Album’s and track’s descriptions and tags

1. Special characters. The text of the description of an album or track, as their linked tags, and song lyrics, must not contain any special characters such as the following (or similar):

(-), (_), (.) (*), (“), (•), (#), (@), (¢), ($), (%), (&), (=), o (º).

2. Links and emails. The description of the album or tracks, the lyrics, and album’s or track’s tags, should not contain any link to web pages, social media or similar networks references, or contain email addresses.

3. Text format. The description text of an album and its lyrics, must […] Read more

Album and track languages

Language support varies from DSP to DSP. We currently support every language that itunes supports, and some more. Most DPSs only use language information for internal search engine settings, and do not specify other uses in their specs, so we do our best to manage language use.

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Prices, release date and licenses

1. Category prices. You must choose a price category from one of four price categories. This does not ensure an identical price in all channels, since the channels have the right to determine the final price of an product, depending on the territory and currency of a sale. The categories are indicative of the range of price you desire for each album individually.

The price categories (in the platform) are:

Budget: equivalent to an economic or the most affordable price.
Mid: equivalent to a standard or common prince in each channel.
Full: equivalent to a higher or more expensive than the standard price.
Premium: equivalent to […] Read more

Follow Version, karaoke, tributes, parody, orgel and covers

1. Versions. To indicate that a Version Track is different from the original, please use the corresponding field for this purpose. Version information will not be accepted as part of an album title. You should also use standard spelling, without abbreviations, and make a proper use of capitalization.

2. Name of the original artist on parody, version, karaoke, tribute and cover tracks or albums. For Parody, Karaoke, Tribute and Cover albums, the name of the original artist should not be displayed in any artist field on track level, nor at the album’s level. You must use clarifying […] Read more

How long does it take to publish a content?

From the moment a content is distributed by the user, the Quality Control (QC) will be carried out. If the content meets all the stipulated requirements,  then it will be approved, and then delivered to the corresponding channels.

When the delivery process is finished, the corresponding user will be notified (by email).

Once the content has been completely delivered to the channel(s), the timing for the publication will depend on each channel, which can take from 2 to 15 working days. For this reason, we recommend making the distribution as early as possible, at least 15 […] Read more

What are the cover art formatting requirements for creating my Release?

Stores only accept good quality cover arts with the following requirements:

JPG or PNG file
Perfect square and at least 3000 x 3000 pixels
Best-quality RGB Color mode (including black and white images)
Resolution of at least 72 dpi (300 dpi is better)
Only include text with the artist name and release title or image only with no text

Do NOT include: extra text, email addresses or URLs, stickers, poor quality or cut-off artwork…etc.

Please remember you are responsible for the content you are uploading in the platform!

If your artwork does not adhere to these requirements, this may result in some or all stores rejecting your release.

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How long does it take for my music to go live?

Usually it is a matter of days for your music to go live in the stores after you complete the order and delivery process.

However some digital stores have their own internal procedures and may take longer to make you music available on their front-end retail services.

iTunes: Most releases take 24-72 hours to go live in iTunes
Spotify: 24-72 business hours
Amazon, Deezer: 3-7 business days
Google Play: about 2 weeks
 All other stores: take 1-3 weeks

Remember these are approximate timelines only, and we can not guarantee the exact time your music will go live in these stores as we have no control on the digital retail stores’ […] Read more

What are the possible values for the primary and secondary genre fields?

When creating a Release, you can choose between a large number of genres to assign it to.

Please see the list of possible values below:

Alternative
Alternative/Experimental
Alternative/Indie Pop
Alternative/Gothic
Alternative/Grunge
Alternative/Indie Rock
Alternative/Rock/Metal
Ambient/New Age
Ambient/New Age/Meditation
Audiobooks
Blues
Blues/Contemporary Blues
Blues/New Orleans Blues
Blues/Traditional Blues
Children’s Music
Children’s Music/Classic
Children’s Music/Holiday
Children’s Music/Stories
Classical
Classical/Antique
Classical/Baroque
Classical/Concert
Classical/Chamber
Classical/Modern Compositions
Classical/Opera
Classical/Orchestral
Classical/Piano
Classical/Romantic
Comedy
Country
Country/Bluegrass
Country/Contemporary
Country/Honky Tonk
Country/Nashville
Country/Pop
Country/Square Dance
Easy Listening
Easy Listening/Bar Jazz/Cocktail
Easy Listening/Bossa Nova
Easy Listening/Traditional
Electronic
Electronic/Breaks
Electronic/Broken beat
Electronic/Chill Out
Electronic/Dance
Electronic/Deep House
Electronic/DJ Tools/Sample Packs
Electronic/Downtempo – experimental
Electronic/Drum & Bass
Electronic/Dub/Reggae/Dancehall
Electronic/Dubstep/Grime
Electronic/Electro House
Electronic/Glitch Hop
Electronic/Hard Dance
Electronic/Hard Techno
Electronic/Hardcore
Electronic/Hardstyle
Electronic/House
Electronic/Jazz
Electronic/Indie Dance/Nu Disco
Electronic/Minimal
Electronic/Pop Trance
Electronic/Progressive House
Electronic/Psy-Trance
Electronic/Tech House
Electronic/Techno
Electronic/Trance
Electronic/Trip Hop
Experimental
Folk
Easy Listening/Lounge
Funk/R&B
Hip-Hop/Rap
Hip-Hop/Rap/Gangsta & Hardcore
Holiday/Christmas
Inspirational
Jazz
Jazz/Dixie/Rag Time
Jazz/Latin Jazz
Jazz/World
Jazz/Bebop
Jazz/Big Band
Jazz/Classic
Jazz/Contemporary
Jazz/Free Jazz
Jazz/Fusion
Jazz/Jazz Funk
Jazz/Nu Jazz/Acid Jazz
Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Jazz/Swing
Jazz/Traditional
Latin
Latin/Bossa Nova
Latin/Brasil/Tropical
Latin/Pop
Latin/Rock en Español
Latin/Salsa/Merengue
New Age
Pop
Pop/Contemporary/Adult

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