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Full song

The full distribution process for full song, split into sections.

About the full song

This is where everything that doesn’t belong to one particular instrument lives: organizing the session, the overall balance, space, automation and mastering. The settings for each instrument are in its own section of the stage.

Sections

  1. ⚡Quick guide: publish the songFrom the master to the platforms, step by step: cover art, metadata, distributor, date, pitch, registrations and how to declare AI use.
  2. 11. Choosing a distributorWhat a distributor does, the three payment models, what to ask before signing up and what happens if you later want to leave.
  3. 22. Metadata and cover artThe data that goes with your song: name, credits, ISRC and UPC, the mistakes that stall a release, and cover art requirements.
  4. 33. The release and Content IDHow far ahead to upload, how to pitch on Spotify, claiming your profile, avoiding artificial streams and understanding Content ID.
  5. 44. Royalties: how you get paidA song generates two types of rights: the recording's and the work's. Who collects each, how it travels and what to expect.
  6. 55. Registering the work and the phonogramWhat to register and where in order to collect what you're owed, with Argentina as an example and its recent changes.
  7. 66. AI: declaring and protectingWhat platforms ask if you used AI, what can really be done to limit training on your music and what doesn't work.