Walk through
Three ways to release a record
Take a client with a finished EP, six tracks, mixed, mastered, ready to go. The question is how to get it into the world and keep enough of the money to make the next one. Three paths are on the table. The difference between them comes down to three questions, who funds the release, who owns the masters, and what share the artist keeps.
Pure DIY, a flat-fee service like DistroKid
The artist funds everything themselves and owns the masters outright. Because the takes no percentage, they keep roughly 85–100% of net revenue, the only are their own costs.