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by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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I was reading this article and it was very interesting comparison between CD Baby and TuneCore. What are all of your thoughts on this? Read Article: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9739478-2.html
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I agree with the writer of the article. If you are a bigger band, then TuneCore is definitely the place for you. However, CDBaby is better for smaller indie artists, like me. I thought that the myspace friends crack at the end was funny too. I have 1600 friends on my site. I'm curious to know how many of them actually buy it. I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks when it is released. 
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Kevin,
It's strictly a volume based decision. Matt Rosoff, the author of CD Baby vs. TuneCore, figures that the break-even point is about 370 downloads. I think that's per year, so that would be about 31 downloads (single song sales) per month, or about 1 per day. If you are selling more than that, he argues that TuneCore would be a better deal as the sellers (artists) would keep more of their money.
The other issue not discussed in this article is the fact that CD Baby gets artists into ALL the different digital distributors, not just a few. I understand TuneCore charges extra to set you up for each unique distributor, and they probably only cover a handful of the top distributors, like iTunes, eMusic and Rhapsody, but I'm not sure what else they cover.
It think TuneCore more of an "a la carte" approach which probably works fine for bigger name (volume driven) music publishers, labels and artists.
Michael
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach MichaelBorges.comLicenseQuote.com
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Kevin,
It's strictly a volume based decision. Matt Rosoff, the author of CD Baby vs. TuneCore, figures that the break-even point is about 370 downloads. I think that's per year, so that would be about 31 downloads (single song sales) per month, or about 1 per day. If you are selling more than that, he argues that TuneCore would be a better deal as the sellers (artists) would keep more of their money.
The other issue not discussed in this article is the fact that CD Baby gets artists into ALL the different digital distributors, not just a few. I understand TuneCore charges extra to set you up for each unique distributor, and they probably only cover a handful of the top distributors, like iTunes, eMusic and Rhapsody, but I'm not sure what else they cover.
It think TuneCore more of an "a la carte" approach which probably works fine for bigger name (volume driven) music publishers, labels and artists.
Michael As a former customer of TuneCore, I'd have to agree that TuneCore may be suited for more volume base musicians. But, for a small label between CD Baby and TuneCore I'd had to suggest CD Baby. I like CD Baby because of the fact of their loyalty to the customers, and their distribution model offers a setup of physical and digital distribution in one go.
Last edited by Kevin_Rivers; 07/19/07 05:05 PM.
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