15 Online Sites That Protect Independent Music Artist's Music And How They Work
Updated: Jul 4, 2025
Written by: Yolanda Nollie, Executive Contributor
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As an independent musician, you want to make sure your music is protected. There are many online sites that can help you do this. Here are 15 of the best.
Apple Music for Artists: This site helps you manage your profile, track your plays and growth, see who’s adding your songs to their playlists, submit songs to iTunes, and more.
Bandcamp: This site allows you to sell your music and merchandise commission-free, customize your page with HTML/CSS, and get detailed statistics on your sales.
CD Baby: This site provides distribution for your music, keeps track of your rights and royalties, helps you collect performance royalties, and more.
Ditto Music: This site gets your music onto iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, and 150+ other stores worldwide while keeping 100% of the revenue from sales.
Emirate One: This site manages your digital rights, collects revenue from YouTube monetization and Facebook video monetization, helps you monetize cover songs, and more.
Google Play for Artists: This site helps you upload unlimited music to Google Play Music commission-free, track your streams and downloads, see where in the world your music is being played, and more.
Ingrooves Music Group: This site provides marketing and promotion services for your music, and improves the searchability of your tracks on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, and more.
Loudr: This site lets you distribute your music to iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, eMusic, 7digital, MediaNet, Rhapsody/Napster, iHeartRadio, Slacker Radio, Xbox Music, and more while keeping 85% of the revenue from sales.
Musopen: This site provides copyright-free classical sheet music, downloadable recordings, and Artist in Residence programs where professional musicians create new recordings of public domain works. You can also support by donating or volunteering.
ReverbNation: This nation provides opportunities to perform at different festivals, playlisted on streaming services & radio stations around the world, sync placements in TV & Film plus additional resources & tools designed to help artists succeed.
Songtradr: This site offers a B2B platform that connects artists with film & TV, advertising, gaming & brands needing background or production music + they also offer artist services such as neighboring rights income collection, sync licensing administration & global royalty processing.
SoundCloud: This SoundCloud offers two plans one is free with limited features & second one is pro which gives access to their full suite including advanced stats, lossless quality audio, promotional tools, etc .you can also choose SoundCloud Go which includes everything from the Pro plan + adds millions of tracks from popular & upcoming artists.
United Masters: This UnitedMasters offers a direct deal where the label keeps 100% equity & control over their artists' careers without any upfront costs. With this plan, artists get paid directly from streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, etc.
Wilbur Soot: You can join the platform for free by submitting 3 recent original tracks for review & if approved receive a contract that will detail exactly what percentage of future royalties you'll earn for each platform your songs get streamed on.
YouTubeContent ID: Hundreds of thousands of videos are uploaded daily making it nearly impossible for rightsholders to manually find infringing content themselves but with YouTube's powerful technology they're able to identify copyrighted content & manage policies surrounding it all in one place so that everyone understands what is or isn't allowed on YouTube.
Conclusion
As an independent musician, it's important to know that there are many online resources available to help you protect your music. By taking advantage of these sites, you can ensure that your music is well-protected and can be enjoyed by fans all over the world.
Yolanda Nollie, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Yolanda Nollie is a leader in Entertainment & Media Business strategies. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in creative writing and business also a minor in Journalism .and creates strategies to enhance the entertainment media business to gain higher multi-streams of income and generational wealth. She has since dedicated her life to helping others unleash their true genius and brainpower through her successful Podcast Show (Radio & TV Entertainment Am\Fm). She is the founder of Master Entertainment Workshops Corp 501c3, Master Entertainment Workshops Online Academy with students in 195 countries. Her mission: Is to educate entertainers on Passive Income in the Entertainment Industry as Entertainer.
