Social music discovery service iLike and digital music distribution service TuneCore kicked off a joint effort to help independent artists make money and get discovered effectively.

This unique alliance leverages TuneCore’s digital distribution model and iLike’s music promotion and discovery services to give independent artists a turnkey solution to distribute, promote and sell their music.

By submitting their music via TuneCore, independent or established musicians can sell their music in all the major online stores and leading subscription services, including: iTunes; Amazon mp3; and through Rhapsody, on Yahoo, MTV and iLike.

After using TuneCore to easily and quickly distribute their music to Rhapsody, artists will earn royalties when their music is streamed not only on iLike.com but also on iLike’s unrivaled music syndication network, which provides music on Facebook®, hi5, Orkut, Bebo, iLike’s third-party developer platform and other leading channels across the web.

Artists can sign up for a free account at TuneCore.

Originally posted on October 20, 2008 @ 9:13 am