WORLDWIDE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION

There is no denying that the current trend and future trend of music, for a large part, lies in the digital world. Dutch Music Works (distribution service partner of Friendly Folk Records) offers distribution on all mainstream music platforms (, , Music, Juno Download, Shazam, , , and YouTube Music, plus over 250 other download and streaming platforms worldwide). Dutch Music Works can also handle YouTube monetization on your behalf.

Acceptance on all major platforms is guaranteed, acceptance on the other platforms is primarily based on music genre, and so at the discretion of the platforms. You have the choice whether you wish to distribution your music for streaming and/or download only. You may exclude the YouTube Monetization. You can also choose the countries or continent you wish to include (or exclude).

The distribution process typically takes about 4 weeks before your music is live on the platforms! Friendly Folk Records label will be notified when your music goes LIVE. An announcement will be made on our website and via all social media. Streaming statistics updated on a monthly basis and included in Dutch Music Works Sales Statements. Gathering the statistics info can take up to 4 months before the first sales statistics are visible.

CHINA DIGITAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION

China is one of the fastest growing music markets in the world with more than 800 million active listeners and thus a huge pool of potential fans. However, this market is not open to the mainstream streaming providers such as Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Amazon. We offer the following distribution with major Chinese streaming providers via our distribution partner, Dutch Music Works.

Your music will by uploaded to the top five major streaming providers in China: QianQian Music, QQ Music, Kuwo Music, Kugou Music and Netease. These platforms guarantee streaming of your music. We will also upload your music to minor streaming provider and send your music to 28 additional Chinese music promotion companies and Chinese radio stations.; inclusion at discretion of these providers and cannot be guaranteed.

The distribution process typically takes about 6 weeks before your music is live on the major platforms, minor platforms takes a bit longer. Friendly Folk Records label will be notified when your music goes LIVE. An announcement will be made on our website and via all social media. Streaming statistics updated on a quarterly basis and will be included in the Dutch Music Works Sales Statements. Please note that gathering the statistics info is a mainly manual process so it may take up to 12 months before the first sales statistics will be visible.

Streaming providers information

• QQ Music ( Music Entertainment Group) has 284 million+ monthly users. (https://y.qq.com) • Qianqian Music (Taihe Music Group and Baidu) (http://music.taihe.com/) • KuGou (Tencent Music Entertainment Group) has 450 million+ monthly users. (http://www.kugou.com) • Kuwo (Tencent Music Entertainment Group) has 129 million+ monthly users. (http://www.kuwo.cn) • NetEase Music has 400 million+ monthly users (https://music.163.com). • Migu Music provides 873 million+ users online streaming service. (http://migu.cn) • iMusic (China Telecom), provides 170 million+ users online streaming service. (http://www.imusic.cn) • Wo Music (China Unicom), provides 100 million+ users online streaming service. (https://www.10155.com)

We are proud to work alongside our professional service partner Dutch Music Works. (Distribution is in cooperation with ‘iMusicianDigital’ for worldwide distribution and ‘Musicinfo.io’ for the China distribution.)

All information for distribution in China is correct, but subject to change. Please check before commitment.