SNAZZY EMPIRE: HOW DIGITAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION WORKS TODAY

Digital Music Promotion, Distribution and Marketing (PDM) Part 3

By Nyiter Fanen Andrew
The goal of digital distribution is to get your music on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and other streaming platforms and digital music stores.

Think of them like a digital record shop—Once you get your music in them, people can stream, download and buy your music. In exchange you receive royalties depending on how and where your music was listened to.

Just like traditional record stores, digital music stores receive music from digital distribution companies. But instead of shipping boxes of vinyl every week, digital distributors deliver digital music to the major music stores I mentioned above.

So what used to take weeks or months of shipping and manufacturing—not to mention a lot of upfront costs—is now as simple and fast as a couple of clicks.  So it has become necessary for upcoming musicians and already made artistes to use digital music marketing. Take your music to digital level....

To be continued. Watch out for Digital Music Promotion, Distribution and Marketing (PDM) Part 4, ....