아이튠즈로 가수 데뷔할수있다.

A band you've never heard of -- AC/DC cover band AC/db -- made over $32,000 from music sales in November.

How is that possible?

Under the old business model of music sales on physical media, it wouldn't be. For a band to end up with that much money in its pockets after the distributor and record label had taken their cuts, its music would have to have posted gaudy, unmissable sales numbers.

AC/db, on the other hand, just had to do around $45,000 in sales at the iTunes store. After Apple took its 30 cents on the dollar, that left $32,000, of which the band's distributor -- TuneCore -- took nothing at all.

TuneCore is one of a few digital distributors that have turned the music business model on its head, treating distribution as a service. The company charges an up front fee to process recordings and upload them to music stores like iTunes -- which won't deal with individual artists. The band retains all rights to its music and keeps all the revenue past what the stores keep.

This model is obviously appealing to musicians. CEO Jeff Price says TuneCore, a startup with a mere $7 million in venture funding to date, distributes more music for sale than any company in the world -- and by a wide margin. In 2009, TuneCore processed and uploaded more than a song per second; its iTunes sales were good for $32 million after Apple took its cut.

That doesn't seem like a large sum in the context of a $10 billion industry. But as most of TuneCore's customers are unsigned ("whatever that even means anymore," Price says), that is mostly going straight to musicians; in that context, $32 million is serious money.

And it's not just music -- TuneCore put a collection of Halloween-themed sound effects on iTunes, which sold for around $20,000 in November.

The barriers to entry are low -- TuneCore charges around $10 for a single, $40 for an album, pretty much in line with its main competitor, ReverbNation -- so anyone can record just about anything and offer it to the masses on a whim. And if they happen to catch a viral wave, they can end up making a decent living.


음반사를 통하지 않아도 몇십불만 내면 자신의 곡을 iTunes스토어에 데뷔시켜주는 TuneCore라는 회사 http://bit.ly/7skfPT 수수료 몇십불만 받고 수익도 다 아티스트가 가져갈 수 있다고.합니다.