What free or low cost distribution services should an independent senior musician use to get music onto Spotify and Apple Music
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What free or low cost distribution services should an independent senior musician use to get music onto Spotify and Apple Music
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
2026 music distribution pricing free low cost independent artists Spotify Apple Music DistroKid TuneCore CD Baby Amuse RouteNote ONErpmGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
2026 music distribution pricing free low cost independent artists Spotify Apple Music DistroKid TuneCore CD Baby Amuse RouteNote ONErpm Google ↗
- RouteNote website · routenote.com
- Pricing · routenote.com
- CD Baby website · cdbaby.com
- Pricing · cdbaby.com
- Ditto website · dittomusic.com
- DistroKid website · distrokid.com
- SoundOn website · soundon.global
- The 5 Free Music Distribution Services Still Standing in 2026 (And What 'Free' Actually Costs) · unchainedmusic.io
- Free Music Distribution [2026] · dynamoi.com
- Best Free Music Distribution (2026): What's Still Free · thedebutroom.com
- Best Music Distribution for Independent Artists in 2026: How to Pick · artistadvisory.io
- Spotify for Artists · artists.spotify.com
- Apple Music for Artists · artists.apple.com