The Tunecore online service offers an incredible opportunity for everyone who is creating music. You can use Tunecore to upload your music to their site and publish it at well known online music stores such as Apple iTunes, eMusic, Sony Connect or Rhapsody. It is possible to upload single songs, albums, cover art and everything else that is related to the music. Tunecore gets non exclusive rights to submit the songs and albums to the stores that you selected and to collect the money from the music sales earnings. They have no other rights on the songs such as merchandise rights or master recording copyrights.
You are probably asking how Tunecore is making any money with their service ? This is easy to answer, Tunecore charges fees for certain actions. You do pay a $0.99 per song per album delivery charge and $0.99 a per store/service per album delivery fee. Both are one time fees. There is furthermore a annual $9.98 per album maintenance and service fee. So you can expect to pay $20-$30 for an album in the first year and $10 for all the other years after the first. Not that much if you consider the possibilities.
The process to upload songs to Tunecore is relatively easy:
- Start with a free, no-obligation account
- Add an album at your My Discography page
- Choose your stores. (iTunes etc)
- Add album cover art
- Add songs
- Upload your album
- Get your money from your My Account page.
I suggest you take a close look at the faq which answers many questions that you might have right now. It is also possible to get CDs pressed or t-shirts for your band. I really can’t say much about the prices for the CDs, if anyone knows more about this please comment on this. New bands should take a look at the marketing and promotion tips which is a must read if you are serious about using the service.
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Loved the post, very helpful. I use tunecore and I can honestly say it’s been better than I first thought by reading this post, my music is already live on iTunes.
also, i didn’t use their manufacturing but I got a quote and I wish I had, a lot cheaper than the company, who I won’t mention, was
“diy or die trying!”
We are a Spanish rockband with metal influenses. We are using Labeltune Music Distribution for getting our music up for sale on iTunes. So there are alternatives. It´s really nice nowdays dont have to go thrue a record company. Rock on …
Dear iTunes representative,
Thank you for making your services available. I apologize; but I would love to post a few of my own work on iTunes; however, I would like to know if there is any way to explain to me how to upload my work onto iTunes, please! I sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but I would really appreciate your help.
Thank you so very much!!!
Patricia A. McLendon (aka: Patsy)
215-758-6737
Dear iTunes representative,
Thank you for making your services available. I apologize; but I would love to post my work on iTunes; however, I would like to know if there is any way you might be able to explain to me how to upload my work onto iTunes, please! I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but I would really appreciate your help.
Thank you so very much!!!
thanks for the step by step instruction :)
it mad
TO: ghacks.net / itune / tunecore staff
Below are my questions:
Is TuneCore part of itune or ghacks.net ??
Is “My account page” using the Paypal to get our money ?
Thanks for answering them for me.
more questions continue:
After a “single” song is uploaded to tunecore, it can be processed
to “all” the “stores” of itune (u.s., canada, japan, … .) AND
napster, amazon, … etc. ?
hi; Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO very much for your insitful information; i was thrilled to see it.I have a HIT song and look to make it thru the many site that you made mentioned;it’s called ALWAYS ON MY MIND by.HIM AND THEM…it’s already a city wide and radio sinsation and I must get it out there.Please walk me thru it PLEASE!!!!!!!! or call me personally I pay thru my proceeds if nessessary 773/656-5309
If your in a band and want to get your music onto iTunes then check out RouteNote (http://routenote.com). They are already the leaders in the UK for digital music distribution.
got music hot than on boil even getting tired of gettinn props fans crazy on every beat got to spread my music out there!
Rocky Shaw 1 is the best rock artist that has ever lived.
I hope that my music will be enjoyable to millions of people.
this is dope