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Richard Butler
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Registered: Apr 2009
Location: London

So how can sports fans download my track?

I made a track for a football team.
Fans want to DL it and the club itself want to make a charge, with proceeds back into the clubs coffers.

What are my options here? Can I just put it on I-tunes or is this incredibly naïve on my part, would I for example need a label in order to do this? Despite being in business I've never really grasped why a label is needed if an artist just wants to sell their wares on something like I-tunes. If I HAD to have a label, whats to stop me registering one and using it for just this purpose?
I'm not fussed about collection rights and all that at this stage, the track will probably sink into obscurity by next week.

I do not want to make some dedicated website, football fans wouldn't be bothered with trying to find it, by the time I'd made a website the moment would have passed.

Your average football fan is not going to be bothered to join up to something like Beatport for this.

If on the other hand we don't make a charge, what is the best hassle free platform that fans can download from without having to set up a user account?

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Last edited by Richard Butler on Apr-22-2015 at 12:08

Apr-22-2015 12:03 United Kingdom

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Raphie
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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Lelystad, Netherlands

Bandcamp is the only way i know, or u need to setup your own store
Otherwise it's not worth it for the 5cts that remain when using a label

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djnitride
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Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Texas

Bandcamp seems like the best option for self distribution as they only take 15% and the store is fairly easy to buy a track from.

I mean, it may not be as easy as something like iTunes but still.

Apr-22-2015 15:21 United States

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kosmotika
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Registered: Mar 2014
Location: St Louis

Re: So how can sports fans download my track?

I would use Amadea. They take 10% if I recall correctly, completely free to set up and they distribute to iTunes, Beatport, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify etc. Only setback really is that you need MASSIVE cover art (4kx4k) and can't cash out until you have made at least 50 bucks, which of course, being a trance artist, I haven't. Otherwise, it's a very good service. For free, soundcloud works well. Just enable downloads.

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zodiac9
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX

Re: Re: So how can sports fans download my track?

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Originally posted by kosmotika
I would use Amadea. They take 10% if I recall correctly, completely free to set up and they distribute to iTunes, Beatport, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify etc. Only setback really is that you need MASSIVE cover art (4kx4k) and can't cash out until you have made at least 50 bucks, which of course, being a trance artist, I haven't. Otherwise, it's a very good service. For free, soundcloud works well. Just enable downloads.

Everyone should take a look at this. First that I've heard of Amadea, sounds like a great deal for those still trying to be "artists" wanting labeless distribution. Guess the only costs would be for cover art if you can't make your own.

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Apr-24-2015 06:15 United States