Cover songs are okay!
A "cover song" is a song that you performed & recorded yourself, but the music was written by someone else. For example, when your band plays "Smooth Criminal" (written by Michael Jackson). This is totally okay—DistroKid makes it easy and legal to sell cover songs!
Sampling is probably not okay
Sampling is when you use the actual recording of another artist's performance. For example, if you use the 1971 recording of Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" as your drum track. That's generally not allowed, unless you have permission from the original artist.
DistroKid will handle licensing & pay the original songwriter(s)
DistroKid will obtain the required compulsory mechanical license for you. We'll automatically deduct the legally-mandated fee of 9.1¢ per song sold in the U.S. from your earnings and pay it to the original songwriter. You'll get 100% of the rest.
Fee
DistroKid charges a fee of $1 per month (paid annually, so $12 billed to your cc) to manage this cover song, including:
Obtain license(s)
Pay the original songwriter(s) every month
Keep up-to-date on copyright laws affecting your music
Do the things described here and here
Original artist/songwriter
Original song title
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