I’ve been thinking about going the distrokid route, putting stuff on spotify etc, but not so much worried about loudness, rather how it would affect the creative commons character of the music I’ve also put on free music archive / bandcamp etc.
I don’t plan on becoming a member of some mcps-prs alliance kinda license maffia if that is obligatory(?). I like the idea of people being able to use my music on youtube without a copyright gestapo hammering it down and wonder if putting my music on streaming services would automatically flag the same music on youtube?
You retain all rights. You can set the license as you see fit. But I don’t recall an option (when uploading to assorted distributors) to state that your music is CC or whatever. (I might be wrong.)
One Distrokid annoyance is that there’s no option to include additional digital material, such as a PDF where you can be more explicit about rights, copying, etc. I charge for my stuff but I tell my friends to feel free to make a copy for anyone they think would enjoy it. (I’m still up in the air on shifting to a pay what you want model. It kinda worked OK for an ebook I wrote, but even there I later moved to $5+. Pricing is tricky.)
I opted to get my music on most of the Distrokid options (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, etc, but not the additional YouTube whatever service) primarily to increase access for anyone who might be interested. But I try to steer people to Bandcamp because they will get the included PDF “booklet”. And I get more of the mad profits[0].
You can always still upload your music to your own YouTube channel and set all the rights info as you like.
[0] I haven’t even earned back what Distrokid costs me. They say, “Do what you love and the money will follow”, but I’m getting a bit skeptical. ಠᴗಠ