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11:41 pm
September 29, 2015
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QuoteThis might be a stupid question but I am new to all of this, selling and music through distributors and marketing my own music like I'm learning with MMM 3.0. My question is if and when I begin using a distributor like CDBaby who will control both the publishing and distribution of my music, can I legally still market my music myself on my splash page. I ask because after reading all of their legal mumboJumbo I can't understand, I was not sure since they claim that they will have control of my music for a year. Could someone advise I just want to make sure I won't get into any trouble if I use their service but continue to market my music myself from my own site. Thanks in advance to your patience and assistance. Allen
11:50 pm
June 7, 2011
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Hey Allen,
Not a stupid question at all. For liability reasons I'm hesitant to offer any "legal advice". Everything I know is that you are not relinquishing any real control. They just have the ability to distribute your music. You can still distribute it yourself and you still own everything. I don't know if they prohibit you from going with another distributor. That said, there would not be much of a reason to if you went with them. But to be sure you are getting the right info you might just give them a call or shoot them an email. They are really helpful and quick to respond.
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12:39 am
September 29, 2015
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Thanks John,
I don't hold you liable for any advise or suggestions you may offer. I will take your advise to contact them with the question. What brought this up was that I was leaning towards their service and then I got an email for the Black Friday which offered their service to market my album for half the price but that if my album wasn't ready I could still get the offer but not upload my music but do it at a later time and still get the half off. So I signed up but have left the uploads in limbo for the meantime. I want to continue to work towards your suggestion of marketing my music before I put it up for purchase elsewhere, but once I do upload it I just wanted to know if I could continue that campaign after I begin the CDBaby thing. Thanks, Allen
6:10 pm
June 7, 2011
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Hey Allen,
In my experience CD Baby is very helpful and flexible, but I was n't totally clear what you meant by " I want to continue to work towards your suggestion of marketing my music before I put it up for purchase elsewhere, but once I do upload it I just wanted to know if I could continue that campaign after I begin the CDBaby thing.". If you are asking if you can sign up with CD Baby but release the album digitally at a later date, then yes, you can (as far as I know). But they should be able to clear up anything you are not certain of in the process. Let us know how you make out.
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10:43 pm
September 29, 2015
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Hey John,
I just wanted to give you an update as to my chat with CD Baby. So, it's just like you said, the music belongs to me and so I can sell my music independently any way I want. They also informed me that I can sell through multiple distributors as well but that I should be cautious that they are not distributing to the same sellers/retailers as CD Baby as that would be a duplication of service and would cause issues. So obviously that is why you should stick to one distributor at a time. So there you go in case someone else has the same question.
Cheers, Allen
11:26 pm
June 7, 2011
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Awesome. Thanks for posting the update 🙂
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