How to put music on Apple Music - Distribute with Magroove : Blog

We now live in the era of digital music distribution, due to the revolution of the internet. And that includes the music industry, which changed since the rise of various streaming platforms, such as Deezer, Apple Music and Spotify. But many artists might wonder about how to put their creations on Apple Music, one of the most renowned services. One may think it’s harder than other platforms since the user experience in this app is a little bit different and more thoughtful of the user itself and its interaction with the contents displayed. But don’t worry, here’s a simple guide to help you, the independent artist, to put your music on Apple Music and reach out to your desired audience. But first, let’s review a few important topics.

Why put your music on streaming

Today’s music consumption is intrinsic to streaming platforms, there’s no doubt about that. Since the growing popularity of smartphones over the last decade, people consume music more than ever before. It’s very easy to reach what you want to listen to: it's only an online search away. Just to have an idea, the music streaming market size was valued, in 2021, at 29.45 billion dollars! And it’s expected to grow annually at 14.7% from 2022 to 2030, according to Grand View Research. Apple Music, alone, has an estimated 88 million users worldwide! That puts streaming apps and platforms on the map for all the artists, including indie ones. Of course that many record stores still exist and resist the downfall of physical selling, but we must not deny the very important role that digital music distribution plays nowadays.

The benefits for your growth

Furthermore, streaming your music and making them available on free music distribution sites can be extremely beneficial for upcoming artists. First, due to the visibility you can gain with the app users. Imagine that, in its 88 million users worldwide, Apple Music can reach you out to any type of listener your music is aimed at. That puts your production, and consequently your career, into a whole other level of exposure. And it helps you grow your audience organically, by recommending your creations to other potential listeners. Secondly, you can monetize your productions with streaming platforms, through royalties, and rate money per play, from your creations. Therefore having more cash to invest on your own music career and boost up your knowledge and visibility even more, besides, of course, getting a living from your own creations. And there’s one more feature that, when used correctly, can change the way you interact with your audience. When you put your music into streaming platforms you receive a lot of data from consumers. That data, when combined and processed with a music distributor service, such as Magroove, can help you know your audience better: where do they come from, their likes and dislikes, from which part of the world are they mostly from. All that information can be very helpful for an indie artist self managing their career.

But why upload my music specifically to Apple Music

While it’s true that we have many streaming platforms nowadays, each one of them has specific features. First of all, Apple Music is the oldest service available, and has retained a lot of customers throughout the years. Most people that used to buy records migrated to online shopping – the iTunes Store – because of iPod features. And then, as the Apple system was evolving, they retained their customers by letting them keep their collections, and just adding the new features that their streaming platform could provide. All of that effort resulted in, as we've mentioned, 88 million people worldwide that use Apple Music. For every audio device that is bought, Apple gives a six-month trial on Apple Music, which expands even more their customers, and, therefore, your potential listeners. They also provide one of the best quality sounds currently available nowadays, such as Lossless and Spatial Audio.

Besides, Apple Music pays the same rate to all labels and/or indie artists. That means you make the same rate as a big label, whether you sign off with a record label or choose to stay independent. That doesn’t happen with many other streaming platforms. Another advantage is that they pay the same headline rate for songwriters within any country or region, and they provide a whole team to pay you as soon as they can. But to reach all of that gain, it is wise that you have a music distribution service that can help you with that, so you can focus on your creation while outstretching your professional account on Apple Music.

Ok, but what is a music distribution service?

A music distributor helps you put your music on streaming platforms such as Apple Music with a lot more efficiency and haste than just by putting them manually. In addition, it provides many other features for you to run and boost your self managed career. Magroove is a music distributor that was created by indie artists themselves, so it knows what an indie artist's career, production and distribution management needs. Magroove distributes to over 40 streaming platforms worldwide, including Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and Youtube Music, with no upfront charges, so you know you're reaching out to your target listener.

Why choose Magroove

“Ok, but what is the difference of using Magroove as my music distributor?”, you may think. Here are some of the many differences. When choosing Magroove, you get to create and manage all of the tools needed to improve your career. All of that for free. First of all, you get to create your own website, which is a direct way to connect with your audience, tell more about yourself and your creations, sell all your merchandise; i.e, have your own online territory, personalized entirely by you. We also help you open your online merch store, which is a must-have for indie artists to promote their creations, such as an EP, an album, a single or any other product that your fans might want to. A Linktree can be created too, when you have a Magroove for Artists account. A Linktree is a very important tool to connect your audience with your many social accounts, websites, stores and streaming platforms accounts. And you can personalize yours when you have Magroove as your music distributor.

The advantages of other features

What's more: Magroove has a Discovery App! This helps you connect with your target listener much faster than usual, because it suggests music and works according to the specific music taste your consumer might be looking for in a new artist, which might be you. And there’s many more features besides all that: pre-saving releases, receive full reports on your songs statistics and, more importantly, you only pay us if you make money from your digital royalties, and it’s a fixed fee per year for each release. Our pricing model is easy to understand, because there are no tricks: we distribute music free of upfront costs. We only make it if the artist makes it, so we only charge the 5 dollars annual fee if the artist reaches that amount. If they don't, the song is not removed from any platform and Magroove only keeps the amount earned.

How to upload with Magroove

To upload your music creations, there are only a few easy steps:

Prepare and separate the audio files and cover art you want to upload.
Sign up for a Magroove for Artists account with a Facebook, Google ou Spotify account.
Fill in the form that we show you in 5 simple steps, such as your ISRC code (if you don’t have one, we will provide you with one for free).
Choose a release date and press submit.

From now on it’s with us! We will be in charge of sending your EP, single or album to over 40 streaming platforms. And, the best of all, is that we do that in no more than two weeks, so you can focus on what really matters: your music production. After the period of the two-week evaluation, your content will be all over the more than 40 platforms and social websites. Easy and fast, right?

How to put music on Apple Music – Distribute with Magroove