I have been reading up on how the steps to do this for some a little while, and I am confident in these bare minimum requirements before anyone start releasing albums. This does not stop you from posting songs, on Soundcloud, YouTube, Jamendo, Reverb Nation, Drooble, or similar. These are the steps meant to be taken before you start talking with a distribution company, before you think about uploading to Spotify, iTunes, or any thing like these platforms. This is intended to get all of the compensation deserved to the artist for their music.
- Get your copyrights!
- Join a PRO
- Sign up for Sound Exchange
- Sing up for Songtrust
More to come as I learn more…….