Get Your Album on iTunes

Since I haven't posted in awhile I thought I'd copy out a little blurb from Wired magazine on how to get an album on iTunes...just to get the fingers moving again.

1. Choose a distribution service. Compact-disc middlemen like CD Baby take a cut of every sale, but digital aggregators such as Nimbit and TuneCore charge a flat fee. TuneCore charges $19.98 a year for storage plus a one time delivery fee of $0.99 per song and $0.99 for each store you want your album sent to (iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, etc.).

2. Submit Tracks. Send your distributor uncompressed WAV files. Services like TuneCore will compress them for you and upload better-quality formats as online stores support them.

3. Band together. If you and some friends can commit to releasing 15 albums, you'll get volume pricing.

4. Keep tabs on your sales. For $2.98 a week, you can get an iTunes report on who bought what and where.