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5 scams that unsigned artists must avoid

 

MusicDiffusion is here to distribute your songs on all platforms worldwide, as helping you promote your music, develop your career and hopefully become a music star!

Unfortunately there are bad people out there who see ambitious unsigned artists like you as something to be exploited and ripped off. These people are evil and you shouldn’t ever have anything to do with them. So here are a few tips on what to look out for before crying hard.

 

1. Pay up front to be represented

Managers and agents are paid by commission, in simple words, they only get paid if the artist they represent gets paid. So if someone says they want to represent you as your agent or manager, but that they first need to be paid in advance of doing anything, they are clearly not a manager or agent, but certainly a scam.

 

2. Pay to get connected with some persons in the industry

There are people out there who claim to be artistic agents or to know some, and dare to request you to pay to get you connected or even get a deal. These people are what are known as LIARS. Artistic agents are the people in labels who discover and sign new artists, working with them to help create and develop their career. They do not get paid by unsigned artists. Never. Anyone who suggests otherwise is simply not a profesionnal. Real artistic agents find exciting new artists and in fact, it would make more sense that they help their artist financialy for prove their trust in their art than request money instead!

 

3. Buying tickets for a mystery unsigned artist promotion night

This is a scam that appears from time to time – unsigned artists are approached by a supposed promoter who has supposedly selected them to appear in a night of unsigned artists. What the artist has to do is buy tickets to guarantee his/her appearance, and he/she will never see the money again or hear any more about this supposed great gig. There are lots of nights out there for unsigned artists and you should absolutely be trying to appear on it, but make sure the gig is legit before getting involved.

 

4. Cargos por tocar en vivo en concierto

Gigging is an essential activity for almost all artists. Es muy importante que no te timen en el proceso. Algunos lugares pueden determinar su tarifa en función de la cantidad de fanáticos que lleves, y puede haber una garantía mínima de entradas que tienes que vender. Si ese es el caso, once you pass that minimum you must have the ability to actually earn a share of the money from the sales you bring in. And that break-even point has to be completely clear. Think about what is realistic for you and what make you comfortable with.

 

5. If it sounds too good to be true…

Then it probably is. Building a successful music career is a long hard slog. The rewards can be varied and immense, but they have never come to anyone without lots and lots of hard work. So if someone is offering something that seems a little too easy, just too good to be true, be on your guard. And if they’re asking for your money up front, without the guarantee of anything, be even more careful. Being a successful musician is hard enough as it is, don’t make things harder for yourself by falling victim to a scam from a bad person.

 

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Happy new year 2020 to all our music creators from MusicDiffusion (2019 Restrospective)

 

Music is the soundtrack of our lives and brings us emotions and feelings. Music can stimulate us, it encourages us, it makes us happy, it makes us smarter, it brings us peace and tranquility, it excites and relaxes us. Music heals the mind, body, and soul.

Another 12 exciting months have swooshed by, 12 months in which we have been able to share not only moments with many of you but also music and our dream, our vision: Making possible for creators in all corners of the planet to get their music to the right pairs of ears, and receive fair remuneration for their creations with a maximum degree of transparency.

We spent last 12 months to consolidated our relationship with many of our music creators, grown the number of channels available for music distribution, further developed our platform and technologies and we are more than happy to have became one of the leading place for the indie music business this year.

Con MusicDiffusion, for only 2,99€ by track (or 15,99€ by year for unlimited releases) you can now distribute and monetize all style of music, ringtones but also music lyrics on all major platforms worldwide, including Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Facebook, Instagram or still Youtube music…
You get also access to all Asia’s platforms including Tencent, Netease, Xiami Music and more.

Youtube Content ID is still included for free and permit our creators to monetize automatically all videos from Youtube using your music.
During this last year we also have added a lot of exclusive artists services like music smart links creation to redirect your fans to their favorite music platform for listen to your music, and we also updated a lot of our previous services like our online website creation or our music promotion

This last months, MusicDiffusion also became the first global music social network by connecting our community of thousands music creators! So with MusicDiffusion you don’t just have access to the best music distribution for your music business, but also the best place to discover and collaborate with new talents by one click, and for free!

We want to thank you all to make us able to keep on building this dream in 2020 and to play a role in the music industrie revolution, with you.
 

Have a wonderful 2020, with many music successes!
 
With gratitude,
The MusicDiffusion Team

 

 

 

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Redirect your fans to their favorite music platforms with MusicDiffusion Smart Links

MusicDiffusion develops since 2018 new tools for music creators around the world.

We are happy to announce you today a new tools that have been requested by our users! Yes, MusicDiffusion permits now to create Smart Links for your singles and albums in one click. MusicDiffusion Smart Links helps you to redirect your fans on their favorite music platform for listen your music.

Want an example of what we are talking about? Click here to see a MusicDiffusion Smart Link in action!

Get right now your own Smart Links in our exclusive Servicios de Artistas.

 

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How to distribute your music lyrics on Apple Music, Spotify, Facebook and Instagram with MusicDiffusion

 

🔥 Good news for all music creators using MusicDiffusion!

 
After Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer, MusicDiffusion partnered with Facebook and Instagram announcing a new feature that allows users to add lyrics to their Stories.

It’s getting easier and easier to reach your fans and promote your music on social media. Add music and lyrics to your Facebook and Instagram story and reach billions people using Social Medias every day.
Stories are now the best way to share your new release and reach your fans worldwide.

How to get your lyrics available on Facebook and Instagram, but also on all other platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer with MusicDiffusion?
Just add your lyrics on the tracks tab from your MusicDiffusion Dashboard when you uploading new music! You can also add lyrics to your previous releases delivered by MusicDiffusion, and don’t forget to click on “deliver” or “update” in the distribution tab of your release when this is done. Easy no? 🙂
You can also read more about how to upload lyrics with MusicDiffusion in our Centro de ayuda.
 


 

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Ringtones distribution comparative (MusicDiffusion vs. Tunecore vs. CD Baby vs. Distrokid and more…)

 

In our previous article “Why distribute ringtones from your music is a genius move?“, we explained you why distribute ringtones – whatever it is from your music or not – is a wise move and a great opportunity.
But how to be sure to chose the best distribution service to distribute ringtones on all stores?

The mission of MusicDiffusion is to build the most complete digital distribution platform for all independent artists, musicians and labels and to always ensure the best services at the best prices. This had also to be the case for ringtones distribution.

So here is a comparison of our ringtones distribution service with our main competitors: TuneCore, CD Baby, Distrokid, Imusician, Landr and Symphonic:

MusicDiffusion: a 9.99€ one time fee per ringtone + 10% regalías – distribution on Googleplay, Itunes / Apple Music, Amazon …

Symphonic: $9 per ringtone from an already uploaded track – only Itunes / Apple Music

Tunecore: 19,99€/year by ringtone – only Itunes / Apple Music

CD Baby: does not offer this service

Distrokid: does not offer this service

Imusician: does not offer this service

Landr: does not offer this service

As you can see, MusicDiffusion is the only one to distribute ringtones on all the digital platforms, for each type of phones (iPhone and Android).

MusicDiffusion is the best music digital distribution, pero no sólo, we are proud to be also the best one for ringtones!

 

So don’t wait to distribute now your ringtones with MusicDiffusion!

 


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Why distribute ringtones from your music is a genius idea?

It is very important that your music is present on the maximum of streaming services.
Remember that on the internet, listeners come from all over the world to discover new music, so it must be available everywhere. MusicDiffusion helps you with this, but helps you for much more too!

It is in this sense that we wanted to highlight today our ringtones service.
With our Ringtones exclusive service, your music become accessible in one click as a ringtone for all your fans using iOS or Android phones! More than just bringing you some new incomes from your ringtones downloads, think how much people will be in contact with your music when your fans phones gonna ring with your song!

If you check our comparative with our concurrents, you will see how MusicDiffusion is the cheaper and the most convenient platform to deliver your ringtones!

So, don’t wait no more and make from your music the next ringtone for many smartphone around the world by clicking here!

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Artists Focus: “Call Me” by Royal Riviera feat. Notrelle with MusicDiffusion

 

Today, our editorial team selected “Call Me”, a really fresh debut single from Royal Riviera and Notrelle signed on our music label Most Wanted Music. Find it now on every music platforms with MusicDiffusion 🎵

 


 


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How to obtain more plays and subscribers easily on Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube?

 

More than just the best music distribution service permitting to release and sell your songs on all digital platforms, MusicDiffusion also helps music artists to grow their fanbase and get thousands of new listeners with its exclusive Music Playlist Pitching Services.

Some months ago we launched our new exclusive music promotion and playlist pitching services, and already served hundred of happy customers. Today we expand our offers to Apple Music y Soundcloud, and we added some new playlists to our Youtube y Spotify promotion, with more than 500 000 Seguidores!

¿Cómo funciona? Easy!

Buy the plan you want bellow to promote your music link through our exclusive network of Playlists, Websites, Social Networks and Digital Radios. Our promotion services are runned by real humans that will contact you as soon you placed an order, and will help you to reach a brand new audience with our digital marketing expertise.

Then, just have a sit and watch your music going viral!

 


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Historias de éxito: the viral video “Denis Saint” from our member Jo Bal

 

Jo Bal, the new hiphop sensation from Paris just released his “Denis Saint” music video from its EP “Vision 4K” and released through MusicDiffusion. Almost 100 000 plays on Youtube in a few days and counting… Watch it now!

 

 


 


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What is the difference between Mastering and Mixing? – 5 steps to create a successful song

 

With the development of home studios and self-production, more and more artists perform their music independently without the help of anyone. And although there are hundreds of ways to produce a title, certain steps are essential for a song to have a clean, professional rendering.

What are the mandatory steps to make a title suitable for all media?
What are the differences between Mixing and Mastering?

Here are the 5 key phases to produce a successful song 👇

 

1 – Composition and Arrangements

At the base of any process of musical creation, composition is the foundation of your music. It is during this stage that you will create melodies for your song. Armed with a MIDI keyboard, or just a music software, this step is crucial and lays the foundation for your song. It’s up to you to decide the chords, the instruments and the rhythm of this first phase. As a result of your composition, you will probably make some arrangements. Whether partially reworking the melody by modifying measures, or adding atmospheres through effects, this complementary step seems rather natural within the creative process. To conclude, the arrangement comes to refine the color of your composition according to your artistic desires.

 

2 – The Record

Whether for instruments or voice recordings, the recording represents the logical continuation of the composition. It is during this stage that you will record your voice, those of potential partners or even your latest instruments. In order to produce an optimal result, it is advisable to benefit from a quality material according to what you want to record. It’s about capturing the best of your voice or instruments to showcase them as you wish. Finally, do not neglect the acoustics of the room in which you record, as well as any plug-in to enjoy an optimal sound.

Note that following this step, it is possible to arrange your voice, which is also more and more in the music industry. You can then choose to mitigate imperfections as well as change drastically with voice modification methods. Accuracy, tempo, vibrato, … everything can still be changed after recording.

 

3 – The Mix

Once your compositions and recordings made, you now have different tracks superimposed. You must then harmonize them so that the overall result is as audible as possible. This is the mixing stage.

Depending on the color you want to give to your title, you will give more importance to one track than another. You can thus favor a voice rather than a guitar by modifying the harmony of the tracks.

More concretely, you need to create a balance in the frequencies and placement of the sounds of your different tracks. For smooth mixing, the level of each instrument, whether it is Audio, or MIDI, is required. Subsequently, you can use special effects, such as reverb, delay, or echo. Always in order to give depth to your song, it is finally advisable to use filters like the equalizer (equalizer or EQ).

The mixing stage can be done by yourself, although it is always good to have an outside opinion on the final rendering of your music. For a mix to be successful, it is advisable to change the listening support, in order to have a concrete overview of your music from different angles.

At the end of this stage, your song must appear to you complete, the listening must be pleasant, and each element must be audible.

 

4 – The Mastering

Just like a layer of varnish on your painting, the mastering stage comes last in order to sublimate your production. The mastering should not mitigate the errors of the mix but add depth, and especially make it audible in good quality on all types of media: radio, TV, transmisión, CD, vinyl, nightclub…

Even the best mixes can not replace a mastering done by a sound professional with experience. Mastering, also called “pre-mastering”, must also harmonize the titles of a project. It should not be that too great disparities are heard between the different titles of the same album.

But how to master a sound?

It is not possible for everyone to be able to master music. First of all, this requires a professional equipment with a perfectly designed room for acoustics and speakers at more than 5000 € per unit. You must also have good ears, as well as a consistent experience. So this is an art, which is unfortunately not for everyone.

You still have several solutions:

  1. You stick to a mix of good qualities if you do not want to exploit your project on a large scale.
  2. Outsource the mastering stage to a recognized professional. You can also do this remotely by sending all the tracks of your project. However, the cost of this service is very expensive (count more than 100 euros per title for a complete mastering of quality).
  3. Use an on-line mastering service like Landr or Moja (e-mastering). Of much less good quality, services like Landr offer an economic alternative to the mastering realized by professionals of the sound. Achieved by artificial intelligence, this may represent a happy medium for an amateur artist lacking resources.

5 – The Distribution

After these different steps and once your mastering in your pocket, now it’s time to distribute your title! Digital distribution in streaming, CD or vinyl pressing, radio airplays, TV or in sound locations, … the choice is yours.

This decision must however be taken according to the mode of listening favored by your audience. Namely, if your listeners consumes music rather physically or digitally, and what places or platforms online they frequent.

With the advent of streaming, especially characterized by inexpensive distribution costs unlike CDs, it is now relevant to offer your music on platforms like Deezer, Spotify or Apple Music. For this, many distributors can meet your needs at variable costs.

Check out here how to choose the best music distribution, y our comparative of them!

 

Article from CMC Studio

 

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