The very first step is to get your music project registered with Copyright.gov, then register with ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. Once you have completed those steps move on to the ALL of the five steps I have listed below:
1. Mediabase http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/NewMusic.asp
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals. Wikipedia
2. Nielsen Soundscan http://titlereg.soundscan.com/soundscantitlereg/
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett in 1991. SoundScan is a method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada. Wikipedia
3. SoundExchange https://www.soundexchange.com/
SoundExchange is a non-profit collective rights management organization. It is the sole organization designated by the U.S. Congress to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for sound recordings. Wikipedia
4. Nielsen BDS Virtual Encode https://media.bdsrealtime.com/VE/Login.aspx
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections. Wikipedia
5. Harry Fox Agency https://www.harryfox.com/#/register-songs
Register Songs for Free & Get Paid. To get paid from some of the world's largest digital music services, your songs must be registered in the HFA database. The process is easy. Fill out the form and sign up for a free song registration account.
Marketing, Advertising and Promotion suggestions are listed below
Register here to submit a Press Release - https://www.einpresswire.com/pricing?via=yvonne58
Submit Music - https://www.musicsubmit.com/public.artist.signup?exsubmission=41227
Promote Music - http://www.playlister.club/?referral=533636
Real Music Reviews - https://www.sharetopros.com/go.php?id=727
Playlist Placements - https://soundcamps.com/
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