TuneCore Pays Out 1 Million to Artists in January

There are gads of companies distributing artist's music to digital stores like iTunes, Rhapsody and Amazon.com MP3 these days.

But for me, the #1 company to sign up with to distribute your music online has always been CD Baby. They were the first to offer digital distribution for independent artists and they have consistently been the best at it, as far as I have been able to tell. As a CD Baby artist myself, I can tell you that I have been enjoying getting my digital sales bank deposits every week. Most months I do about $1500 in digital distribution sales. That's a nice chunk of change and frankly, it's about the easiest money I make every month.

There are other alternatives to CD Baby, however, for musicians who want other options. The most prominant of those is TuneCore, who just paid their artists over a million bucks for digital distribution last January. One artist, Josh Kelly, is among the most successful. He earned $135,000 in a month. Now THAT is a nice chunk of change.

More on TuneCore's latest success at http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041408tunecore