First release checklist
Everything to prepare before creating your first SpaceMedia release, so it passes review the first time.
Work through this before you open Create Release. Every item here is something that sends a release back if it is missing.
Files
- Final master audio per track, WAV or FLAC, under 250 MB each
- Every file played start to end, with no clipping, silence, or count-ins
- Square cover art at 3000 x 3000, under 36 MB
- Cover art free of URLs, logos, prices, and format words
- You hold the rights to every element of the artwork
Details in Audio and artwork.
Identity
- Artist profile created, with the name exactly as it should appear publicly
- Mapped to the correct existing store artist page, or set as a new artist
- Featured artists identified, with their own mappings
Details in Artist profiles.
Metadata
- Release title, without the artist name or a format word
- Track titles, with versions in the version field
- Writers and contributors, with legal names
- Language and explicit-content status per track
- Label name and genre
Details in Metadata and credits.
Rights
- You control the recording, or have written permission
- You control the composition, or hold a license
- Any cover, sample, or interpolation cleared, with evidence kept
- Ownership fields ready to enter
Details in Copyright and content rights.
Timing
- A release date with real lead time, not next week
- Stores chosen from the list on your own release
- Nothing announced publicly that depends on a date not yet confirmed
Details in Distribution and dates.
Then build it
Create the release record, add tracks, complete Licences, preview the result, choose distribution, then submit.
Stop if a name, a right, a file, or a date is uncertain. Correct information is far easier to review than a rushed change after delivery, and every resubmission goes to the back of the review queue. See Create a release.