Personally, I still use Soundcloud. I do have a Hearthis.at account but, don't really care for em.
I have to admit that Distrokid is proving for me to be totally worth it. And, it allows uploading of FLAC and the turn around time to getting onto all Platforms is relatively quick (most ever one track for me took 5 days to get into stores)
Another perk of DK is the bandwidth and upload capacity which is unlimited and there is no speed cap with their proprietary file sharing service or file cap. My 2 cents

Oh...and NO LOONEY'S!!

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Originally posted by cryophonik Yo TAs, I've been sorta flying under the radar for the past 6-7 years and my music output has been sporadic at best, but I'm working with a few singers again on some new tracks. I haven't posted much of anything in years, aside from a couple of videos on YouTube. I'm done with SoundCloud - it just sucks and I have no desire to pay them for such a shit service. What are you guys doing for hosting your music? Still on Soundcloud? YouTube? BandCamp? Streaming services? Just wondering what the best options are these days... Oh, and, by law, if you read this, you must reply or I'll send Mad4Brad or Looney4Clooney to your house to annoy your cat and raid your liquor cabinet.

Honestly, I should switch to Youtube. SC isn't worth it, yet somehow, I keep paying . ugh. I just couldn't be bothered creating videos.

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Soundcloud for WIP and hype my track pre-release but my official release are going with AWAL music distributor, where I have full control over my production.

Cheers,

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I feel like youtube is very viable, the platform actually pays its creators fairly, making good content is very difficult though. Building engagement through content and memes and what not would be rather more effective than pushing through labels. ofcourse you can do both.
then combine with bandcamp and sell your stuff there.

the youtube normalization algorithm is driving me nuts though, because my production skills suck ofcourse.

idk anything though.

Lots of good input here, guys! I think going forward I'll focus on YouTube, and I'll look at some of the other suggestions as well. I hate the promotion side of things, so I just stopped doing it. I actually like making videos, since it's just an extension of my photography gig, but it is VERY time consuming to plan, execute, and edit videos. But, there's also always the option to just throw it up there with a still image.

Ultimately, my goal is that I really have no goals with my music. I just want to create and, if other people hear it and like it, that's all good, but I have no plans of ever quitting my day job.

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Originally posted by szm the youtube normalization algorithm is driving me nuts though, because my production skills suck ofcourse. idk anything though.

Meh, no matter how long you do it, you'll always feel like your production skills suck! But, I do hear you regarding the YT algorithm - ugh, it trashes your mix!

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