Distribution
What kinds of Content can DistroKid distribute?
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How Long Does It Take for My Album to Be Available in Streaming Services?
It can take several days for albums to be reviewed, approved, and sent to streaming services. If it's important that your album go live on a specific date, click here to read ab...
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What Countries Will My Music Be Available In?
Most uploads appear worldwide in every country that the different streaming services support. If you want to restrict your release to certain countries, you can upload to Distro...
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Can I use Royalty Free Samples?
It's totally fine to use royalty free samples from sample library services such as Splice, Sounds, LoopCloud etc. It is also fine to use royalty free samples that are in...
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Can I Upload DJ Mixes or Remixes with DistroKid?
Unless you have permission from all concerned parties, it is not possible to upload songs with uncleared samples. You are welcome to upload remixes of your own work. However, if...
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Can I Upload Cover Songs?
Yes! DistroKid makes it easy to distribute your cover songs. We’ll handle everything on your behalf, including sending payments to songwriters and taking care of all the extra l...
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Can I Upload a Sound-a-like?
No, sorry. Sound-a-likes--or cover versions, or tribute songs that sound verrry similar to the original--aren’t accepted by streaming services.Streaming services may also reject...
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Can I Upload Songs That Are in the Public Domain?
Any Song or Musical Work Published in 1922 or earlier is in the Public Domain in the USA. As long as there is no current copyright on the original work, it's probably OK, but pu...
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Can I Use DistroKid to Sell Instrumental Music?
Yes. As long as it's your music and you're legally allowed to sell it, blah blah blah. For "language," choose whatever language your music speaks to you in. Figuratively speakin...
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Does DistroKid Distribute Audio Books to Streaming Services?
No. DistroKid only distributes music.
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Can I Use DistroKid to Sell Ringtones?
No. DistroKid only distributes albums and singles.
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Can I Give Away My Music for Free?
There is no way to sell a song for free in the online stores and streaming services, such as iTunes. If you see a song available for free download in iTunes, this is because the...
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Can I Upload a Compilation Album, 'Various Artists' release, or 'Split' release via DistroKid?
DistroKid doesn't distribute compilations or "various artists" releases at this time, nor can we distribute "split" releases. Currently, we can only deliver content where upload...
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Can I Upload a Podcast?
No.DistroKid does not distribute podcasts at this time. You’ll need to use an aggregator that specializes in podcasts if you want to upload one to streaming services. Here’s Spo...
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Can I Upload ASMR, White Noise or Guided Meditation?
No. DistroKid is for solo musicians, bands, DJs, performers, and producers who record music at home or in the studio. You might try another distributor if you are hoping to rele...
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Do You Distribute Classical Music?
DistroKid doesn't currently deliver Classical releases to iTunes/Apple Music. All other streaming services will receive the content, though. Important formatting note about clas...
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Can I Upload a Comedy Album?
Yes! Comedy releases like this one are OK. Just make sure to select "Comedy" as the primary genre on the upload form.
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Do I Need to Pay the Cover License If I Upload a Parody?
While only a court can rule on whether something is Fair Use or not, Harry Fox Agency (who handles our cover licenses) offers the following guidelines: If a parody takes aim ...
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Can I Upload Super-Short Songs?
Snippets, ring-tones, etc. are not allowed.Streaming services will not accept albums if the average song length is less than 60 seconds. If you have longer songs that you can ad...
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Can DistroKid submit my work to Kuack Media?
Yes! Kuack Media is a music and video service for brands and content providers available in the Caribbean and Latin America. Leading mobile carriers, including Virgin and Digice...
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Can DistroKid Distribute my work to Joox?
Yes! Joox is a new streaming and social service for artists available in Hongkong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar. Joox is the biggest, fastest-growing streaming ser...
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Can DistroKid send my music to Facebook and Instagram?
Can DistroKid send my music to Facebook and Instagram? Yes! We can distribute your music to Facebook and Instagram. To get your music into Facebook’s music catalog, create or...
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Can DistroKid Send My Music to Pandora?
Yes! You can opt into Pandora at no additional charge by selecting it on the upload form. Pandora has several services that we can help get your music into. You may need some...
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Can DistroKid Submit My Music to Audiomack?
Yes! Check out this walkthrough of this process here: Linking and distributing your work to Audiomack is easy with DistroKid! In order to distribute your work there, you'll fir...
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Can DistroKid Submit My Work to Snapchat?
Yes!Snapchat has tapped DistroKid to help build its audio library, also known as "Sounds on Snapchat".Please note, artists are only eligible to submit their work to Snapchat if ...
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Can DistroKid Send My Music to Beatport?
Yes! DistroKid offers distribution to Beatport as an Album Extra for all DistroKid releases in the electronic genre. Beatport distribution costs $9.99/month for unlimited distri...
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Can You Deliver My Music to TouchTunes?
Yes! If you're interested in adding your music to TouchTunes, you can visit this link to opt in. While we can submit your music to TouchTunes, their catalog is hand-curated base...
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