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Thank you for the info! 🙏

Hey Jonathan, great video! Very informative and I love the step by step process, thank you! I noticed everyone is referring to Spotify streams, but what about apple and your youtube views/streams did those accurately switch over fine or did youtube go back to views return to 0? I am just curious on how all the other stores did when transferring your data? Also, was it an easy fix to link you youtube music with your YT artist page or did you have to resubmit some info to you new distributor?

Thank you!

Hey Jonathan, great video, thank you. I am with tunecore, and I know that generally you can not have the same song/album live with two distributors at once. For the week or so where there is overlap, does that ever become an issue? Where spotify or tunecore take down the release because there is another distributor that has released the exact same song (ISRCs/UPCs)?

@JonathanMillerMusic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! So I've personally never had an issue during the overlap period as long as you takedown your music from the other distributed as soon as you're 100% everything has moved over. Great question though! :)

thank you for your help

thank u thank u!

Thank you. I seen two different releases that made me nervous as well because it didn’t transfer my stream counts over, but it’s only been 48 hours since I reuploaded lol I’m still waiting for everything to synch

@Meekoh

Жыл бұрын

Did your stream counts ever sync up? I'm also nervous because mine have overlapped by the newer tracks have zero streams still. It's been about 4 days.

@anchelomusic

Жыл бұрын

@@Meekoh yes they did !

Brilliant video! Thanks so much. I've got a couple of questions, about the master files for both the artwork and the audio. When you say they need to be the "same files", do you know if that means the "content" of the files needs to be identical, and/or the names of the files? For example, I have multiple masters of the same file, but with different file names for both the audio and artwork (ie: identical content but different file names), and don't know which actual files I uploaded originally. Do you think this matters? And as a continuation of this - do you think that it may be possible to upload a "remastered" audio rather than identical audio, if you keep the audio file name the same? Many thanks

@celfhelp

Жыл бұрын

i belieeeve last i saw it's based on file name, but given that "content ID" and such is based on what's actually in the audio, that could be incorrect if you want to switch using original files though, i know distrokid lets you download the files you uploaded for each release, including tracks and artwork; don't know about the others but i'm sure they have the option as well

@AGENTARMES

7 ай бұрын

CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED. @@celfhelp

Thank you

You deserve more subscribers :)

@JonathanMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate that. 😭

Newbee question! Is there cost from the distributor one is leaving, as i have read in condition of one distributor, 15$ cost per track to remove. Not sure if it is about transfert of something else?

Will this work in the case where i change my stage name and want to switch over from tunecore to distri kid, however I want my artist name to change on Distrokid?

Depending on the song structure way do song structure like change like this time around has a into but revelation by third day don’t have a intro it starts off with verse 1?

I did this although the from distrokid to tunecore and I accidentally put the wrong audio file so I had to delete it and tried re-uploading it but it says UPC has already been taken even tho it's been a month.I sent an email but I was wondering u got any advice for this

I’m transferring from UnitedMasters to Distrokid. Should I keep the music up on the old distributor until Distrokid receives 100% of my streaming? Will I still get my royalties for taking down a song? And will my Lyrics transfer as well? Thank You and congratulations you have a new subscriber 😊

@OLUWASEYI.MP4

Жыл бұрын

SAMMEEEE

I have a subscription with tune core as well, I’ve heard shady things about tunecore still taking money but I have no clue if it’s true or not, is it possible to take off the subscription?

does youtube views count also remains same if i switch my music distributor ?

Is this also work with basic plan?? Or i hv to buy ultimate plan???

Does this also work in between one distributor? My friend has access to my music but I want to take full control of my own music now so is it possible to transfer from distrokid to distrokid?

Hey bro. I did not have a label on old distributor but now I have it. What happen if I add my new label to my old song on Distrokid?

How do I make sure the song doesn’t create a new profile when distributed?

You’re an awesome 😎 KZread channel.

when transferring our release to another distributor does our royalties transfer too? or its starts to zero since its a new distributor? i already got 405$ on my previous distributor i want to change distributor and release it via tunecore because im afraid that my previous distributor was a big scam its indiefy. 405$ was big enough to me what should i do? pls notice me

Nice

if I move my song to another platform will I loose my money I've already made on the platform or will the money also move with it to the new platform ??

Which distrokid plans i can switch my songs ?

First, thank you. Do you know how long it takes for the streams to sync up? My songs have overlapped but they still have a Zero stream count. They were uploaded about 4 days ago. Thanks!

@JonathanMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Hmm 4 days is probably good still. It usually takes me around a full week before I see everything 100% properly aligned. I would say anything longer than 2 weeks is strange and worth an email to your distributor (that you moved to) asking if there’s anything going on. Hope that helps!!

@scotug

6 ай бұрын

2 replies @Meekoh kindly update did your data syn and howlong did it takeandother imformation is higly apprciated thanks

what if I changed my album artwork a couple times do I just use the most recent

to add the isrc code i would need to upgrade distrokid, is that necessary

hello, I plan on doing this later because I've been hearing that Distrokid is better than TuneCore. But my song was just sent to stores through TuneCore. I was wondering once I transfer the song to Distrokid (and its all good), can I cancel my yearly subscription with TuneCore? Will it mess anything up? Also, what is your opinion on Tunecore? Thanks!

@Dearloven

2 ай бұрын

I have the same question

What if I’ve changed my artist name since the old release?

why does it not show the isrc code for me i cant add it

so first of all i have to takedown my song from tunecore ?

I want to move from DK to LANDR, and I have a few releases with all caps or all lowercases. how can i bypass that xD

CDBaby does NOT have the option to DL Source files, evn though they have them on their server. Which is frustrating because if you are onCDBaby and ever lose your source files you are SCREWED.

Routenote only accepts flac files. Old upload was wav

What about the earnings? If I change distributors before all my earnings come in, will it transfer into my new distributor?

@JonathanMillerMusic

11 ай бұрын

They should re-route to your new distributor! :) You may have a few leftover residuals go to your previous one so I'd wait to cancel your account, but I haven't had much of an issue! :)

What if previous distributor has publishing royalties and you are switching because you don’t want them to have that. Couldn’t I just start fresh if I didn’t care about streams or placements?

@deetoxvengeance

5 ай бұрын

Sure you can. If so, just delete your files from the first distributor entirely

Going from DistroKid to tunecore. Will my music transfer to my official artist channel I made with distrokid?

@JonathanMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge yes it should if you’ve inputted everything correctly :))

I know this video is old and probably won't respond but just incase. Would it be ok if you just started releasing music using a new distributor while keeping the old songs on the old distributor? I am working on my first album and wan't it to be on a more dependable distributor since I've been using the same free one I started with. I'd rather not worry about getting that many songs transfered and just switching to a new distributor and using it for now on. But idk if that could cause issues!

@JonathanMillerMusic

7 ай бұрын

You absolutely can use a different distributor for new music as long as you aren't locked into any specific agreements with your previous one (ie a publishing administration deal or something.) You can always use the new distributor like DistroKid, for a period of time and then if you like the services you've gotten, you can transfer your old music later (if you so choose.) But it's totally fine to just switch distributors and worry about transfer stuff later! :)

@BiddleYT

7 ай бұрын

@@JonathanMillerMusic damn bro I really didn't think you we're going to respond! I greatly appreciate the info! Saves me a lot of researching time 😅🖤

@JonathanMillerMusic

7 ай бұрын

@@BiddleYT hahaha no problem!! 😁😁

Jonathan Miller Music please i need your help on how to contact Distrokid, for one month now my uploads have not go live please how can i message them Directly

Is it Possible to have old songs at distributor A and upload new songs from distributor B on the same streaming page?

@JonathanMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is! Just makes sure your same page is linked and it should be ok! :)

@SelbstmordGMBH

Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanMillerMusic nice, thanks ✌🏻

Can you leave your previous music on your current distributor and put your new music on a new distributor?

@cryptoking1381

8 күн бұрын

Yes you can

i uploaded flac. can i upload wav version??

How about if one distributor accepts wav and the one I'm transferring to accepts mp3

@Abbsusprod

26 күн бұрын

Good question i’m facing the same problem

What distrokid plan do you use ?

@JonathanMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

In full transparency, I have the Label plan as part of my sponsorship, so my screen may look a little different from yours. The setup and everything is still pretty much the same though! :)

Hey man i am using distrokid currently but my account got blocked s is it possible i can make new distrokid account and transfer my songs from old distrokid account to new distrokid account so let me know is it possible to do that

@marcospottinger3269

16 күн бұрын

Hey did u ever figure this out?

Figuring this out 😅 Do the stores that you released it on have to be exactly the same as well? I noticed there are a few extra ones on Distrokid that TuneCore doesn’t have. Should I leave them unchecked?

@JonathanMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

To my knowledge you should be able to add those new stores if you want since the music was never there to begin with. You shouldn't have any trouble as it'd be like just distributing it to a new store when you drop a new song or something. Hope that helps!

@gabriellehailstone

Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanMillerMusic Awesome! Thank you so much.

@JonathanMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellehailstone No prob! :)

@gabriellehailstone

Жыл бұрын

@@JonathanMillerMusic Ok, I did it. Now I see two of the same release in Spotify. Will wait a week to make sure everything is good. Will the song link up (become one) only after I take town from TunCore?

@JonathanMillerMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellehailstone No it should do that on its own after a week or so. When you no longer see the second release (the original one) you should be good to take it down from TuneCore! :)

How do I claim the Spotify account from the new Distributor? Can that be done?

When I did this it said this Distrokid

:) :) :) !

Hi will you lose your old profile i mean your profile id

@JonathanMillerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! No if you're following along and filling in everything correctly you shouldn't lose your profile ID at all! :D

@YoungAmarr

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanMillerMusic okay thanks