DistroKid can help with covers. DistroKid cannot help with samples.
What's the difference?
Sampling
Sampling is when you use the actual recording of another artist's performance. For example, if you use the 1971 recording of Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" as your drum track. That's generally not legal, unless you have permission from the original artist or owner of the copyright.
Cover Song
A cover song is a song that you performed & recorded yourself, but the music was written by someone else. For example, when your band plays "Smooth Criminal" (written by Michael Jackson). This is totally okay—DistroKid makes it easy and legal to sell cover songs. Just select "Someone else wrote it" in the "Songwriter" section of the DistroKid upload form. You'll find pricing and more info, there.
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