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How and where to publish your Music and Sounds
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how to alternatively publish, merchandise, spread, sell, etc…. music.
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Online Distribution Sites
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CCMixter
Features:
- tv shows like CSI have used music from this site
Terms and Conditions:
- free online creative commons community. you control how your music is used through cc licensing.
Experience Reports:
A great and friendly place to collaborate with respected artists all over the world.
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freesound
Features:
- “a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs.”
Terms and Conditions:
- free online creative commons community.
Experience Reports:
A great place to search and find really any sound you need. A good world-wide community.
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Equal Dreams
Features:
- host the CD 44k, DVD 48k images — NO / NO
- individual tracks — YES (MP3, FLAC)
- provide CD covers/labels etc. for dl and printing — NO
- provide some way of previewing/streaming the tracks online — YES
- provide some kind of ratings/feedback section — YES
- provide a way for people to pay for physical media if they want a disk delivered to their door — NO
- Artist retains full copyrights: YES
- Possibility for donating to charity projects: YES
Terms and Conditions:
- Payment options: PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer (Finnish customers only)
- Artist gets: up to 88 %
Experience Reports:
None
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Band Camp.mu
Features:
Unknown
Terms and Conditions:
Unknown
Experience Reports:
None
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Magnatune
Features:
Unknown
Terms and Conditions:
Unknown
Experience Reports:
None
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Jamendo
Features:
- Worldwide promotion of your songs - works under cc-license - almost always good feedback for you
Terms and Conditions:
Unknown
Experience Reports:
None
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Dogmazic
Features:
- Worldwide promotion of your songs - Works under any free music licence - Good feedback and discussions, forum about free software
Terms and Conditions:
Only works under free music licences.
Experience Reports:
None