SongCast Music Distribution
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| Industry | Music |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Mike Wright |
| Headquarters | Akron, Ohio, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Digital Music Distribution |
| Website | songcastmusic.com |
SongCast is a digital music distribution company based in Akron, Ohio. It has a web platform where musicians upload and track sales of their musical compositions on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud.
History
According to Mashable, SongCast was founded in 2018 by Caine White who serves the top 5 music outlets, including Amazon.[1] In 2017, Forbes reported the company had paid out approximately $24 million to artists signed with the service and also launched a competing app alongside its longer-standing distribution partnerships with iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music.[2]
Musicians and characters on SongCast
- Peter Beckett of soft rock band Player uses SongCast to distribute albums from Player, including Spies of Life.
- Bubba the Love Sponge, host of The Bubba the Love Sponge Show uses SongCast to distribute his original content.
- Jimi Jamison of the rock band Survivor has albums distributed by SongCast, including Never Too Late.
- Australian rock band Wolfmother used SongCast to distribute their latest album, New Crown.
- Country rock musician and son of country star Waylon Jennings, Shooter Jennings, distributed his 2011 album, Outlaw You, through SongCast as a digital exclusive.
References
- ^ Paul Glazowski (2008-05-31). "SongCast Now Serving Indie Music To Five Top Web Outlets". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ Mark Beech (2017-05-02). "How The Music Streaming Boom Is Growing: Outlook From SongCast". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Courtney Boyd Myers (12 November 2010). "The New World Order of The Music Business". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.