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Easiest way for artists to get music into Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Instagram & more. Unlimited uploads, auto-splits, be prolific

New York, NY
Joined May 2013
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@DistroKid
DistroKid
4 years
Should DistroKid build a free version of SoundCloud?
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@DistroKid
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2 years
Raise your hand if you have a pile of unfinished or unreleased songs in your computer right now.
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@DistroKid
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3 years
Video distribution coming soon 😱
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@DistroKid
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5 years
I know it seems like a small thing, but DistroKid now lets you edit releases (change song titles, album art, release date, etc.). 💪💪 It used to be you had to delete & re-upload.
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5 years
Should DistroKid let you order cassette tapes of your music? Nicely packaged with your artwork, inexpensive. For the lols but also maybe your fans want em. Maybe with a player too. Thoughts?
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4 years
If you want a lot of people to like your music, make music that a lot of people will like.
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2 years
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@DistroKid
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4 years
Many artists join DistroKid after leaving shady deals, to avoid stuff like this. We are @taylorswift13 fans - she doesn’t deserve this headache. ❤️ yall
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Taylor Swift
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Don’t know what else to do
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2 years
Thankful for every artist who has trusted & relied on DistroKid today and over the years. 🦃🙏 We won't let you down.
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5 years
Almost a million people have signed up for DistroKid that’s cray
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5 years
Raise your hand if you ever used old headphones as a mic.
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DistroKid
2 years
💚🍗 DistroKid hasn’t raised membership prices, ever. 💚💚Since we started in 2013, it’s been only $19.99/yr. 🔥🔥 With gas & everything else getting mucho expensive, we hope this helps ❤️ (not committing to never raising prices 😂 but no plans to currently 💪💪)
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DistroKid
5 years
Hey everyone. Good news: Latest Spotify earnings are being released over the next 24-36 hrs. Sorry for the delay. This month's file from Spotify was so big that it took a long time for our system to process. We have a new system launching soon to ensure this doesn't happen again.
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DistroKid
4 years
In 2013, I sat in front of a blank screen and started programming DistroKid. It took a year to launch & I had no idea if anyone would use it. Every day since, I’m thankful for every artist that’s given us a shot. Thank you so much, you are appreciated and I love you. -DK founder
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4 years
Working on the ability to edit HyperFollow pages. So you can add/remove links and other stuff. Hoping to launch it tonight or tomorrow.
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9 months
Building a thing.
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DistroKid
5 years
DistroKid has limited staff between now and Jan 2 due to holidays. Shit may be slower than our normal speedy self. Like replies to customer service n’ whatnot. Sorry in advance! In other news, Happy holidays to you & yours 🎉🎄🌝
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DistroKid
4 years
Public Service Announcement: If you upload a song, then upload it again but with a different title or artist name, streaming services will reject it. They no longer allow "duplicate audio but with different metadata." Use DistroKid's "edit" button instead, for edits. 🙌
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DistroKid
3 years
Just launched small update that makes it easier to add collaborators 🎤 and shows how your song title will probably look in streaming services 🚀
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DistroKid
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DistroKid is a work-from-home company and has always been that way. Employees working from home across the U.S. and around the world. Love everyone ❤️
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DistroKid
3 years
Don’t pay for promo or playlisting services. They use bots to generate fake streams. Streaming services will detect it and remove your music or worse. Regardless of distributor. ❤️ ❤️ hope this is helpful. Stay safe y’all!
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6 years
Not only is DistroKid only 11 people. But we don't have an office and all work from home. (our respective homes. we don't live in the same home.)
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DistroKid
5 years
Raise your hand if you're guilty of filenames like "song_new_new_reallynew_finalversion_final_new.wav" - it's funny how many song files uploaded to DistroKid are like that 😂 You are not alone.
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DistroKid
4 years
Working on new thing. Where do people have music? What services are we missing from this list: Spotify Apple Music Google Play iTunes Amazon Beatport TikTok YouTube Pandora Deezer Tidal Napster iHeartRadio ClaroMusica Saavn Anghami KKBox MediaNet SoundCloud Bandcamp DatPiff
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3 years
Slightly redesigned how DistroKid’s main page (dashboard) looks on mobile📱in preparation for forthcoming iPhone/Android apps. 🦞
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DistroKid
4 years
Lots of DistroKid folks (and people who work at streaming services too) taking next week off. Or they're technically on the clock but will be slacking off big time 😂 Go easy on us if shit be slow or whatnot. ❤️ you all!! Happy holidays and have a musical & prosperous new year 🎇
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DistroKid
4 years
DistroKid finally has a "More..." menu. Seems like a small thing, but we used to have all these neat features hidden away in the "settings" page where nobody noticed them... always bugged me. Fixed! 💪❤️ More coming soon.
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1 year
Introducing the DistroKid iPhone app. Android coming soon. 💪💪
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3 years
🚨Announcing! 🍦🍦 Automatic “Recoupments” with splits. 🦞 For example, if one person paid $500 for the music video or beat etc, they can get paid back *first* before rest of the splits kick in 💪💪 Free for DistroKid members, sign in & click “Splits”—enjoy 🏖🏖
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DistroKid
3 years
Rest in peace, legend. #DMX
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4 years
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3 years
Who has a nice looking HyperFollow page that we can use in a new mockup/ad? 💯 I could make a fake one but would be awesome to have some real examples, promoting real artists. 🚀
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DistroKid
3 years
Are you looking to collaborate with anyone? 🧠 Who (or what skill) are you looking to meet? Thinking of making something to help artists meet each other. 🚀
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DistroKid
5 years
DistroKid isn’t perfect but most of the time when an artist hates us 😞 it’s cuz of something the streaming services did (we have no control over), a rule that the streaming services have (that we have to comply with), or the artist typed something wrong into the DK upload form😣
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DistroKid
3 years
🎉 ANNOUNCING! 🦞 Starting today, DistroKid makes it possible for independent artists to get added to Snapchat's music library. 🚀🚀 Only from DistroKid, read more, here:
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billboard
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Exclusive: Snap’s new pact with DistroKid lets artists license music to Snapchat
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2 years
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
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DistroKid
4 years
Happy new year! DistroKid is the result of over 6 years of engineering and learning from everyone who works here—and we are eternally grateful to every artist that uses DistroKid for letting us do what we love. Thank you so much 🙏 ❤️ and also 💪💪. Have an amazing 2020!
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DistroKid
4 years
Last week I tweeted some shit that I thought was insightful and helpful but instead I got piled-on cancelled & ok boomer’d by like 5,000 people strong twitter mob. 😭 I still love y’all though. (Deleted that tweet w a quickness tho) ❤️❤️
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DistroKid
2 years
As a music creator, do you need (free) tools to build a custom website? Or is that a thing of the past?
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6 years
Any beat makers here? Thinking of building a thing for y’all
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Phonk.
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2 years
Now, when you have a collab (artist name like "Barn Face and DJ Phonkbone"), DistroKid lets you map each artist to their correct Spotify/Apple pages 🎉 Hope this is helpful..! 🙏🚀🚀
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1 year
Funny how “other” is the biggest segment (by far). Hello, fellow others 💪💪❤️
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How’s it goin
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Sup
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7 years
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: DistroKid actively blocks/removes Nazi & similar content. We do not condone hate--and also it's generally shitty music.
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DistroKid
3 years
🐪 Announcement! 🐳 Starting today, DistroKid is partnering with Twitch to offer qualifying DistroKid members   the opportunity to be considered for the Twitch Affiliate Program 🦞 which lets you make money on Twitch & other things. 👑👑👑 Read more here:
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DistroKid
5 years
Most people who write into customer service are super nice. But some are really mean (insulting, demanding, threatening, etc). We treat everyone 💯 nice but subconsciously (human nature?) the nice people probably get better service than the mean people. 🤷‍♀️
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DistroKid
2 years
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone celebrating! And have a healthy, prosperous and musical 2022. 🎄💙🙏
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DistroKid
5 years
“Every child is an artist. The problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” – Pablo Picasso
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DistroKid
4 years
Building a thing where you can request feedback on your songs from other members. What questions should we ask? Examples: - What do you think of the beginning? - How does the song make you feel? - What do you like best about the song? - What needs improvement? What else?
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3 years
Lossless streaming rolling out on Apple Music 🚀 no action necessary from artists, you’ll be included automatically & for free 🔥🔥
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DistroKid
2 years
Thanks & congrats to every artist who made a free "Sellouts" NFTs on DistroKid last month. All 10,000 NFTs, well, sold out 🎉 and first payments went out today to artists. If you made one, see "Bank" -> "Breakdown by service" -> "Sellouts NFT (Primary Sale)" for free money 🤘💙
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4 years
Get your lyrics to scroll SYNCED with your music on Instagram, Apple Music and more. You can now upload synced lyrics--only with DistroKid. Read more:
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2 years
Apps coming soon. Just wrapping things up/testing!
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TheLeadBassist
2 years
@DistroKid I absolutely love DistroKid and I plan on using it for as long as I make music. Any plans on a mobile app for iOS?
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3 years
Boom! 🐞 We just made it easy to add track-level collaborators & make sure they're mapped to the correct Spotify & Apple pages. 🐯 Enjoy! 🧀🧀🧀
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omg distrokid finally making collaborator additions easier including being able to link their correct spotify/apple music page we WON!
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Songwriter, producer, and performer credits on Spotify. Coming very soon, only with DistroKid. Stay tuned 💪💪
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Happy new year! Love you. 🎉🎉🍾🚀
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3 years
Boom! 🤯 DistroKid has partnered with Audiomack 🧠 so you can now distribute directly to Audiomack from DK. 🚀🚀 To connect your Audiomack account, sign into DistroKid & click "Goodies" -> "Streaming Service Things" -> "Connect to Audiomack"
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Awkward week to announce a new thing (stay safe all ❤️) but we've been working on it for a while so here goes. DistroKid just launched "music video generator" so you can post your entire song on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, etc. It's awesome check it out:
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DistroKid
3 years
Everyone shout out @Dolby and @AppleMusic for taking care of DistroKid artists. 💯💯 Thanks Dolby and Apple peeps! 🥨🥨 - On behalf of indie artists everywhere 🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
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Dolby
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Good news for @DistroKid artists! You can now deliver your songs mixed in #DolbyAtmos to enabled streaming services like @AppleMusic .
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2 years
When you first go to the DistroKid website, would you rather see your list of releases as a "grid" or a "list"?
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🎉 New service! Free for DistroKid members 🚀🚀 add your music to Joox, which is the biggest streaming service in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand & more 🌏🌍🌎 Choose "Joox" on the upload form (or for old releases click "Add to more stores")
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5 years
Announcing DistroLock. It's a free service that helps protect your music against unauthorized leaks. It's basically a blacklist of audio fingerprints that you can add your own music to, so that other people can't upload it. Check it out:
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6 years
April Spotify payments later than normal this month. We haven’t received payment yet from Spotify, but just sent them a nudge. Spotify made tech changes to the payment system last month which delayed our ability to invoice them. We’re on it & working hard for you as always. 💪
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3 years
Sweet boom box with built-in keyboard 🤯 #ebay
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2 years
🎉 just added Apple Pay (and Google Pay) to the checkout flow. I know this doesn’t matter if you’re already a member—but this feels big 😂 because we basically haven’t changed the checkout flow since 2013. Never raised prices either 💪💪 and still not.
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I don't remember who made this or when it was first tweeted, but whoever you are, thank you. 🙌
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6 years
💪💪
Spotify acquires minority stake in DistroKid, enabling artists to upload to multiple services... from Spotify -
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DistroKid
2 years
🐝 Unlimited *VIDEO* distribution: Vevo, Apple Music, Amazon, & Tidal. 🤯 Please try our new thing called DistroVid (with a "V" 🎬 ). Super early beta so pls forgive & reply with any issues 💚 Existing DistroKid members get surprise discount at checkout 🎯
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6 years
Question for beat makers: Let’s say DistroKid built a site where you can upload beats and then receive 50% of royalties from any track that uses it. Would you also want an up-front fee from anyone who downloads your beat, to weed out people who aren’t serious? How much? Thoughts?
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We know you have a lot of choices, so thank you for choosing DistroKid. It means a lot to us and we’ll try to never let you down.
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Thank you all, everyone seriously. We try so hard to make you happy. I hope you love DistroKid.
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SERIOUS QUESTION. About to launch something that lets fans chat with artists (interface works like Facebook Messenger, kinda). What should the button say? "Chat" seems corny, "Contact Artist" seems to old fashioned, "Conversate" is the best I can do but I don't think it's a word.
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Need your help. If you have a good high-energy pop or EDM song, and you're okay with me generating a music video for it (to test a thing), reply with artist name & track name. Thank you!
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4 years
Read this and thought 🤔 "The worst thing about making a music is that you cant listen to music while doing it"
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2 years
Hey! We need an example full-length music video(s) to show how DistroVid works, and thought it would be cool to use videos from real artists rather than stock footage 🚀 If you’ve used DistroVid and are ok with us using your video as an example, pls reply with YouTube link. Thx!
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🚀🚀Attention audiophiles 🔈 and head-fi 🎧 appreciators. DistroKid can now get your music into the excellent & ultra hi-def Qobuz streaming service. Free for all DistroKid members. Turn your DAC to 192kHz and get uploading. Or add your existing tracks (also free). 💪💪
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I love you thank you. Hope you love our new iPhone app 💚
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New! DistroKid now delivers to Yandex, one of the biggest streaming services in Russia 🇷🇺 Free for DistroKid members 🚀🚀 Click "Yandex" for new uploads, or "Add to more stores" for previous uploads 🧦
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5 years
First 20 (or so) replies gets a pizza slice
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@DistroKid
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5 years
Get your music into TikTok with DistroKid 💪💪. That is all. Happy Thursday.
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How’s it going
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3 years
New! 🚀🚀 DistroKid is a preferred partner for Facebook’s new "Independent Artist Program," which makes it easy for undistributed artists to make their music available on Stories, IG Reels and more--for free. More info: 🎉
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❤️
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@DistroKid
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A lot of our development time is spent saving you from yourself. 😡
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@DistroKid
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People are always surprised to hear that DistroKid is only 11 people.
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4 years
Congrats DistroKid artist @21savage on the win
@XXL
XXL Magazine
4 years
JUST IN: 21 Savage and J. Cole's "A Lot" wins Best Rap Song at the #Grammys 🚨
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New 🚀🚀 from DistroKid & Spotify: Get your lyrics (synchronized to the music 🤩) into Spotify. 🎤 Lyrics are being rolled out to the Spotify app currently. If you’ve already submitted synched lyrics to DistroKid, then you’ll automatically be included—no action necessary 💪💪❤️
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Sometimes you just need a tiny mixer
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@DistroKid
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3 years
It’s true.
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@DistroKid
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3 years
New from DistroKid 🔥🔥 Get your lyrics into TIDAL 🗣🎤🎤 only with DistroKid, free for all DistroKid members. 🦋 If you’ve already provided your lyrics to DistroKid (for Apple, Instagram…) then no additional action necessary 💙💙 🙏
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Big things are coming. First up: lyrics.
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You can now edit the DM button text on HyperFollow pages. And before you say "I don't need a DM button on my HyperFollow page," it's going to be exponentially more useful than the DMs on Twitter/Instagram/etc - trust me! Have I steered you wrong? Cool stuff coming soon. 💪💪
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(1/4) 9 years ago today, March 25, 2013, I registered the domain name—I think for around $6.99. Here’s an abridged origin story. (cont…)
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4 years
Question. If we made DistroKid hats, which would you prefer: Flat-brim or dad hat style?
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DistroKid
6 years
Raise your hand if you tap beats to the clicking of the turn signal.
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@DistroKid
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5 years
I love y’all but when artists are like “hey can you look into [some issue] with my release?” we need some clue of how to find it - your artist name or release name or some way to look it up. Thank you!
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