About DistroBuddy

Hey there, music makers!

Welcome to DistroBuddy, your go-to platform for sharing your music, videos, and managing your rights with ease. We’re here to make your music distribution experience as smooth as possible while offering you the resources and expert advice you need to take your career to the next level.

In today’s world, building an online presence is super important for musicians like you. We believe in the power of strategic marketing plans that help fans easily access your tunes and support your journey as you grow in the music scene.

With streaming and digital sales becoming the favourite way for fans to enjoy music and videos, it’s a fantastic time for creators. You get rewarded while sharing your art and your fans enjoy personalized entertainment whenever they want!

At DistroBuddy, we’re all about making your music easy to find on social media and streaming platforms worldwide. Plus, we help you track your royalty payments every month so you can keep the music going while putting some money back into your wallet.

Let’s rock this journey together!

Live to Inspire.

Keep 100% of your copyrights…

As you discover unbeatable value with our services, maximizing the opportunities your music holds In the digital cosmos.

Claim Your Spotify for Artists Profile.

Easily Claim Your Artist Profile on Spotify.

 

Take control of your Spotify for Artists profile directly from your DistroBuddy Artist Dashboard and expand your fan insights.

Simply select your artist name from the drop-down menu, log into your Spotify user account, and gain instant access to your Spotify for Artists account.

Note; this tool only works after a release has gone live on the profile.

 

Professional Music Mastering Service with Masterchannel.ai

AI Music Mastering Service.

 

Imagine getting your tracks mastered with spatial audio to a professional standard by an AI trained by top industry professionals like Grammy-winning engineer Wez Clarke, while providing you with a learning opportunity.

By experimenting with different mixes and observing how the AI adjusts them, you can gain insights into mastering techniques. This is invaluable for understanding what makes a track sound polished – that’s what this service solves by ensuring your tracks are optimized for Spotify, Apple Music, or any speaker system. Utilizing the latest in AI technology to balance frequencies and dynamics so your song sounds great whether played on club systems, car stereos, or earbuds. This guarantees your music retains its integrity no matter where it’s played, giving you peace of mind before your release. Upload various versions of your songs, compare the AI’s approach, and use this feedback to refine your mixing skills. It’s a powerful tool for both mastering and personal development in your music journey.

Login to your DistroBuddy Artist Dashboard to experience a top-chain mastering service powered by Masterchannel and make your music universally incredible.

 

Partner Program for Music Producers and Artist Managers.

Are you a Record Producer or Artist Manager? Contact us to find out how you can make money with DistroBuddy’s affiliate program.

Earn Extra Income With DistroBuddy's Affiliate Program.
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Fast Delivery and Artist Support.

After you upload your music using our user-friendly web uploader, it enters a pending stage where we meticulously review the metadata for any errors. We also listen to your tracks to ensure they meet the DSP Quality Standards before forwarding them to the stores. If we identify any issues, we will promptly contact you with a solution guide so that your release can be cleared and delivered to the music stores as scheduled.

Free UPC and ISRC with DistroBuddy

Free UPC and ISRC Codes.

We provide UPC and ISRC codes for your new releases at no additional cost. Each track you upload will be assigned a unique UPC and ISRC code free of charge prior to distribution to music stores. If you plan to release any tracks that have already been distributed through another service, please ensure that you upload these tracks using the original ISRC codes assigned to them. This will help synchronize your streaming data across different music platforms.

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Free Playlisting, Social Media and Onsite Features.

As passionate music enthusiasts, we are in the process of curating a diverse array of active playlists across major streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and Deezer. This is a key priority for us, which is why we carefully listen to every submission we receive. This enables us to confidently pitch our artists’ music to an expanding network of playlist curators, as well as feature your music in our own playlists, social media posts, and blog articles.

Royalty Payment Splits Feature on DistroBuddy

Automatic Payment Splits.

Artists will be able to access a Payment Split feature easily found on their dashboard. The Payment Splits feature allows multiple song collaborators to receive a split percentage of royalty payouts on a release directly to their wallet.

Payment Splits is a powerful tool for artists, managers and labels to cut down on costly accounting time and ensure all parties get their share of royalties.

This feature is integrated with every current and new DistroBuddy Artist account and is free for you to access. It is also FREE for collaborators to sign up to our store to receive their royalty splits.

You will be able to add or remove unlimited collaborators and change split percentages at any time. Splits also make it possible for artists to view the history of their royalty splits over time, so that if any changes are made, they have a record of all previous percentage designations.

Take advantage of an Intuitive and informative Artist Dashboard or personal office as you excel in your music career.

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Access to an Improved Royalties Dashboard.

We’re thrilled to introduce our enhanced royalties dashboard, designed to provide you with greater transparency and insight into the calculation of royalties. This new dashboard features a split shares history table, allowing you to track changes over time and update future royalties if split shares are modified. With this upgrade, you will benefit from a significantly higher level of detail and clarity.

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Dive into Your Artist Analytics Straight from Your Dashboard.

An Analytics tab is easily accessible in the artist dashboard! This essential feature consolidates data from multiple DSPs and updates daily. With this advanced capability, you can access a wealth of information and insights that will empower you to better understand your music’s performance, allowing you to make more informed decisions.

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Access to Spotify's Discovery Mode.

The page can be found in the artist dashboard under the main menu ‘Account > Discovery Mode’.

For user accounts where there is at least 1 eligibile track for Spotify discovery mode, users now have access to view their eligibile tracks and request opt-ins on a monthly basis.

The page contains a table of eligible tracks from the user’s catalogue and their current opt-in status. To request an opt-in for next month, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page. If a user does not have any eligible tracks they will NOT see this new menu option.

IMPORTANT: If a track is already opted-in, there is no need to resubmit a new request for future months. Tracks will remain in discovery mode until they are OPTED-OUT via submitting a new form request.

The deadlines for submissions fluctuate from month-to-month but as a general rule please have all requests submitted before the 15-17th each month in order to start the following month. These deadlines are set by Spotify each month when we receive the new eligibility report.

Please contact support if you have any follow up questions. 

DistroAdvance

Secure Funding For Your Next Project.

DISTROadvance is an innovative royalties prepayment program offered by DistroBuddy, an independent and forward-thinking digital music distribution and artist development company. Utilizing our advanced data-driven algorithms, we carefully analyze your current streaming data to assess your eligibility for advance funding.

To fully Monetize your intellectual property on YouTube, we invite artists to apply for YouTube Content ID at no extra cost!

Simply reach out to our Support Team after you’ve released at least 3 songs under your account.