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SoundOn wishes to open up more windows of opportunities to artists by selectively promoting tracks released on SoundOn for free. TikTok is still a source of organic growth for many indies. In 2022, organic promotion is almost a myth, and artists have to pay to get seen on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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However, the video-focused social networking giant aims to shift power dynamics using SoundOn. TikTok hasn’t always been a level playing field for independent artists.

Perks of distributing your music via SoundOn You fully control where your song appears and how advertisers use it. SoundOn is way better than its antecedents.Unlike Labels, SoundOn does not own your masters, as artists keep all their music rights. To put out unlimited songs via DistroKid, you will pay $19.99 annually. Tunecore charges the same transaction fees as CDBaby, but this time, you will keep paying them the same amount annually to keep your music on DSPs. Then, they will take a 9% commission on digital sales. To put this into perspective, CDBaby charges a one-time fee of $9.95 per single and $29 for an album release. Then, after the first year, SoundOn will retain only 10% of your profits.

You won’t be charged any transaction fees to get your music on DSPs, and you will receive 100% of the revenue generated through your music in the first year of release.

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