Where Should I Register My Music

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[Mail service updated November 12th, 2019]

Looking for some places to submit music online and off?

Well y'all just hit the jackpot.

By the end of this post you will exist a music submission auto.

Just first:

I am going to requite you a few things to think about before submitting your music.

That way, you volition be giving your music the best take chances to go heard and talked most and less probable to exist wasting your fourth dimension.

And then, I am going show you a few resource that y'all can use to help distribute your music far and wide.

And finally, I am going to finish out with a list of smaller resources that you can option and cull from.

Sound like a plan?

Lets do this…

What To Do Before Y'all Submit Music

If you lot are an artist, publicist, director, characterization, would simply like to help out your favorite band AND you are looking to go maximum exposure for the music you are promoting, commencement here.

Why?

Because y'all will brand things easier for yourself and anyone else on the other side of your submission.

How do I know?

These are just a few of the things I've noticed since I started blogging and podcasting. I've seen first hand a few things that musicians and PR firms exercise that could help brand my job – and I imagine all of my fellow music bloggers and podcasters – easier when it comes to talking virtually your music.

So, if you are submitting to blogs, radio, record labels and/or whatsoever other service with a existent person on the other side…

…make certain you have the post-obit:

Make sure you accept a day to twenty-four hour period fan collection organization in place.

Before you starting time pimping your stuff all over the place, brand sure that you a) completely understand the audience you are trying to attain b) know how to go that audience to stick effectually and support yous and c) take ane source – not on this list – that brings you a consistent menstruum of new fans.

It may sound a picayune like putting the cart before the equus caballus, but, if y'all empathise how to exercise those things a few things will happen:

First, you will know exactly which sources will be the all-time fit.

You won't exist wasting your fourth dimension or theirs pimping something that just isn't going to fit. And when its a blogger, podcaster, or label, yous'll be able to make a greater case for why it does fit and increment the chances your stuff gets played.

Second, you volition multiply your results.

If y'all know how to turn listeners into fans before getting more than exposure yous are essentially pouring gas on the fire. Lets say your music gets on Pandora or Sirius. Lets say that in plow causes a few people to start looking you lot upward. Your website will be ready to entice them with free tracks or some other offering to entice them to get on your email listing.

Or lets say you get a blogger or podcaster talking almost you. You could have a link to a squeeze page ready for them to link to from their site. This link would funnel all interested parties straight to your forepart door.

Third, yous will be taken more seriously and in some cases might get a better response rate considering now, you lot take an asset (i.e. your fans).

If you tin tell a podcast or a blogger that you have 500+ fans that you lot tin share their evidence or mail with, they might give you another mind.

Or lets say you are reaching out to a record label. If you bring an audience to the table and show that you can get fans and understand how to get more than fans, they will be manner more interested in talking with you.

Need to learn more than about agreement your audition and getting new listeners to stick around? Click here.

Know Your Rights

Raise our hand if you e'er read the terms and weather on a website or app. I'grand estimate not many of you lot (me neither).

Merely there are horror stories out at that place of unsuspecting musicians handing over chunks of their rights, royalties and intellectual properties away. Don't let information technology happen to you.

A proficient place to commencement is the RockAndRollLibrarian. Bank check out her guide on how to keep more than of the money your songs brand.

Make it easy to find all the places where your music can be purchased and/or downloaded.

This is a pretty big matter if y'all want listeners to be able to get a copy of your stuff. Later all information technology is the ultimate goal right?

Sometimes I will have a quick stroll to a musician site to encounter if there are links but many fourth dimension there isn't much.

I volition sometimes check eMusic or CD Baby only if I'm in a crunch for time it may not happen. You lose.

Do not assume I desire CD'due south, ask outset.

I take a HUGE pile of CD's I exercise not want. If these artists would have asked I would've told them an MP3 or link to Soundcloud would take been sufficient.

Keep it short. As in transport a SHORT … key word there… e-mail asking if they'd like to check out your music before you send anything digital or physical.

Ask starting time and maybe save your time and money (cd + postage).

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Wasted money?

Provide links to your website.

Seems obvious… simply you lot'd be surprised.

Only send what you lot need to transport (if they want you to send information technology)

I become large envelopes and/or press kits blimp with more stuff than I can perhaps read through. It is just a waste material of paper in most cases.

Commonly ane simple letter of the alphabet or bio will practice. OR a business card with a link to your website where I can get more information on where I tin can await up your info if I want.

Help promote the web log or podcast who played/mentioned your stuff

This is something that would not take much time. Electronic mail your fans, mail service a link, bookmark the review or podcast to increase the exposure. Using something like the "share this" button beneath this post.

Just a few minutes of your fourth dimension offers a huge opportunity to introduces your work and theirs to a wider audience.

Tell podcasters if the music is podsafe.

Mainly for podcast submissions. If I like something, I want to put it on a podcast and share as shortly as possible without having to send out an electronic mail to five different people looking for permission. That is the fastest, easiest way to not get played. Again, you lose.

This may not be everything. BUT I just thought I would laissez passer on a few casual observations to give you something to think about as y'all prepare to share your music with the globe.

Bottom line:

The easier you make it for the person on the other side equals the ameliorate your chances of getting your music heard, shared, etc.

At present, keep reading to discover out where to submit your music.

(P.South. If you'd like to download the free music submission checklistclick hither or the image below)

Where To Submit Your Music

In that location are a TON of places out there.

Lets start with some of the places that requite you lot the biggest bang for your cadet correct out of the gate.

Music Distribution Services

You demand to take your music out in that location on as many stores as you tin. And if you lot want to submit music to Spotify, submit music to iTunes and/or a ton of other places, you lot will demand to utilize a music distribution service.

I won't go into dandy item here but lucky for you I did a mail service on this already. Click here to go read the quick and simple music distribution service overview.

SubmitHub

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Submitting a song is literally as easy as i,2,3

I've seen and tried a few of these types of sites over the years but this is by far the best executed. They depict their service the best…

"SubmitHub makes it easy to connect with bloggers, YouTube Channels, Record Labels and more. It allows you lot to filter tastemakers based on their preferences, improving the odds that your music is shared with those who are likely to enjoy it."

Very easy to utilize.

They exercise offering a express free submission. Merely to exist able to submit to a larger amount of blogs y'all do demand to pay and that's fine by me. When you consider all the time it saves you, its a nobrainer.

As a side note, I submitted my music using the costless option right before I updated this mail. Stay tuned since I will exist tracking my will be tracking the results and will report if/when I take annihilation to report on.

Click here to use SubmitHub

ArtistPR

ArtistPR has a ton of dandy resources. This service, in detail, gives you the opportunity to get your music on the radio, heard in the press and by music supervisors.

Go connect with Music Managers, Record Labels, A&R Reps.

Click here to submit your music to over 28,000 music industry Pro's

The Indie Bible

Hither is a corking resources that gives y'all access to contact information for over 9000 resources similar radio stations, journalists, labels, publicists, managers and music licensing sites looking for music in nigh every genre you can think of.

The whole affair is divided up past genre, label, radio, publication, region, etc. This is a HUGE fourth dimension saver.

You are able to really strop in on the resource that are specific to both your mode of music and region of promotion. You do not take to spend hours sifting through a ton of non-related info to find the resources y'all need to tap.

There are literally thousands of Bloggers, Radio stations, Journalists, Labels, and Publicists all waiting to listen to and review your music. Need more, here'southward another Indie Bible Review.

Click to get the Indie Bible.

Spotify Playlists

There are 220 million people listening to Spotify. Sure, you lot are just getting a fraction of a penny every time your music streams, if you desire to get your music heard, you need to be there.

A fast track to getting more listeners is to get on playlists. In that location are millions of playlist large and small in near every genre you tin think of.

They are filled with music fans who are into any it is y'all are creating. You just take to get your tunes in the hands of the playlist creator aka, curator.

This has been sort of a dark art for the past few years. A lot of artists take been getting ripped off by some playlist services who aren't quite honest.

But there's a resource that tin help yous take some of the mystery out of spotify playlist submission.

The peeps over at Indie Bible take put together another awesome resource that lists location, contact proper name, email, website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter of over 3000 Spotify playlist curators.

Here's a quick breakup of how the Indie Spotify Bible tin help yous:

Contact info for the 100 "Official" Spotify curators
Curator location, contact proper name, electronic mail, website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
All listings sorted by genre to salve you lot a TON of time
The number of followers the playlist has to make sure its worth your time.
A complimentary copy of "The Independent Artists Guide to Spotify" to give you the best gamble getting your music played
A lot more than…

Pretty badass huh?

This is going to salve you so much time and give yous the all-time take chances to get your music heard by so many more than people. Maybe even make a few bucks. Go check it out.

Click here to go check out the Indie Spotify Bible

Streaming Radio / Podcasts

Submit Music to Pandora

There is an approval process only if you get approved, it could be a large deal because you lot get royalties.

It used to be a pain in the butt. I know because submitted before and I got turned downward.

BUT when I was putting together this post, I remembered I never sent in my newest release. It was WAY freakin easier.

(Update: I fabricated it in this time).

Submit Music to SiriusXM

I accept never tried this before simply SiriusXM could be a really prissy place to have your music played.

You need to send your music to the following accost:

Attn: Music Programming Department
SiriusXM
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

I've heard of artists reaching out to DJ'southward on a channel past channel basis but the snail mail method is the only ane officially mentioned on the website.

MusicTo

(Added 7/31/2017)

Musicto.com is a community of carefully vetted music curators who's playlists are bachelor across Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, Soundcloud and more.

The owner reached out to me about starting a playlist. Nosotros had an excellent hour long conversation. He is a musicians and successful business human who is extremely passionate about music and has invested a lot to get this upwardly and running.You are in good hands.

This is a service you'll desire to try out.

Submit a runway to a Musicto curator

Submit Music to Radio Airplay

They offer some free plays for signing up simply eventually you take to pay. I was able to get my songs played along side some of the top acts in my genre. Between complimentary plays and some paid plays I racked up 5660 plays that resulted in 212 new fans.

Submit to Earbits

Earbits is strictly indie.

Y'all won't hear whatever mainstream artists. Sure you miss out on the a large segment of the population, but, they are mainly casual listeners. I think indie merely is good because listeners who are indie friendly are generally more than supportive of creative person (at to the lowest degree in my experience).

Earbits doesn't just let anyone in either. They are very selective to keep the quality high (that is a good thing).

They let me in and I racked up 16724 plays, generated 198 clicks on the banner ad they allow you post. I used the banner ad to bring people to my email capture form and I received a handful of Facebook fans and l or then e-mail addresses.

MySephora

If you have a budget to promote your music, check out MySpephora. You can go your new release shared with Spotify Curators for less than 20 bucks or invest a little more to be submitted to 5000+ radio stations.

Full general Cyberspace Radio

I was able to get airplay on a few shows by reaching out to station creators on Live365 (when it was still around).

I outlined the whole procedure in my post Stupid Uncomplicated Costless Style to Go your Music on Cyberspace Radio post.

This method could also be used past going through the following Wikipedia page (and whatever other resources you might notice).

Wikipedia List of Net Radio Stations

There is a huge list of internet radio stations hither. Look them over and reach out to them using the method I described in the Live365 post.

Podcasts

Reaching out to podcasters is a great style to get plays. I did 39 episodes and I was approached by many artists.

The biggest hurdle for podcasters is knowing what they can and can't play. If you let them know up front end, they are more than likely to play your tune if they like it.

To find them, browse through some of the big directories like iTunes and Stitcher.

You lot may be able to find some podcast directories in this post simply it is a little outdated.

Its a bummer because there used to be some cool resources out at that place where podcasters would go search for music that artists posted and labeled as podsafe. But many of them are gone. The biggest of them all, Podsafe Music Network was swell but it is out of business. I miss it.

Read The "DIY Musicians Radio Handbook"

A friend of mine, D. Grant Smith, wrote "The DIY Musicians Handbook".

D has been in radio for a long time and has lived the many of the changes nosotros've seen over the past few decades. He a great networker and has a ton of great radio promotion tips nearly getting your music played and creating some quality contacts along the fashion.

Other

I wasn't certain how to categorize these then I chucked them in here. Its kind of a grab handbag that I promise to build out as I discover more than places to submit.

Fiverr

This is a petty exterior the box. Plus, I've never used whatever of these services myself only I figured they might be worth a mention.

Fiverr is a website where people offer at that place services for $5 a pop.

Some of the services offering you the chance to submit your music to radio stations, club DJ's, record labels and more.

Just visit Fiverr and practice a search for "submit music" and you'll see a few options.

I can't say how effective any of these are merely it just costs $5 to experiment. Just pay attending to the providers reviews and rating to make certain they are legit.

Search Engines

I couldn't list everything here so if yous need more than or didn't encounter something above that concur with your style, just do a search on Google, Bing or whatsoever other search engine.

Hither'southward how:

Merely go over to Google. Then copy and paste (OR blazon) any of the post-obit terms:

submit your music
submit music
submit my music

Y'all could too narrow your search past genre or medium:

submit music video
submit hip hop music
submit country music
submit music to a&r
submit music to record labels
submit music to radio stations
submit music to podcasts

Notice a pattern at that place?

And when y'all start typing Google will help you out even more than.

Just start typing and pay attention to the suggestion.

submit your music search

Tip #1: Only get-go typing and pay attention to the suggestion

Or scroll to the bottom of the page and bank check the related search section. You'll meet all kinds of ideas.

submit your music suggestions

Tip #2: Ringlet to the bottom of the folio and check the related search department.

Lesser Line

Then there you go. That should continue y'all busy from now until infinity.

But that's a good trouble to have correct?

Endless places to submit your music.

And y'all tin always inquire for help from friends, family and fans.

Just make sure that before you lot beginning submitting yous are prepared to requite yourself the all-time chance to have reward of the exposure.

Get through and check everything off that is listed nether the heading,What To Do Before You Submit Music (above).

You could also download the handy checklist I have for yous (see below).

Now become along and spread the good word.

And stay tuned. I'm sure I'll be adding to this page in the hereafter since I'g sure some of yous will see a few places that I missed.

Your Turn

So did I miss anything?

Or practice you take any first paw feel submitting your own music?

Let united states know in the comments below.

(P.S. If yous'd like to download the free music submission checklistclick hither or the paradigm below)