How Ill get my music on iTunes

As the archaic structure of the music industry crumples away, we are left with a new world where indie and up-and-coming artists are on the same platform as mainstream artists. People aren't buying CDs, they are buying files. The indie artist merely has to have their files available on the same services. The first thing iTunes, or any mainstream online music store wants is a distributor. There are many distributors out there for indie bands and labels to sign up with. I did some research and discovered that CDBaby is the best. So,

Step 1. Create an account with CDBaby. You'll need:

• An address
• 5 copies of your CD (To mail to CDBaby)
  
• $35 Album registration fee
  

Their website may not be that impressive but it's an incredible company. Venture Voice did a podcast interview with Derek Sivers of CDBaby, that mp3 file can be found here.

My next step is to mail the 5 copies of my bands CDs to CDBaby. As soon as they receive my CDs and list me on their site I'll write another entry.