Tunecore has been a tool widely used by bands to get their music on all of the online distro outlets at an inexpensive cost.

They are now moving on to publishing.

Instead of telling you about what they are doing, we’ll let our hero Trent Reznor do it for us.

11.2.11: A note to musicians about TuneCore

I began using TuneCore six years ago with the release of Ghosts. They seemed like an interesting and efficient solution to get my music out everywhere and circumvent the existing machine in place at that time. The experience went very well – they actually did what they said they would in a straightforward, transparent, efficient and logical manner… I was sure they wouldn’t have a chance of surviving in the music business with that philosophy!
Years later, we’re both still standing. I’ve continued using TuneCore for all my releases since Ghosts including “The Social Network” and plan to use them for the upcoming “The Girl WIth The Dragon Tattoo” and the new full-length from How To Destroy Angels.
When they reached out to tell me about their new big idea – adding transparency and straightforwardness to the murky waters of publishing administration (which to me is a world as boring and convoluted as it sounds) I was very interested. If they could pull off what they did with distribution on the publishing administration side of things, this could be a pretty big deal – it could be another important tool that further empowers the musician / songwriter directly.
OK, I’m in. Check the link below for more information or check back in a few years and I’ll tell you how it went!

Check out the new TuneCore Publishing!

Amazon didn’t wait too long to counter Apple’s iCloud.

They have upgraded the system, offering unlimited downloads.

Additionally, they have a new iPad app which ties to the cloud.

Interesting.