Returning to this because my original take wasn't quite right. I've recently done some research on what would be needed to put
The Godkiller soundtrack on Spotify, iHeartRadio, etc.
Here's a practical, but still time-consuming, plan for getting DMOD on Spotify and company:
1. Mike Rimer would have to register with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) as a publisher, probably BMI or ASCAP.
2. Emmett Plant and I would have to do the same, but as a songwriters. Jon Sonnenberg is already registered.
3. Mike would register songs via the PRO with him as the publisher and whoever the appropriate songwriters are for each song.
4. Once everything is registered, use a distribution service such as Distrokid, TuneCore, or CDBaby to automatically put the song out to all the services. CDBaby has the added benefit of creating a storefront for physical CDs.
5. Royalties on "
spins"
are paid out through the PROs. I don't think anyone involved would care about the pennies coming in from this. But it's a side effect of jumping through the needed hoops to use a distribution service that gets music onto everything.
There would be complications with Jon's stuff, e.g. conflicts with his agreements with labels. I can't say how it would get worked out, if at all.
I think that's 90% right. I'm still learning.
I might do some version of the above for
The Godkiller soundtrack, which is quite a bit easier to do with just one person (me) signing off on everything. Maybe I have good luck with this and can later try making a case to Mike for DMOD. But honestly, it's a lot of "
ifs"
and "
maybes"
.
-Erik
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The Godkiller - Chapter 1 available now on Steam. It's a DROD-like puzzle adventure game.
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