FAQ

You must choose a price category from the four offered by our platform. Such choice does not ensure an identical price in all channels, since each channel has the right to determine the final price of a product, depending on each territory and the value of each currency.

The categories are indicative of the price range that you want to apply to each album individually. The price categories (on the platform) are:
Budget: equivalent to the cheapest or most affordable price.
Mid: equivalent to the standard or common price on each channel.
Full: equivalent to a higher price than usual.
Premium: equivalent to the highest possible price.

E.g on iTunes for Nigerians

Budget: NGN100
Mid: NGN150
Full: NGN200
Premium: NGN500

Usually it takes about 2-3  business days for your music to go live on Apple music and about a week for the rest of the digital stores.

Some stores like Google play music, Shazam etc may take up to 2 weeks, Please be patient.

In the event we experience delays on your release due to errors, you will be duly notified.

We strongly advice you submit your songs at least a month before the official release date to avoid any disappointment

Yes, absolutely!

As soon as your music is released and our back end staffs are done compiling the links to the digital stores, an email is pushed automatically to you for notification

Yes. Generally, stores like iTunes, Amazon and others keep 30% of a sale. We get 70% of a sale (this is called the wholesale price) and share 100% of this amount to you.

For stores that offer full-track streaming, there is a proportionate share worked out differently for every store.

Therefore, monthly payouts for music streaming sales can vary each month (and are extremely challenging to calculate due to the complex rules applied by the stores!)

The explicit logo is applied when the lyrics or content of a song contain one or more of the following criteria which could be considered offensive or unsuitable for children:

• Strong language (one word is already enough)
• References to violence, physical, or mental abuse
• References of sexualised behaviour
• Discriminatory language

Please make sure to mark the tracks/your release as explicit, if one of the above statement applies. iTunes may hide your sale in the store if the content is not marked accordingly.
As soon as you mark one track as explicit on your album, the entire release will be marked ‘explicit’ in most of the shops later on.

Explicit content is not sold in Belarus, Burkina Faso, India, Nepal and Uzbekistan iTunes territories.

ISRC: This stands for International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)  and its is a unique international identifier for sound and music video recordings, It gives your music a digital identity

UPC: This stands for Universal Purchase Code. It is a code that allows for the sales of your recording.

These codes are necessary for the successful release and sales of your digital works.

You need not worry about this, we offer UPC and ISRC codes FOR FREE to all our registered customers.

(Please note this is often a paying option with our competitors!)

Money & Report provides real time updates about the sales and performance of your releases on digital stores. It also has a payout section for cash withdraws to your local bank account.

Sales Report: This gives a summary of all the sales ( Streams and downloads) your releases have recorded overtime on the digital stores.

The stores remits your royalties bit by bits as the sales are ongoing on the digital stores and you can find that under the confirmed sales tab

Below the sales summary there is a detailed excel sheet available for downloads. You can download and have more information about your release.

Confirmed Sales : The stores remit your royalties bit by bits and whatever they have remitted till date is available on your confirmed sales report. Your confirmed earnings is what is available for withdrawals.

As mentioned earlier, the stores doesn’t remit all your sales at ones. This is a progressive exercise but  overtime the stores will eventually confirm and release all your sales, by then your release will have stopped selling on the stores.

Trends: This gives a visual feel of how your releases are selling on the various digital channels.

Payout : When your confirmed sales hits the 10 euro threshold, you can make withdrawal request from here.

Please note: Payments are made to your local bank account and the exchange rate as the time of request will be used to process the transaction.

For international payments (Paypal) : Replace bank name field with your paypal email address and the 10 digit account number with 000’s

History: You can view payout request and status from here.

Generally, you start getting your reports 3 months after the release of your music on the the digital stores.

This is the breakdown of the events after the release  of your song

Month 1: Music fans download and stream your music
Month 2: The music service collates the data and creates reports to send us
Month 3 and beyond: We process your report and make it available for download anytime on your dashboard.

Please note: We update your reports between 15th-20th of every month.

There is a withdrawal request button on your dashboard under Money and Reporting

This will only be approved when your sales report reflects that you have earned beyond the €10 threshold.

Please note: The exchange rate to Naira as at the time of your request will be used to process the payments

All cash are paid directly to your local bank account under than 48hrs

Metadata: Your Metadata include information such as the title of your tracks, producer, genre of music etc. This should be carefully filled and submitted when creating a release

For more info check out iTunes style guide

Audio: We accept multiple audio formats, MP3 preferrably, our dedicated back end staffs handles the conversion and encoding to make life easier for you.

Cover Art: Artwork must be in JPG format, RGB colour spacing (not CMYK), and at least 3000px by 3ooopx square ( Standard)

Please Note:

• Any information not filled on your metadata should not be on your cover art
• No pornographic image
• No Nazi symbol
• No blurry image
• No social media links or advertisement
• No phone numbers

Our back end support staffs work closely with you to ensure strict adherence to these standard

A cover song is your own version of a song that you did not write/compose.

Whenever you record a song that someone else wrote, you need to get permission from the copyright holders.

To avoid any delays or disappointments, we strongly advice you submit your music 2-3 weeks before the official release date.

We have made digital music distribution so easy and affordable. we offer the most competitive pricing out there.

Our pricing is super flexible – you only pay based on the number of tracks on your Album/ EP. Singles begins @ ₦3990. Check out our pricing

We take copyright seriously as there are legal implications for uploading contents you do not have the rights for. If you’re planning to release a cover, remix or a song using samples, please make sure you have the necessary license.

If the music composed creation is 100% yours, you automatically own the copyright and won’t need any licenses (may differ depending on your region).

If you’re releasing a cover, remix or a song using samples, you will most likely need to purchase a license before releasing your music to avoid any possible legal action from the original copyright holders.

1.1 Copyright-­‐Infringing Content
Digital retailers may remove artwork and/or sound recordings used without the rights holders’ permission.

1.2 Trademark-­‐Infringing Content
Digital retailers may remove trademarked artist names or logos in case these are used without the permission of the trademark owner. This includes misrepresenting a track as originating from or featuring another artist, or using an artist’s name in a misleading way.
A party complaining about such infringement would need to evidence a valid trademark or exclusive ownership in each claimed territory. Alternatively, the complaining party would have to demonstrate to the channel that the potentially infringing content is misrepresenting itself as content of the complaining party and that such content is likely to deceive users of the channel´s service.

In cases under 1.1 and 1.2 where ownership is not clear ,the parties may be brought together and will be expected to provide the channel in question with a mutual conclusion on the right to use the content/trademark. Generally, channels reserve the right to remove relevant content until a satisfactory conclusion is reached.

1.3 Offensive/Abusive/Defamatory/Obscene Content
Digital retailers may remove content that, in their opinion, is likely to incite hatred or discrimination of any kind, whether related to race, religion, sexuality or otherwise, or content that is deemed offensive, abusive, defamatory, illegal, pornographic or obscene in any way.

1.4 Certain Recent Public Domain Content
At  the digital retailers´discretion, recordings less than 90 years old that by operation of law may fall into the public domain in some territories may not be treated as public domain recordings. Such recordings will be treated as protected by their last applicable copyright in a relevant territory.

1.5 Nazi-­‐Related Content
Digital retailers may remove Nazi-related content and content recognized as harmful by the BPjM (Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende medien), prohibited by German authorities or as otherwise recognized by anti-Nazi laws in any applicable jurisdiction.

For content deemed to infringe the guidelines under categories 1.1-­‐1.4 as mentioned in this related article, a strict two-strikes policy applies.

If it is determined that a provider has delivered infringing content to a Channel, the content will be removed and the label will receive an initial strike, which will be communicated by our support team via email.

The content provider will be notified of the action taken and, where relevant, is urged to inform the offending label. The provider is given usually 2- 5 business days to respond to the Channel regarding the initial strike notification including details of any action they are taking.

Failure by the content provider to return a satisfactory reason, at the Channel’s discretion, will result in the content remaining off the Channel service and the strike remaining in place against the infringing label.

Subsequent infringing complaints that are determined to be legitimate will result in takedown of the infringing content and immediate blocking of all future content from the offending label.

To be clear, if a Channel, at its discretion, assesses and determines that two separate pieces of content from a particular label are infringing and the provider cannot provide an explanation to the Channel’s satisfaction, the label providing that content may be blocked from the service for future releases.

Further, channels may reserve the right to block a label for clear and intentional infringements or abuses of the service even if that label has not received a previous strike.

Following verification of a second infringement by a particular label, the channels may provide us with a list of all the content delivered under the offending label. The content provider will be given 5 business days to ensure that the rest of the catalogue belonging to the offending label does not contain any infringing or otherwise objectionable content. If the provider does not respond to the Channel within this time the channel may take down all content delivered by the offending label that is currently available on the Channel in question.

If the provider confirms the remaining content is clear from any infringements, the content will remain available.

However, if a future claim against that label’s content is verified as legitimate by the Channel ,then that remaining content for that label may be removed from the service.

For infringements related to Category 1. 5 most channels follow a one strike policy
If it is determined that Nazi-related content and/or content recognized as harmful by the BPjM is live on a Channel, that content shall be removed. It may also result in immediate blocking of all current content delivered under that label as well as all of its future releases.

Current rules for song lyrics for iTunes

1. Structure . The lyrics should reflect the structure of the song. Each phrase must be separated by a single space, and each section (such as the chorus, the bridge, the verse …) must be separated by a double space. The first letter of each word at the beginning of each sentence or in parentheses must be written in capital letters, as well as the proper names. It is prohibited to include additional information to the lyrics, such as the chords, the title of the song, the composers, etc. It is also not allowed to write the letters entirely in upper or lower case.

2. Score . Punctuation must follow the grammatical rules of each language. However, periods and commas are not allowed at the end of a sentence, nor is repeated punctuation (such as “??” or “!!”) allowed. Ellipsis (“…”) are only allowed to indicate the fade out of a song. Nor can expressions such as “x2” or “etc.” be used to indicate repetitions of a certain structure. In this case, the lyrics will have to be repeated as many times as it is repeated in a song or an ellipsis should be used to indicate a fade out.

3. Secondary content . Any part of the lyrics that is related to the main content of the song must be transcribed.

Choirs should be indicated in parentheses.
Live performances will have to be transcribed as long as they do not interfere with the song. This standard only applies to live content.
Vocal sounds will have to be transcribed unless they are improvisation (such as scatting) or sound effects.
The spoken word content should not be transcribed in any case.
The explicit content of a song must be written exactly as it sounds. The application of self-censorship is not allowed unless those words sound censored as such in the song. If part of a word or the whole word has been censored in a song, the omitted part should be replaced by asterisks (for example, “j * r”).
If there are several languages ​​in the letter, they must be transcribed following the rules of each of the languages ​​(not phonetically).
Here is an example of how to write a letter correctly:

I live for the applause, applause, applause

I live for the applause-plause

Live for the applause-plause

Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me

The applause, applause, applause

Give me that thing that I love (I’ll turn the lights out)

Put your hands up, make ’em touch, touch (make it real loud)

Give me that thing that I love (I’ll turn the lights out)

Put your hands up, make ’em touch, touch (make it real loud)

(APPLAUSE) Make it real loud

(APPLAUSE) Put your hands up, make ’em touch, touch

(APPLAUSE) Make it real loud

(APPLAUSE) Put your hands up, make ’em touch, touch

Important: we note that, given the non-obligation to include lyrics in a release, our Support team reserves the right to remove the lyrics from a song or from an entire release in case these rules are not strictly followed