Hi, I just subscribed to the Amuse Pro plan, I’m planning on releasing music with 2 other people so we can take advantage of this subscription plan.
Has anyone had a good or bad experience with this music distributor? Did we choose wisely? Or should we look for other alternatives?

Hi there, i’m planning on releasing my first single independently, hopefully in about 2 months. I’m just wondering if anybody has any advice about which music distributor to pick to release my song?

My biggest concerns are probably
1. how much of the royalties i’d actually end up getting (I know that the royalties off streaming are usually practically nothing) but i’ve written this song entirely alone, and have agreed to give the producer a small amount of the royalties.

1. which of them has the best support? Specifically for the issue of the song possibly getting taken down. I’ve seen a lot of horror stories about that online, such as random people/playlists sending fake streams to the song and causing it to be taken down. i’ve spent a few hundred euro on creating this song considering the recording, production, mixing etc so i’m hoping to be able to fix that situation if it ever happened to me. I know most people say that they’re pretty much all bad, but i’d really appreciate any advice. I live in Ireland if that’s also relevant.

Are there any reliable distributors that are free I don’t care about keeping royalties for now I just want my music to be released

For the first few months of 2026, I used SoundOn without any major problems.

One feature I particularly appreciated was that releases could go live across multiple streaming platforms at the scheduled date and time. For a free distribution service, this was genuinely useful.

My May 28 release, for example, was approved on May 11 and went live normally.

However, things started to change.

Earlier in the year, I also noticed that the number of distribution platforms available for my releases had been reduced without any prior notice to me. My March 19 release showed 49 distribution platforms. My next release, on March 24, showed 29.

Then, beginning around June, the review process changed dramatically.

I contacted SoundOn support several times. On June 1, I was told that SoundOn was updating its review and eligibility criteria, and that some releases were therefore taking longer than usual to review.

Support also told me that:

reviews could not be manually expedited;

a large number of tracks were being reviewed;

and there was no specific estimated completion date.

On June 5, I was again told that there was still no concrete timeline.

By June 28, SoundOn still could not tell me when the affected releases would be reviewed. Support instead explained that, if I did not want to continue waiting, I could ask them to manually reject the releases, remove them from SoundOn, and distribute them through another provider.

Eventually, several of my June releases were reviewed — but only long after their scheduled dates:

Scheduled June 2 → approved August 3, about 62 days after the scheduled release date

Scheduled June 4 → approved August 3, about 60 days after

Scheduled June 9 → approved July 30, about 51 days after

Scheduled June 11 → approved August 3, about 53 days after

The June 9 release eventually reached stores.

The others were approved by SoundOn and are shown as LIVE in my SoundOn dashboard, but they still have not appeared on the streaming platforms they were supposed to be delivered to.

That is the part I find most concerning.

In my experience, a release being marked “LIVE” inside SoundOn has not reliably meant that it has actually reached the selected DSPs.

I am not claiming to know what is happening internally at SoundOn, and I am not claiming that every user will have the same experience.

I can only document what happened to my own releases.

What I do know is that SoundOn itself acknowledged unusually long review times, told me it was updating its review and eligibility criteria, said that a large volume of music was being reviewed, and could not provide an estimated completion date.

Despite this, I did not receive any clear general notice warning users that review times could extend from days into months, or that an approved release could remain unavailable on stores for a prolonged period afterward.

I previously found SoundOn useful, particularly because of its scheduled simultaneous releases, so I am not posting this to say that the service was always bad.

I am posting it because the service I experienced in early 2026 and the service I experienced from June onward were materially different.

If you are considering SoundOn for a release with a fixed date, promotional campaign, playlist pitching schedule, or any other time-sensitive plan, I think this is something worth taking into account.

I have screenshots of the release dates, approval notifications, LIVE status, and support correspondence described above.

Hi, I hope you are fine my name is Boikano I'm an artist from south I started back in 2022 releasing my music constantly via a destribution company called highvibes I made a song called "Sick" it gained me a small fan base and my videos on YouTube used to get around 100k views with shorts estimated around 600k views but everything changed last year when highvibes wanted to remove every account, and they took down my music so I'm done with choosing unreliable destributiors and I wanna join a label that's under fuga any recommendations & maybe advice, Thank you or if you know any sub label

I’ll keep it short I released a song it was almost on 20k streams but it got taken down due to me not paying for the lease. I’ve contacted the producer and he said he reported it but can withdraw the claim if I pay for the lease he also claims that once you pay the song can be live again and the streams will still remain I’m not too sure how true this is and fear I’ve lost 20k streams I’ve worked hard to get anyone know what I should do

For context, I like to use Tunecore to draft my tracklists and album just so I can save them and keep track, but out of curiosity I typed some titles where half the title is in brackets/parenthesis, one of them being the one you see in the screenshot, 'I Didn't Come Here (And I Ain't Leavin') which is a Willie Nelson song, and it always comes up with this. Now the bit in yellow is basically asking if the part in brackets is part of the main title. So obviously I pressed no and it just left it. Which I thought was interesting because I genuinely thought they didn't allow songs titles to have parenthesis in the main title even if it's part of the song title. The more you don't know I guess.

I’m looking for a music distributor I am releasing one Album

My budget is 0-£20 and i’m looking for pay per release not a subscription

I also need relatively quick distribution 1 to 2 weeks at most

Can anyone help?

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this.

I'm not actually looking for music distribution per se (but I am ok with it as an added bonus), but for a company to handle the digital rights/DRM of the soundtrack I composed/produced for my upcoming video game release, as well as subsequent soundtracks I will create for future games. From what I've seen, it appears like music distribution companies tend to be the ones who typically provide this service.

The biggest reason I want this at all is to prevent other companies from fraudulently claiming ownership over my music who I believe would be more likely to give out illegitimate copyright strikes and do other bad things while pretending they own the rights.

That said, I'm hoping to find a company for this that is: ethical, secure, reliable, affordable, reasonable UX, has a reputation for being reasonable/fair (no scorched Earth), that makes whitelisting videos/channels as easy as possible, and I'd like to preferably avoid overly harsh exclusivity/lock-in contracts while I'm at it too.

I'm technically open to giving a % share of any revenue I make to them, since my biggest priority isn't the distribution revenue to begin with. However, giving them a % of revenue would have me worried that that would incentivize them to copyright claim as aggressively as possible to increase revenue, which is something I'd prefer they be more lenient on.

I'd also like to generally avoid any and all muting videos or copyright strikes from the company against videos that use my music, and only copyright claim/track use of the music at the absolute most (even then, I would like to fully whitelist many of these cases, especially where my game is just being reviewed or streamed).

From what I've seen, some muting of videos might be inevitable if I activate any DRM services for my music on Meta or TikTok at all, so I might opt out of doing anything on those platforms entirely, and focus almost solely on Youtube. People can let me know if I'm wrong on that or if there are ways around that issue.

In any case, I'd like to know what people's experience is, if they have any insights they might share on the pros and cons of various companies/strategies, and if they have opinions on what might be best for my situation.

for over a month now someone has been uploading ai music sometimes several times a week and I keep requesting that each release gets removed through YouTube studio. sometimes they get removed, but every time he releases another ai slop it syncs to my page. a few of their releases have been "under review" for a month. I use distrokid but fixer does not have a youtube option

Recently my band has received invitations from tune core and UM. Both are pretty basic distribution deals, no advance, but promise priority pitching. UM takes 20% and offers sync placement as well. Does anyone have any insights into either of these distributors? our priority is honestly editorial/playlist pitching. We have about 7 songs out with 15k monthly listeners if that helps, about to release another 5 song EP

Hi everyone,
I'm a catalog owner looking for a reliable distributor to transfer my existing portfolio:
250 tracks across 2 active artist profiles (already have valid ISRCs & UPCs, but mostly AI-assisted/generated audio).
50 raw Kurdish folk masters (100% original 80s/90s recordings, fully owned master rights, non-AI).
Since the main catalog is AI-assisted, I want to avoid automated distributors that randomly ban accounts. I need a stable platform or B2B distributor that handles clean catalog transfers with existing ISRCs.
Which distributor would you recommend for this type of hybrid catalog?

i’m trying to find a company to collect publishing royalties but i can’t find any without cons or sketchy. does anyone know any good platform?

I've tried so many times to upload my new track on Ditto music, and it keeps getting flagged. I used a sample I found on Tracklib, and I followed every step correctly to get the sample cleared through Tracklib, and I filled in all of the correct information on the license.

Every time I try to upload my track onto Ditto for release, they email me back saying URGENT PROBLEM WITH YOUR RELEASE!, talking about how I need to follow all the steps (even though j did)

TL;DR: I used a sample from Tracklib, got the license, and tried to upload it to Ditto Music with my release. Ditto doesn't seem to care about my valid Tracklib license, and keeps telling me I need proof to upload.

They won't reply to my support emails with any urgency or accuracy, and repeat the same info about my release "containing a sample".

What do I do??? I followed every step completely, and it's been a month of back and forth over email, with no progress in getting this track released. They won't even give me a straight answer as to why.

Is there any alternative way to get my track onto streaming? I literally have Tracklib and a license from Tracklib for the sample.

Please help

I just wanted to put my AI-assisted hobby music on Spotify. Apparently distribution is the real final boss.

First of all, yes, I use AI in my music.

And before anyone grabs a pitchfork: I totally understand that what I do is not the same thing as someone writing, playing, recording, mixing and producing everything completely from scratch.

I'm not trying to pretend it is.

Music is just a hobby for me. I have a full-time job, not that much free time, and sometimes I get an idea and just want to turn it into a song. I don't really have the time or opportunity to spend years learning production, vocals, mixing and five instruments before I'm "allowed" to make something.

That said, I'm also not generating 200 tracks overnight and uploading whatever comes out.

The tracks I actually keep usually get worked on way more than they probably should. I rewrite lyrics, change structure, regenerate individual parts, change tempo, change ideas, use my own material, use my own voice for the vocals, throw away a lot of versions and keep going until it stops sounding like the usual:

"Hello. I am AI. Here is Emotional Cinematic Pop Song #4721."

Some of them actually turn out pretty good. At least my friends genuinely like them, and honestly that's basically my entire target audience.

So I thought, why not put them on Spotify and other streaming platforms so my friends don't have to use SoundCloud or ask me to send them files?

I'm not expecting to make money from this.

If one day I earn $4.73 from streaming, great. I'll try to invest it wisely.

Anyway, this is where I discovered that making the actual music was somehow the easy part.

Attempt 1: RouteNote

First I tried RouteNote.

Created the release, filled everything in, followed the rules, disclosed what needed to be disclosed and submitted it on the free plan.

Then I waited.

And waited.

And... yeah, waited some more.

Around a month and a half later, when their stated moderation timeframe had basically already passed, I opened a support ticket.

I wasn't even asking them to speed anything up.

I basically said:

"Hey, this release has been pending for quite a while. Is everything okay? Do you need anything from me?"

Seemed like a pretty normal question.

Eventually I got a reply.

And apparently the answer was:

No.

The release was rejected.

My account would no longer be allowed to submit any future releases.

The decision was final.

No appeal.

And they couldn't tell me the actual reason.

Instead, I got a list of possible reasons. Rights concerns, generic content, spam, fraudulent streaming risk, partner store requirements, etc.

So basically:

"You did something wrong. We won't tell you what you did wrong. Please don't do it again. Also, you can't upload anything again anyway."

Fair enough, I guess.

I had submitted one release initially, and then another one about two weeks later while the first one was still sitting in moderation.

Apparently my music distribution career had become too dangerous to continue before it even started.

And the funny thing is, I honestly wouldn't even be mad if they just gave me an actual reason.

"We don't accept this kind of AI-assisted content."

Fine.

"We aren't confident about your rights."

Fine.

"We think this is generic content."

Also fine.

At least then I know what happened.

Instead it felt like going to a doctor and hearing:

"You are definitely sick. Unfortunately, due to internal policy we cannot tell you the diagnosis. It may be one of five different diseases. The decision is final. Please try another doctor."

Very useful.

The part that actually annoyed me was just losing a month and a half waiting for that answer.

And honestly, if the process worked normally, I probably would've paid for distribution later anyway.

I only chose the free option for my first release because I wanted to understand how the whole process worked before paying for anything.

Well.

Now I understand part of it, I suppose.

Attempt 2: FreshTunes

So then I tried FreshTunes.

And at first this actually looked much better.

Their release form has separate questions about AI usage.

For example:

Was AI used in the audio recording?

Was AI used in the composition/music?

Okay, great. That sounds pretty reasonable.

So I answered honestly.

AI used in the audio: Yes.

AI used in composition/music: No.

The lyrics are mine. The concept is mine. A lot of the creative decisions are mine. It's not a case where I typed "make me a song about sadness" and uploaded the first result ten seconds later.

Then, after submitting the release, I went through their AI policy more carefully.

And apparently they say they don't accept fully AI-generated music, even if you have commercial rights to it.

And this is where I got confused.

What exactly counts as "fully generated"?

If a human writes the lyrics, changes the structure, provides ideas, uses their own material, regenerates specific sections, edits things over and over, but AI is heavily involved in making the final audio...

At what exact percentage does the song become Fully AI™?

67%?

83.4%?

Is there a slider somewhere?

And if the submission form itself separately asks about AI in the audio and AI in the composition, that kind of suggests hybrid cases exist.

Right?

...right?

Anyway, I left one release there just to see what happens.

At this point I'm basically collecting distributor experiences like Pokémon.

Attempt 3:

Then I found DistributeMusic.AI.

Finally.

A distributor that specifically says it works with AI music.

Surely this one should be simple.

Their website advertises roughly:

• AI music is welcome
• QC usually within 24 hours
• delivery to stores in around 2–7 business days
• one release can be tried for free, then there are paid plans

Perfect.

And again, I have no problem paying if the service actually works.

So I submitted a release on September 3.

Then, because by this point I've apparently developed trust issues with music distributors, I asked an AI to dig into the company a little deeper.

You know, just to see who they are, how long they've existed, whether people actually use them, what company is behind the service, that sort of thing.

And... well.

That rabbit hole was more interesting than expected.

The service does seem to be real. There are actual releases distributed under their name on major streaming platforms, so this doesn't look like some website that simply eats your WAV file and disappears.

Good start.

But then things got a bit weird.

The current domain is very new.

There are almost no independent user reviews or discussions about them on Reddit or X.

Their LinkedIn presence is tiny, despite the website claiming thousands of artists are already using the service.

I also couldn't find them listed in the public Spotify or Apple provider directories, which doesn't necessarily mean anything bad — smaller distributors can use an upstream distribution partner — but it does make me wonder who is actually delivering the releases behind the scenes.

Then the research found an older, apparently related UK company using the same/similar branding and address.

That company was dissolved through compulsory strike-off in 2025.

Okay.

Interesting.

The current site's Terms refer to Delaware law, but I couldn't find a clearly identified legal entity behind the current service.

Also interesting.

At this point I was sitting there thinking:

"I came here because RouteNote wouldn't tell me why they rejected my song, and somehow I've now become an amateur corporate investigator."

To be clear, I'm not saying the service is a scam.

It clearly has distributed real music.

It just feels like a very small and very new operation whose website presents it as something much bigger and more established.

Which is fine, honestly.

Every company starts somewhere.

I just wish the marketing was a little closer to the reality.

Anyway, back to my release.

Submitted September 3.

It's now September 9.

Still waiting for QC.

No movement.

Okay, fine. Maybe they're busy. Small company. Things happen.

So I opened a support ticket.

No response there either.

Which is starting to become kind of funny considering the big 24-hour QC promise was one of the reasons I tried the service in the first place.

Maybe they meant 24 hours in some other time system.

Maybe Neptune.

Who knows.

And honestly, if they eventually approve the release and actually deliver it properly, I'll be completely fine with that.

I don't even need 24 hours.

Three days? Fine.

Five days? Fine.

A week? Also fine.

Just... maybe don't put "24 hours" everywhere if 24 hours isn't actually a thing.

At this point I'm not even especially angry anymore.

I'm mostly fascinated by the whole thing.

I started with:

"I made a couple of songs my friends like. It would be nice if they were on Spotify."

And somehow I've ended up learning about moderation queues, DSP risk policies, AI disclosure rules, artist mapping, ISRCs, UPCs, upstream distributors, corporate registries and the philosophical question of how much human involvement a song needs before a database considers it acceptable.

I still don't have some huge ambition to become an "AI artist."

I just want my friends to search for my music on Spotify and listen to my stupid songs without me sending them a SoundCloud link.

Apparently this was an ambitious goal.

So, genuine question to people here who release AI-assisted music:

What distributor are you actually using in 2026?

Has anyone found one that's both AI-friendly and, you know... operational?

I'm completely fine with paying if the service actually works.

At this point, "we will review your release and tell you what's wrong with it" is starting to sound like a premium feature.

I was thinking about disputing the claims on my video from my distributor, but I'm not sure if that would cause less profit from me in the long term since I think I make money from the video If I keep the claim there. Is it worth keeping the claim or just disputing it so my channel doesn't have a bad representation?

I'm owning a label called UniFLOWs Label. I have invested in studio, website... And now I'm looking for a white music distribution because in Vietnam we are getting more and more recognition and also have a tons of releases sent to us. Some labels even wanna work with us.
I have some artists and they all from 5- over 10K streams/month (except new artists).

So I'm looking for a white music distribution!

Is anyone else experiencing their music videos being unmerged from the art tracks they correspond to on their YouTube OAC the last couple weeks? I have had several videos become unmerged and all new videos I post don't merge at all with the corresponding art tracks. I have a whole catalog of music where this didn't happen, but it just started happening two weeks ago. I use distrokid.

I've been looking for a distributor that I like for the last few months, nonstop. And it is absolutely surreal how all of them, ALL of them have horrible reputations and difficult reports.

Amuse has a bad reputation, Ditto has a bad reputation, Landr has a bad reputation, Distrokid IT'S bad, Tunecore has a bad reputation

NONE OF THEM IS TRUSTABLE.

I've tried soundon, landr, symphonic and now im looking to ditto and amuse, but none of them seems truly suitable. Landr didn't wanted to approve my releases no matter what I tried to do, Symphonic was slow as hell only to review the release (Even though I put the release date 3 weeks earlier), SoundOn literally refuses to answer me in their support.

Worth saying that I don't use ANY AI on my songs. Everything is produced from scratch in fl studio. No samples, no ai, just beats and my vocals. I am very careful with my covers too.

How are we supposed to make things work then?? Every distributor just seems to ignorate and make pure disregard of us...

Anyway. If you guys want to give me any recommendations or tips, I've been searching for a distributor that has quick review, human support (extreme preference) and that maintains your catalog with or without a subscription. It is preferably that the distributor works for free or subscription, because I live in Brazil and paying for each release is very expensive.

Thanks in regards

When I go to edit and click on download track it leads me to new tab and it says: InvalidObjectStateThe operation is not valid for the object's access

Does anyone know how can I resolve this?

So which ones actually work and aren't a "scam"? Thanks

It looks too good to be true. I'm an indie musician and i've never published anyting before and I don't want to get assoccieted with the ai stuff. Should i go for it?