GarageBand Tutorial: How to Sell Songs on iTunes in Less Than 1 Week

[BlessedDove]

THANKS for a great vid. Would you know how, or who, I could send my song to to be sung by a famous artist singer?

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@BlessedDove Thanks...sorry, not sure about that! I've been trying to self promote my songs mostly thru youtube videos. I am gearing up to add my originals to a website offering them for free (free to download and use) via creative commons. Seems to me as if the best road to success is to get your music out there to as wide an audience as possible. If it's good it might get picked up by someone with wider distribution.

[acoustic84]

Can you PLEASE let us know what decibel level you set your final master volume at? I can't get a plain and simple answer anywhere. I just want my music to be at industry levels once they go onto iTunes; I would hate it to have a song up that is too low in volume. Thanks.

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@acoustic84 I am by no means an expert in industry levels...just a guy with a small home studio selling a few songs. That said is what I can offer: record each track as hot a possible without clipping. When you mix, turn up the master volume as high as possible without clipping. From there I share my song to itunes, and listen to the volume in comparison to a few professionally done songs. I usually adjust down accordingly. Hope this helps..

[acoustic84]

@TonysTipsAndTricks Thanks, much appreciated.

[burpo17]

Thank you!

[JAAstudio]

Good tutorial!

[JAAstudio]

SHOOT DANG!

[rqelmajadero]

good tutorial man thanks .

[headbanner666]

i dont get it

[IndieMusicRus]

Thanks. Very helpful video.

[steveninsomnia]

You should just use RouteNote for your music distribution.. much better option and a lot more professional

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@steveninsomnia. Thanks for the tip on RouteNote. I am about to release an audiobook project, and will look into this service.

[corruptentity]

you have to pay the fee and they get money for every sale? screw that.

[keyseric]

dose this copyright it

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@keyseric Not sure, there may be info on the cdbaby website.

[TobuscusFan0]

@TonysTipsAndTricks looser i wanted a free thing no paying.

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@TobuscusFan0 me too! let me know when you find it...

[TobuscusFan0]

@TonysTipsAndTricks found one i will message you it.

[JenniferLindsayMusic]

@keyseric No, CDBaby does not automatically copyright your music. Nor do they necessarily check to see if you have recorded someone else's copyrighted songs (however if it's an obvious cover, like Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson, they will probably figure it out).

In the US, you can visit copyright (dot) gov for more information on how to copyright your music.

[racing67p]

how many people buy your songs? and how do you get recognised?

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@racing67p I just got started with selling songs. Somewhere over 3 figure sales now. Not a barn burner, but once the songs are up, they just keep selling. You still have to work to build a fan base. I am doing that in part by making YouTube videos to promote the songs. Never know if you can hit a home run if you don't swing the bat!

[racing67p]

@TonysTipsAndTricks ok thankyou!

[cosmicfunny]

Hey I have a question do you need to have cd baby for this to work?

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@cosmicfunny There may be other digital distributors who take independent artists work. CDbaby is by far the biggest and well known. You post your song there and they have deals with numerous other retail sites including iTunes. This tutorial requires you to have a cdbaby account to get your stuff up for sale on iTunes. There are probably other ways to get your music up directly on the other retail sites, but I don't know what they are

[JenniferLindsayMusic]

@cosmicfunny No, you don't need to use CDBaby to sell your music. Another popular distributor is Tunecore, but right now they only do digital distribution, no physical CDs.

[SlotGlassesGuy]

Awesome tutorial! I'll check out your songs, too! I Just got 1 question.. Which one do you do first, the one at 0:00 or the one at 2:31 ??? Or you can just choose which one you need to do cause i dont get it :)

Thanks!

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@SlotGlassesGuy 0:00 is an overview to get your bearings. It contains just the basics. Once you understand the general process 2:31 gives more of a step by step approach. Hope this helped.

[SlotGlassesGuy]

@TonysTipsAndTricks Yes, it helped. So, it doesn't matter which one you do??..

[SlotGlassesGuy]

@TonysTipsAndTricks Oh and what does "compress the file" mean?? lol thnx

[TonysTipsAndTricks]

@SlotGlassesGuy Some audio formats like .mp3 compress the file. SOme information is lost in the compression. OTher formats are "lossless" and save the complete file. Do an internet search for "audio file types" for more info.