years ago when there was less choice...I hear good things about distrokid these days. 

Supportact

I use AWAL, I think just because someone I knew recommended them. It's worked well so far, I find their website very easy to use. 

hollywoodrox

PolarityMan said:

WE use cdbaby but that mostly cos that what I started out on 10 years ago when there was less choice...I hear good things about distrokid these days. 

Cd Baby seems very good ,they seem to keep up with the likes of distrokid although they have slightly different payment structures 

hollywoodrox

They seem to be quite well thought of 
  Distrokid seem really good apart from a few people complaining on YouTube about losing their music in some weird mixups  I guess it’s inevitable with the amount of data they deal with 
amazing company though.

andy_k

Ari's book is quite good, and there was a spreadsheet which showed how they all compared, not sure if it has been updated recently though.
A lot of these things are pretty flash in the pan, and I went with CDBaby for the fact that a one off payment seemed to ensure maximum exposure, and permanence.
It took quite a long while to get my album registered in the places it should be, and I think it will be many years before I break even.
Very strange world out there for music publishing these days, but if you have a 'unicorn' you might get lucky.

hollywoodrox

andy_k said:

Ari's book is quite good, and there was a spreadsheet which showed how they all compared, not sure if it has been updated recently though.
A lot of these things are pretty flash in the pan, and I went with CDBaby for the fact that a one off payment seemed to ensure maximum exposure, and permanence.
It took quite a long while to get my album registered in the places it should be, and I think it will be many years before I break even.
Very strange world out there for music publishing these days, but if you have a 'unicorn' you might get lucky.

Thanks Andy ,it’s all quite interesting what the different companies have to offer. Appreciate your input