Chapter 8. Becoming an Online Star

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So you want to distribute your own recordings and maybe even make some money selling them. In this wonderful Internet era, online distribution is easy and inexpensive. There are two distinct skill sets needed for succeeding at online music distribution: being technically adept at creating good recordings in various formats for downloading and streaming and understanding the business of being a professional artist, which is complex and involves tasks like customer service, contracts, and copyright issues. In the first section of this chapter, we’ll learn about creating different audio file formats for various purposes, ...

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