Name three companies that can help a self-releasing artist get their music onto Spotify

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Artists don’t have to partner with a record company or record label – they can self-release their music, which basically means the artist runs their own label and hires the services of a music distributor.

A music distributor helps an artist get their recordings onto all the digital music platforms, and may provide other support as well, such as pitching tracks to playlists or helping run Instagram or TikTok marketing campaigns. The distributor may charge the artist a fee or take a share of digital income.

Some distributors will provide basic distribution to anybody – we call these DIY distributors or aggregators. Other distributors are selective about what artists they work with. 

As of April 2026, some key DIY distributors include:
Amuse 
CD Baby
Distrokid
Ditto
Emubands
Horus Music
OneRPM
Routenote
Tunecore
Symphonic
United Masters 

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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

‘The Music Business For Music Creators’ by Jonny Amos
Chapter Sixteen – ‘Releasing Music Without A Record Company’

Ari’s Take regularly compares the different DIY distributors