Reply from That PitchMay 10, 2026
dude. I don't even know what to say other than this is exactly what I dreamed That Pitch could be for people when I built it. This literally made my day.
And totally fair on caveats btw, they're things that annoy me too! haha-
1. publishing is what it is, haha. PRO's are just pretty slow to collect all of the royalties globally and report back to your home country unfortunately. But when they catch up - they do! And it keeps compounding!
We are thinking of some stuff we can do to speed things up, maybe will roll out some stuff later this year :)
2. yeah I mean That Pitch just delivers music and has trust within the library world (we've worked nearly 10 years to get to this point). So we can get music in, cleared, and trusted by the companies pitching it to customers.
That being said, we just get the music 'on the shelf'. It's still up to their customers to buy it. No different than getting your music into Spotify. You still need fans to get paid! Haha. But unlike getting music into Spotify (where it's really easy to get in...) Libraries are... unbelievably picky and all have robust A&R teams that pick each individual song and we pitch tracks to each of them. They all typically demand their own deal structures (usually exclusivity, unlimited revisions etc) And we only allow non-exclusive, a deal structure that makes sense for artists, and no revisions allowed. But in return, they get access to an unbelievably great catalog by independent artists all around the world, legally cleared, and we take on a lot of costs for them.
So getting tracks in to these places alone is honestly, a massive deal in itself. And you get better rates, way more chill treatment, and it happens a decade way faster than if you go at it alone.
3. yeah, while we have a really generous free tier, there's a huge disparity of costs we have to pay (on our side) to ensure music is compliant & cleared legally for every different library across the globe. It gets pretty expensive really quick (once there's lots of varying libraries around the world with different specs legally), and since we offer unlimited uploads, I have to be mindful of our costs to ensure our team can be paid well, and we can help all our artists as much as they need.
As a note, I don't have investors (and don't want them - we too are 100% independent :). )
It's a balance I have to think about from costs and what would be best for the music community (my community!) and what libraries need to make sure they are taken care of as well! Every day is a balance I am constantly thinking about, and am proud of how we've done it thus far. But I get it! If I could offer this for free to everyone unlimited, I genuinely would haha. It's extremely rewarding running this thing. :)
Thanks for being in the crew man. And again, this review made my day!
- Mark