How to Start Your Own Music Distribution Service
Want to start your own music distribution service? Here’s a guide to setting up your own music distribution platform with My Client Zone.
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Understanding Metadata: UPC, ISRC, and ISWC
Metadata in its simplest form is data that describes information about other data. In terms of distributing music, this refers to the individual parts of information that make up a release. Such as the artist names, release/track titles, language, release date, genre, unique identifiers, rights-holder information, and more. How We Use Metadata for Your Releases: … Read more
Choosing a Release Date for Your Music
There are many factors to consider when releasing new music. Choosing a release date for new music is an important decision to make. However, it’s easy for artists and labels to forget to consider is what release date they should pick when releasing music. More specifically, how much lead time should they allow for between … Read more
How to Release a Cover Song
As a music distribution company, you may get artists wanting to release a cover song online. However there are things they will need to consider when wanting to record their version of another artist’s song. We recommend reading through this article first to get a better understanding of what your clients will need to release … Read more
What is Artificial Streaming?
In recent years there has been an increase in artificial streaming activity largely affecting the entire music industry. More recently, there has been an increase in behaviour which manipulates streaming royalties in particular. This type of activity is damaging to the music industry as a whole, and more specifically for legitimate artists who deserve to … Read more
How do artists change distributor without losing streams?
As a music distributor, one of the most common questions you will receive from new artists and record label clients is something along the lines of: “How do I change distributor without losing streams or playlists on Spotify?” At My Client Zone, we are fortunate to have lots of experience working with music streaming platforms … Read more
What Is an Artist ID and Why Do Artists Need One?
With 100K+ releases being uploaded onto digital platforms daily; it can be hard to keep track of your catalogue and make sure it displays onto the correct artist profiles. To ensure your artist’s releases are available on their existing profile for their fans to easily locate their new music, DSPs and music providers use Artist … Read more
Our Top 5 Music Distribution Tips
When you’re working with lots of artists and labels, they’ll often have questions around best practises. Here is a list of our top 5 music distribution tips… 1) Release Strategy: DSPs (Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music etc.) tend to favour artists who release music consistently and in the streaming era, the waterfall model is a very … Read more
Music Royalties Simplified
Royalties are a hot topic for all music professionals, whether they’re earning them or paying them, and as a distributor you could be doing both. But what exactly are royalties, how are they generated and what are you entitled to? We’re here to simplify all you need to know…