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How To Master Digital Distribution — Create Music Group Edition
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With the rise of digital distribution, the music industry and record business is entering a revolutionary time. There has been a shift from the traditional ‘DIY musician’ to the ascension of the refashioned ‘direct artist’ and independent record label.
There seems to be an infinite supply of music and content that is being consumed online, in part due to mobile phones becoming more accessible to the global consumer and companies like Create Music Group are fueling the revolution.
Supplying artists with the tools and technology to fulfill their biggest dreams. The digital powerhouse is best known for their groundbreaking work within EDM and bringing order to one of the most infringed on genres in the music industry.
This explosion of online music streaming and digital distribution has shifted the landscape to favor the independent artists and has — undoubtedly — changed what it means to be a self-releasing artist/independent record label.
London-based Midia Research has estimated that this trend has generated more than $643 million worldwide in 2018, amassed and gathered by digital distributors such as DistroKid, TuneCore, Ditto Music & CD Baby.
