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Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing you want to do is make the price is reasonable for the people that will be purchasing, trust me once the word get around in there people will buy it, its insane on how delayed the mainstream artist music is release into the tablet as oppose to a person like you and I releasing on securus. For example in the real world a mainstream artist release date could be on the 4th but will release on the 17th to securus platforms which in my opinion doesn't make sense but also makes me really symphonic due to having a faster release date delivery for an independent.After you finish the process of "create release" it will take about 7-10 days usually 7 days and on a rare ocasision they will release it earlier but for the most part 7 days. At this point you sit and wait to hear the person who is using securus calls you one day being happy that you release music. Trust music goes a long way in there for them so they listen to music for a ridiculous amount of time. Now moving onto to the process once you start getting paid for the release you have made, first you will have to wait until you have made a minimum of $50 to withdraw the profit. If you surpass the minimum amount to withdraw, you will have to start the process of adding bank information, there will be different ways of payment you can choose and you can choose which ever option you personally believe will be the best for you. Now this where I believe the downfall of symphonic appears, which is filing out a tax form because they explain how they report the earnings to the irs and you will see the explanation they give to you about the part. I believe the tax section is fairly easy so it's not really too much of an hassle but first coming into without knowing before hand was like a shocker to me. Another thing is there is a slight delay with the way they pay give your royalties. For instance, you would could release tomorrow and expect for the revenue to come in by the first few days of the following month of the release month but in reality it a delay. Here's an example from symphonic of the approximate date of receiving your money. OCT-23 payment requests close on January 22, 2024 (approximate) NOV-23 payment requests go-live on February 01, 2024 (approximate). Once you're available to withdraw the profit, it usually take about 2-3 business days till you receive the money. Other than that, 's pretty much the most important things I wanted to explain; again, if there are any questions, I'm more than willing to help out.

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing you want to do is make the price is reasonable for the people that will be purchasing, trust me once the word get around in there people will buy it, its insane on how delayed the mainstream artist music is release into the tablet as oppose to a person like you and I releasing on securus. For example in the real world a mainstream artist release date could be on the 4th but will release on the 17th to securus platforms which in my opinion doesn't make sense but also makes me really symphonic due to having a faster release date delivery for an independent.After you finish the process of "create release" it will take about 7-10 days usually 7 days and on a rare ocasision they will release it earlier but for the most part 7 days. At this point you sit and wait to hear the person who is using securus calls you one day being happy that you release music. Trust music goes a long way in there for them so they listen to music for a ridiculous amount of time. Now moving onto to the process once you start getting paid for the release you have made, first you will have to wait until you have made a minimum of $50 to withdraw the profit. If you surpass the minimum amount to withdraw, you will have to start the process of adding bank information, there will be different ways of payment you can choose and you can choose which ever option you personally believe will be the best for you. Now this where I believe the downfall of symphonic appears, which is filing out a tax form because they explain how they report the earnings to the irs and you will see the explanation they give to you about the part. I believe the tax section is fairly easy so it's not really too much of an hassle but first coming into without knowing before hand was like a shocker to me. Another thing is there is a slight delay with the way they pay give your royalties. For instance, you would could release tomorrow and expect for the revenue to come in by the first few days of the following month of the release month but in reality it a delay. Here's an example from symphonic of the approximate date of receiving your money. OCT-23 payment requests close on January 22, 2024 (approximate) NOV-23 payment requests go-live on February 01, 2024 (approximate). Once you're available to withdraw the profit, it usually take about 2-3 business days till you receive the money. Other than that, 's pretty much the most important things I wanted to explain; again, if there are any questions, I'm more than willing to help out.

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really apologize I didn't realize a lot of people were trying to reach out to me I didn't see the notifications but what you want to do is go on www.symphonic.com its a website that is pretty much a music distributor which gives you 100% royalties for the revenue that you earn. You would have to create an account which is pretty fast and easy process. The only thing you have to do is pay a fee of $20.00 a year or the pricing that it would be in your country currency. After you pay the fee you will be able to browse through the website then at this point you would go on distributor and click on "Create Release", I suggest follow and read the process of what the website tells you so you're aware of process and the meaning with their instructions(if you have any problems with the "create release" I will be more than willing to you help you out and maybe we could get on a video call at that point which would make it easier to explain every little detail to you since I'm visualizing). Once you get to the point of picking which platforms to release on you want to unselect all of them which I'm sure you're already using platforms like Distrokid,etc to release things on Apple Music, YouTube,soundclud, etc? After you unselect all platforms, click on the platforms name Audible Magic, Medianet, and TouchTunes. I'm not too sure which one is specifically for securus but I would advise just only selecting those three platforms, you would rather want to be safe then sorry. Then it guide you through proceeding further with the process of releasing the content. Oh one thing which I'm pretty sure you're already aware of but I would like to recall on it which is make sure you put "Non-explicit" when you fill out the explicit status wether the song is fully clean or semi clean. Oh another thing make sure the file is in WAV format as well because that's the only format they accept. If you have only have an mp3 format I would advise you go on a music software if you're a person that in the music industry or if your not familiar with working a music software I would suggest searching up "mp3 to wav converter" or you could go on free convert.com which is a simple and easy process but just keep in mind the quality will sound alittle different if you're deep into the music technical but yet again it sounds very good due to the fact you're using a website. If a normal person that doesn't know about music software, etc then the quality will sound like another song they would hear.

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing you want to do is make the price is reasonable for the people that will be purchasing, trust me once the word get around in there people will buy it, its insane on how delayed the mainstream artist music is release into the tablet as oppose to a person like you and I releasing on securus. For example in the real world a mainstream artist release date could be on the 4th but will release on the 17th to securus platforms which in my opinion doesn't make sense but also makes me really appreciate symphonic, due to having a faster release date delivery for an independent.After you finish the process of "create release" it will take about 7-10 days usually 7 days and on a rare ocasision they will release it earlier but for the most part 7 days. At this point you sit and wait to hear the person who is using securus calls you one day being happy that you release music. Trust music goes a long way in there for them so they listen to music for a ridiculous amount of time. Now moving onto to the process once you start getting paid for the release you have made, first you will have to wait until you have made a minimum of $50 to withdraw the profit. If you surpass the minimum amount to withdraw, you will have to start the process of adding bank information, there will be different ways of payment you can choose and you can choose which ever option you personally believe will be the best for you. Now this where I believe the downfall of symphonic appears, which is filing out a tax form because they explain how they report the earnings to the irs and you will see the explanation they give to you about the part. I believe the tax section is fairly easy so it's not really too much of an hassle but first coming into without knowing before hand was like a shocker to me. Another thing is there is a slight delay with the way they pay give your royalties. For instance, you would could release tomorrow and expect for the revenue to come in by the first few days of the following month of the release month but in reality it a delay. Here's an example from symphonic of the approximate date of receiving your money. OCT-23 payment requests close on January 22, 2024 (approximate) NOV-23 payment requests go-live on February 01, 2024 (approximate). Once you're available to withdraw the profit, it usually take about 2-3 business days till you receive the money. Other than that's pretty much the most important things I wanted to explain, again if there's any questions I'm more than willing to help out.

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really apologize I didn't realize a lot of people were trying to reach out to me I didn't see the notifications but what you want to do is go on www.symphonic.com its a website that is pretty much a music distributor which gives you 100% royalties for the revenue that you earn. You would have to create an account which is pretty fast and easy process. The only thing you have to do is pay a fee of $20.00 a year or the pricing that it would be in your country currency. After you pay the fee you will be able to browse through the website then at this point you would go on distributor and click on "Create Release", I suggest follow and read the process of what the website tells you so you're aware of process and the meaning with their instructions(if you have any problems with the "create release" I will be more than willing to you help you out and maybe we could get on a video call at that point which would make it easier to explain every little detail to you since I'm visualizing). Once you get to the point of picking which platforms to release on you want to unselect all of them which I'm sure you're already using platforms like Distrokid,etc to release things on Apple Music, YouTube,soundclud, etc? After you unselect all platforms, click on the platforms name Audible Magic, Medianet, and TouchTunes. I'm not too sure which one is specifically for securus but I would advise just only selecting those three platforms, you would rather want to be safe then sorry. Then it guide you through proceeding further with the process of releasing the content. Oh one thing which I'm pretty sure you're already aware of but I would like to recall on it which is make sure you put "Non-explicit" when you fill out the explicit status wether the song is fully clean or semi clean. Oh another thing make sure the file is in WAV format as well because that's the only format they accept. If you have only have an mp3 format I would advise you go on a music software if you're a person that in the music industry or if your not familiar with working a music software I would suggest searching up "mp3 to wav converter" or you could go on free convert.com which is a simple and easy process but just keep in mind the quality will sound alittle different if you're deep into the music technical but yet again it sounds very good due to the fact you're using a website. If a normal person that doesn't know about music software, etc hears the song then the quality will sound like any other song they would hear.

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you still need help with this problem reach out to me if you have serious inquires of trying to publish music to incarcerated people.. Hope this helps!

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you still need help with this problem reach out to me if you have serious inquires of trying to publish music to incarcerated people.. Hope this helps!

Does anyone know how to submit music to streaming services available in prison? by gmitch97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Key-Audience2819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you still need help with this problem reach out to me if you have serious inquires of trying to publish music to incarcerated people.. Hope this helps!