In April, 2007, TuneCore customers earned $331,653.75 from the sale of their music and kept 100% of the revenue. Customers using the music industry model-changing delivery and distribution service have earned 100% of the $1.7 million since payments began in May, 2006. Musicians are catching on to how they can generate revenue using TuneCore; the monthly earnings by TuneCore customers are up 16% over March and 38% over February's total.
TuneCore's top three digital download stores for April are iTunes, Napster and eMusic while its top earner was comedian Liam Sullivan as Kelly for his YouTube sensation "Shoes."
Musicians are steadily catching on to how TuneCore can help them earn revenue. In fact, a
Google Blog search for TuneCore yields 4,761 hits as of June 22.
TuneCore.com, the new music delivery and distribution service, has changed the 100-year-old rules of the music business. It is a low, flat-fee service that delivers music to iTunes, eMusic and many other major download sites while taking no rights and no revenue from the sale of the music.