Indie Music Academy

Indie Music Academy

Welcome to my channel! My name is Ryan Waczek and I started the indie online music training school, the Indie Music Academy! At the Indie Music Academy, I help you tackle the mysteries of the music industry, learn how to build a larger fanbase, and earn an income from our music.

Check out the Indie Music Academy and dive into some free training: www.indiemusicacademy.com

Also, you will occasionally hear some of my original music, exclusive behind the scenes strategies, and cutting-edge technical training on what it takes to be a successful musician in this new decade.

I'm excited for the journey we will go on together!

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  • @iamSHELNZ
    @iamSHELNZ23 сағат бұрын

    I have a simple question: If I release a remix of a famous song by a well-known international singer, can I add the name of this singer’s artist as a feature/ another Primary on Spotify? Or am I required to prove approval from this artist, even if he has died?! (I'm talking about mega-star artists) Sometimes the song is released without problems, but recently my song was deleted from all platforms. I re-wrote it musically for Freddie Mercury after it achieved more than 30,000 streams. My question is, does the LANDR save me from the problems I face with my current distributor? or do I need a license for each song to publish the song without adding the artist's name?!

  • @PaulFisherMedia
    @PaulFisherMediaКүн бұрын

    Which platform has better customer service when they mess up and upload your music to the wrong artist

  • @AS_Benton
    @AS_BentonКүн бұрын

    Check out Distro by Benton.

  • @coreydigiovanni3924
    @coreydigiovanni3924Күн бұрын

    does cd baby have integration with meta/fb pixel? so you can put a pixel on your streaming landing page and connect it with your meta ad campaign?

  • @tylerth3infamous
    @tylerth3infamousКүн бұрын

    Go with CD Baby it's cheaper & they actually pay you.

  • @tylerth3infamous
    @tylerth3infamousКүн бұрын

    CD Baby is King 👑

  • @timburlingame3810
    @timburlingame38102 күн бұрын

    A great video, thank you! As far as KZread monetization comparisons, I believe Distrokid takes 20% (in addition to the $7.75 you pay yearly for the service) while CDBaby takes 30% (no extra service cost, but you have to opt-in to add the service to your digital distribution release).

  • @bizzairofficial
    @bizzairofficial2 күн бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @jasonengberg1583
    @jasonengberg15832 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this well paced insightful and easy to understand review. Clearly you are Landr leaning and likely will be what I choose.

  • @AnonymousPerspective33
    @AnonymousPerspective332 күн бұрын

    Awesome! Quick question: can you have 2 primary artists on a song that is not featured but instead both artist composed the song in a collab, can you use the Distribution Basic plan or do you need to pay $10 for the additional artist to be on the song as Primary instead of “Featured”?

  • @alexzehnmusik
    @alexzehnmusik2 күн бұрын

    How to white list my channel/songs?

  • @scotteepunk
    @scotteepunk3 күн бұрын

    Ryan, I have a question about Copyrights type. If I used Toontrack EZdrummer 3 on a song would I check the box "The track contains royalty-free samples"? Thank you for this excellent video.

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademyКүн бұрын

    If you are using it as a virtual instrument that is triggering individual instrument samples via midi, then you would check the first box. If you are dragging completed samples (complete beats/finished audio) from a library, then you would check the second box.

  • @stuzzox
    @stuzzox3 күн бұрын

    I have a question, can i submit my song to ANY type of curator playlist if it's already been released? I know you said you can't but not any form of it at all?

  • @NadavPeled19
    @NadavPeled193 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this! For mechanical royalties- do you know if I can get paid retroactively if I have tunes that have amassed some plays but I haven’t reached to MCL etc? Thanks so much !

  • @kangaroonick7717
    @kangaroonick77173 күн бұрын

    I love how the Spotify for artists page itself wasn't fucking accurate or updated. Thank you for this.

  • @Glockex
    @Glockex3 күн бұрын

    2020 I was banned by distrokid, I was here watching your video, years later now I’m looking for a new distribution service. Here you’re 🎉❤

  • @XY3N4
    @XY3N44 күн бұрын

    hmm question. how good is unchained music distro?

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    It’s my first time hearing of them actually.

  • @tommyaudio
    @tommyaudio4 күн бұрын

    20 percent discount off of what?? am i the only one who watched the entire video to not ever hear the actual price of landr distribution??

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    The price depends on what features you choose! I cover it all in depth in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5WazMZ8h9PWY5M.html

  • @yumelofioff
    @yumelofioff4 күн бұрын

    hmm ai cover generator is gone but i recommend to use midjourney

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    Hmm maybe they are only testing it in some accounts? I like midjourney too!

  • @yumelofioff
    @yumelofioff3 күн бұрын

    @@IndieMusicAcademy but i had it few weeks ago is it like numbers of limits are you moving to landr from awal

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy3 күн бұрын

    I'm going to be using LANDR for all my cover song distribution. I'm going to keep my existing songs on AWAL but future originals will probably be on LANDR too since I wanna use their mastering in my workflow after I do an initial "tonal" master myself.

  • @yumelofioff
    @yumelofioffКүн бұрын

    @@IndieMusicAcademy just a heads up i been experiance now for years of bad support noi refund just bad support littelery im jelous of you being on AWAL

  • @Maedara
    @Maedara4 күн бұрын

    my band is using landr for our distribution, do you know if i can use that same account to upload to a different artists account? i didn't quite get how that works or is it one landr acc per artist acc

  • @hazexo1131
    @hazexo11314 күн бұрын

    was wondering about this too, it’d be cool if u could upload to multiples artists accounts with one account like Distrokid

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    You can! I talk about that quite a bit in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5WazMZ8h9PWY5M.html

  • @Maedara
    @Maedara3 күн бұрын

    @@IndieMusicAcademy thanks!

  • @aagu5775
    @aagu57754 күн бұрын

    Is the $15 cover song clearance the same for a clearance on a sampled beat?

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    They are usually not interchangeable and not the same thing.

  • @NewWavesRecords
    @NewWavesRecords4 күн бұрын

    Now im ready to move my music

  • @TherealElijhawatkins
    @TherealElijhawatkins4 күн бұрын

    4:38Today is June 24th 4:38pm 2024 not December 31st instagram have been circulateting december 31st for a long time how can instagram data be accurate if ther date is not

  • @noureddinesouidi8880
    @noureddinesouidi88804 күн бұрын

    Can u help me

  • @vengeful_beemoe8655
    @vengeful_beemoe86554 күн бұрын

    DistroKid has zero humans.

  • @vengeful_beemoe8655
    @vengeful_beemoe86554 күн бұрын

    DISTROKID HAS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE

  • @vengeful_beemoe8655
    @vengeful_beemoe86554 күн бұрын

    I tried distrokid and they took the initial payment but refused to take anything else. their main line is disconnected and customer service is crap. DO NOT USE DISTROKID

  • @TechnixBeatbox
    @TechnixBeatbox5 күн бұрын

    Hi! I know sometimes people get there songs removed from Spotify from false copyright strikes, false bot streams (that the artists themselves did not buy or setup), and etc. how does one go about being able to put their music back up onto Spotify if all there songs get removed unfairly? Thanks

  • @arguellescisnerosmovies2442
    @arguellescisnerosmovies24425 күн бұрын

    thank you for doing this really is a good investigation

  • @IndieMusicAcademy
    @IndieMusicAcademy4 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @karsenrider7639
    @karsenrider76395 күн бұрын

    This was super helpful! I have been putting off copywriting my masters for so long because I didn't know all of the details, but you answered all of my questions and now I can get to work. Thank you !

  • @tamuzeidelstein2086
    @tamuzeidelstein20865 күн бұрын

    Hi, my first song recntly been added to a few playlists i suspect are fake and got alot of streams from them, i think the majority of streams for the realese by now. do you know if theres any action i can take against it? maybe report it somehow? couldnt find in spotify for artists anything about it. and since its most of my streams im afraid i might get banned or something even thogh i had nothing to do with it :/ anyways thanks for the help with everything :)

  • @lij8890
    @lij88905 күн бұрын

    So I’m a new artist I think I may try this it seems like the least scam one I’ll let yall know how it goes

  • @avavictoria863
    @avavictoria8635 күн бұрын

    Don't choose this distributor they permit artist to steal other people's names and then they load them up to KZread Attempting to hijack your channel real losers

  • @davidcottrell1308
    @davidcottrell13086 күн бұрын

    Play live...be in front of people...connect with them...

  • @mattwoodward
    @mattwoodward6 күн бұрын

    Did this video address publishing royalties? The CD Baby Pro option where they become your publisher and submit everything to ASCAP or BMI for you. CDB takes 50% of your publishing, Distrokid takes nothing and you set up your own music pro account for a one time fee and you are your own 100% owned publisher of your own music.

  • @LiantsoaFinaritraRANAIVOARIMAN
    @LiantsoaFinaritraRANAIVOARIMAN6 күн бұрын

    Ouahh...it's great to hear it❤ thanks

  • @mahoganymeka
    @mahoganymeka6 күн бұрын

    Great info. if I do studio pro subscription and then next year I want to change to standard, can I do it? thank you in advance

  • @eastwestsounds4526
    @eastwestsounds45267 күн бұрын

    Do Landr bills their users for Canada government taxes (their headquarters are in canada?) , deducting automaticly from your royalty gains, even for non-canadian users? I saw that Distrokid, which is based in NY has been doing that, charging 30% and it really sucks. For that I would never sign with them

  • @LiantsoaFinaritraRANAIVOARIMAN
    @LiantsoaFinaritraRANAIVOARIMAN7 күн бұрын

    Ouahh ❤ so usefull

  • @mindatosimms1317
    @mindatosimms13177 күн бұрын

    So like how i regester with jcap in jamaica. ? Can i also regester with these 2 u recomended

  • @AlanLopesEnter
    @AlanLopesEnter7 күн бұрын

    Went for Landr. Nice support, nice pricing

  • @fog5582
    @fog55827 күн бұрын

    nice videos editing... y've must be boring doing that...

  • @Dasher_The_Viral
    @Dasher_The_Viral8 күн бұрын

    WAVR decided to bot 2 of my songs against my will. I contacted both Spotify and my distributor after noticing the bot streams and both of them told me that they can't do anything about it and that my music won't be effected. Unfortunately, those songs were on 2 different albums and now both albums have been removed. The kicker is that there's nothing that can be done to resolve this issue. Think it's time to go back to Soundcloud at this point... :/

  • @richardwalton6993
    @richardwalton69938 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video Ryan. Looking at some internet information on Landr, I noticed a stipulation that claims to close accounts after 90 days inactivity. My only question is: what constitutes an ‘inactive’ account?

  • @rodverse
    @rodverse8 күн бұрын

    Who can I report a music distributor to?

  • @LukeVanGeest
    @LukeVanGeest8 күн бұрын

    Never heard of LANDR before. Is the standard price $12/month and Studio Pro $16?

  • @theainaramusic
    @theainaramusic9 күн бұрын

    Thank you for sharing 🫶🏼 this was incredibly helpful “through the mountains ahead, we’ll keep moving on”

  • @amad10sjokes37
    @amad10sjokes379 күн бұрын

    Symphonic or tunecore???🫣🙄😉

  • @barriemain
    @barriemain9 күн бұрын

    Great video :)

  • @GlennGutierrez
    @GlennGutierrez10 күн бұрын

    No oneRPM or INgrooves/Virgin? We just left the latter after many years and many layoffs, but I'd love to see someone tear into them.