The majority of music now being created, distributed, shared, bought and discovered is happening outside the traditional music industry. Even better, more revenue is being made by artists than ever before.
In 2009 alone, the “unsigned” self-distributing bands via TuneCore sold and got paid from streams from over 65 million songs and albums earning over $32 million dollars from iTunes and other digital download stores.
As an artist and composer, you make and perform music: Go here to see some easy ways to get discovered and sell more music:
http://www.ascap.com/playback/2010/09/FEATURES/tunecore.aspx