We are very happy with DistroKid having had them handle four albums and many singles over the past two years. From our perspective they make distribution relatively easy and the cost is minimal.

But your exposure, number of plays, etc., is not influenced by the distributor. They do have free promo graphics and other suggestions but ultimately it comes down to whether you get it on popular playlists or the ultimate on a Spotify editorial playlists. We are in this for fun. We are retired and for us it is simply fun to know that more people other than family and friends enjoy our music. Janice has been featured on some popular Spotify curators (play listers) and had her bio featured on their websites, etc. There are multiple ways to submit songs to Spotify curators but it is absolutely essential to avoid any "pay for plays" sites. Those will result in having your music removed from the platforms. So a caveat ... while we have received a number of streams it is all so relative. What is a lot to us could be what some indie artists receive on one song in a few months. We've had over 22,000 streams this year and average around 1800 listeners per month. Again, small numbers to some but fun for us. And over two years of streaming has earned us a whopping $110. Woohoo smile A tiny fraction of what a CD release earned for us 25 years ago but it's 2025.

Best to you,

J&B

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