New Music Biz 101: Online Music Creation

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In this blog series, we’ve focused a lot on marketing your music to the masses. This particular post will delve into the music creation process. Of course, because we’re on the topic of the new music industry we’ll be taking a slightly different approach. Indaba music is a web-based company that allows musicians to come together to collaboratively record, edit and mix tracks online.

Indaba recently underwent some exciting changes, launching a major update to the site. Notable changes include an upgraded interface along with new music sales features which let you sell on iTunes and directly to fans while keeping 100% of the revenue. You can also easily share royalties with your collaborators. In addition, Indaba upgraded their media management allowing you to increase your storage to 50gbs and control your account from one place.

What does it cost to participate? Believe it or not it’s free! Of course, there are premium accounts which give you additional functionality. Their pro version is $50 dollars per year, and their platinum version is $250 per year. For those just interested in making music and having fun with this platform, there doesn’t seem to be a huge difference between the two accounts.  However, the paid accounts do let you use their premium effects and audio clips. The premium accounts seem to focus on the distribution process of the new music you create on the site with an online store and iTunes distribution.

Overall the idea is really great, and it truly does let you collaborate in ways previously impossible. Check out the site and let us know what you think. If you’ve created any tracks using the site, we’d love to hear them!