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A Creator is the performing artist, band, or other creator who should be credited with the content. For music artists, this is where you will input your stage name. Please do not enter a label, company or director name here.
Please note that capitalization, punctuation and spelling need to be exactly as they appear on your selected DSP profiles, as this will be how your content is deployed and matched.
Similar to an ISRC, a Universal Product Code (UPC) is a unique 12 character code that identifies unique products like CDs and digital albums. ISRC’s identify individual tracks while UPC’s identify the complete album. As a Music Mastery user, if you do not have UPCs for your content, we can create them for you at no additional cost.
Please note you will need both an ISRC and UPC to deliver your audio and video content to streaming platforms.
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a unique, 12 character code that identifies specific sound recordings and/or music videos. As a Music Mastery user, if you do not have ISRCs for your content, we can create them for you at no additional cost.
Based on content strategy goals, the Music Mastery platform enables creators to select different protection policies for how they want their content managed on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The 4 protection policies include:
*Please note that claims will be made on all content uploads, including the creator or rights holder’s own uploads in order to apply the selected policy.
If you would like to transfer content from your previous distributor, you will first need to submit release(s) in your Music Mastery dashboard. When creating your release(s), please make sure the Video ISRC(s) match that of your original upload(s). This will allow us to assert ownership on your existing assets. Please make sure that previously signed agreements with any third parties are terminated effectively once Music Mastery’s ownership is applied.
When Music Mastery asks you for supporting documentation, please provide any and all agreements that prove your ownership or control of the content in question. These types of agreements should typically include the names of the contracting parties, the effective date, the specific content subject to the agreement, the term of the agreement, the rights that are being granted (including whether those rights are on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis) and should be signed by all parties. Unfortunately, a copyright or P.R.O. (Performing Rights Organization) registration does not qualify as sufficient supporting documentation. Our legal and rights management teams will review your documentation on a case-by-case basis.
Yes. Though you will grant Music Mastery Distribution an exclusive license to monetize/protect your content, you will retain 100% ownership of your copyrights. While you retain full ownership of your content, you cannot grant the same rights to other parties. Granting rights to multiple parties may cause a conflict and will not result in additional earnings. In fact, doing so may put your earnings on hold until the conflict is resolved
Once users grant authorization to connect their social networks, Music Mastery will collect data on their behalf in order to provide each user the ability to streamline multi-network publishing and access a centralized analytics dashboard. This analytics dashboard will display and analyze key metrics including content performance, video engagement, revenue generated, and any user-generated content (UGC) claims. Music Mastery will be able to use this information to provide creators with actionable insights about how to improve their content’s performance. Users can access their analytics on the web application here. Creators may also request changes by contacting us at team@musicmastery.com. They can request to update, correct or delete their information as needed.
If you are a Music mastery user and have received a notification that Music Mastery is claiming your content, don’t panic! This means that Music Mastery is claiming this content on your behalf. This is required in order for us to enforce your chosen protection policy on your content.
If you are not a Music Mastery user and you think your content is being claimed improperly by one of our users, please send a link to the video in question to team@MusicMastery.com and a member of our Rights Management team will look into the situation and follow up with you accordingly.
If there is an aspect of your content that you did not create yourself, you must be granted an exclusive license from the original rights owner in order to claim the content as your own. Below are some examples of content that would require an exclusive license from the original rights owner:
Musical samples from content that you do not own
YouTube Ownership Conflicts occur when another YouTube partner attempts to claim ownership over an exclusive copyright Music Mastery is also administering for you. Ownership Conflicts put your content’s revenue on hold for as long as the conflicting party’s ownership remains, so it is important to resolve these conflicts as soon as possible.
We recommend reaching out to the conflicting party to request that they remove ownership of the assets in conflict.
Audio distribution to TikTok may take up to 5 business days to be reviewed, accepted, and delivered to partner platforms.
Our team at Music Mastery believes that content creators should have the ability to retain ownership of their content. Subject to the terms of your agreement(s) and with proper notice, you are indeed able to terminate your agreement(s) with Music Mastery.
Your Music Mastery agreement specifies the termination procedure. Please review your Music Mastery agreement in detail to determine what the term of that agreement is, the window within which you can provide termination notice to Music Mastery, as well as the manner in which you should provide it. You can conveniently find your agreement(s) in your Music Mastery dashboard. If you’re having trouble finding your agreement(s), please contact team@musicmastery.com.
If you are a Basic Music Mastery Member, it will cost $19.99 for a monthly subscription, Plus it is 80% Artist and 20% split.
If you are a PRO Music Mastery member, it will cost $299.00 for a yearly subscription, Plus it is 80% Artist and 20% split. You also receive the MasterClass for free.
Our system is designed so that if we accept your artwork, the stores will too.
To make sure it's accepted, your artwork must adhere to the following formatting rules:
- File format must be .jpg or .jpeg
- Image size must be a minimum of 1400x1400 pixels and a maximum of 3000x3000 pixels.
- Artwork file size must be no larger than 10Mb.
- Resolution of 300 DPI if possible, however we accept 72 DPI and above.
- Only include the text of the artist name and release name, or an image with no text. Any other text such as website addresses, mailing lists, social media links etc will not be accepted by the stores.
- Only include parental advisory or explicit content icons if your release has explicit language.
- Your artwork may also be rejected if it features graphic explicit content
YES!!! Music Mastery Distribution is currently built to deliver data and personalized recommendations to individuals and their artist.
You (manager/ record label or producer) can set up as the user or client. Then you can then add your “creators” (artists) under the User.
Grow your audience globally with expedited delivery to the world’s leading audio destinations, including:
Please note that certain partner standards must be met in order to distribute audio content to the platforms mentioned above.
Spotify for Artist profiles are designed to give creators full control over their Spotify accounts. Creators with custom Spotify for Artist profiles are provided access to management features and listening data, which they can use to shape how their brand is portrayed online. These features provide users with visibility and the means to succeed on the platform.
No extra cost!!! Audio Distribution is included with Music Mastery Distribution.
If you would like to transfer content from your previous distributor, you will first need to submit release(s) in your Music Mastery dashboard. When creating your release(s), please make sure the Video ISRC(s) match that of your original upload(s). This will allow us to assert ownership on your existing assets. Please make sure that previously signed agreements with any third parties are terminated effectively once Music Mastery’s ownership is applied.
Granting rights to Music Mastery and then selling the exclusive rights to a third-party breaches your Content License Agreement with Music Mastery and is therefore prohibited. Non-exclusive licensing is permitted as long as there is no intent to sell exclusively. Please note that our Content team manually reviews releases to check for video descriptions such as “buy this beat” to prevent these violations.
The Music Mastery platform now offers an end-to-end audio distribution solution to efficiently package and deliver your content to multiple streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and more.
After you have delivered audio content to Spotify through Music Mastery, you will be presented with the Spotify Instant Access banner on your My Content tab. You can also access Music Mastery’s Instant Access feature through your Creators tab again as long as you’ve delivered audio content through Music Mastery to Spotify. You can navigate to and from your Spotify for Artists page from your Creators tab once connected. In order to have a verified profile on Spotify, you must submit a request to Spotify for Artists. Once your profile is approved, your artist page will be marked with a desirable blue check. Benefits of verifying your artist Spotify account include increasing professionalism, credibility, and authenticity.
A cover is an original performance of someone else’s song. Since you can only assert rights that you own or control exclusively, checking the “cover” box will prevent you from being able to assert composition rights for works that you did not have a part in composing. Please note that as the recording copyright owner, it is your responsibility to get clearance from the original composition’s rights holder(s).
1. Find all meta data and original files associated with the music you’d like to move to Music Mastery Distribution.
This includes:
● ISRC codes
● Artist name & track titles
● Original audio files
● Original artwork
Important: all of this information is EXACTLY the same as your original release when you re-upload your music to Ditto, so make a note of it, double-check everything and keep it somewhere safe.
2. Issue a takedown request to your current distributor.
Log into the account you have with your current distributor and ask them to remove your music from stores. There is usually a ‘takedown request’ button you can click to make this happen.
IMPORTANT: You’ll see 2 of your music up on DSP, wait until streams are the same number on both, then you can delete the music from the old distributor.
Granting rights to Music Mastery and then selling the exclusive rights to a third-party breaches your Content License Agreement with Music Mastery and is therefore prohibited. Non-exclusive licensing is permitted as long as there is no intent to sell exclusively. Please note that our Content team manually reviews releases to check for video descriptions such as “buy this beat” to prevent these violations.
Music Videos contain original visuals paired intentionally with audio. Select the Music video option only for content such as Original Music Videos or Cover Videos. Select “Other Video” for all other videos that are not Official Music Videos. Regardless of video type, visual content must be original. Examples of “Other Videos” include interviews, tutorials or vlogs.
Music Mastery’s technology streamlines content and metadata ingestion to ensure it meets partner specifications. In order to further expedite this process, before you distribute your next video, be sure you have the following:
To get an Official Artist Channel, you will need to meet the below requirements outlined by YouTube.
– Own and operate a YouTube channel that represents one artist or band
– Have at least 3 official releases on YouTube delivered and distributed by a music distributor or label
– Have no policy violations on your channel
– Music Mastery must claim at least one video as an art track or music video
If you meet these requirements and would like to request an Official Artist Channel, please reach out to
team@Musicmastery.com with the URL to your Vevo, YouTube, and Topic channel, and we will formally make the request on your behalf.
No. Music Mastery has a distribution partnership with Vevo which allows any artist to request their own Vevo channel. In order to adhere to Vevo’s quality guidelines, requests will then be manually reviewed for acceptance.
Vydia works directly with the Vevo team to make any and all changes to your account. No login to the Vevo platform is available. In order to request an edit, please team@musicmastery.com. Once created, requests for your Vevo channel are limited to one batch of edit requests per month; so please make sure that you are precise in your Vevo edit requests!
If approved, your Vevo account name is based on your artist name. You can find out if the artist’s name is already being used by searching for it on Vevo. If there is a problem with the artist name you submit, we will contact you for another option.
Yes. Users are able to create a release and submit new videos to be published on their pre-existing Vevo channel.
Vevo is intended for music content only. However, if you have other video content such as webisodes, vlogs, or live streams you can upload them onto the Music Mastery Platform to be published, protected, and monetized across different social media channels.
Our premium video partners (including Vevo, Apple, and Tidal), do not allow any beginning or end text slates and logos, lower third corner text (also known as chyrons), social media names/logos, and website URLs. If there are graphics and text used in a creative way as part of the video, then it is possible it will be allowed. Our Content Operations team will notify you of any additional edits once the review process is complete.
Yes, Vevo and YouTube are linked, so all of your video content on Vevo will be searchable on YouTube.
Vevo has strict standards for the videos that appear on their platform. To accommodate, every video must be manually reviewed. This process can take between 5-7 business days. However, due to the number of requests, the wait for Vevo acceptances can take longer.
In order to update your Vevo channel, please create a support ticket here. When making your requests, list all edits you would like made to your Vevo channel with any corresponding files. Please be mindful that we can only make one set of bulk changes for a Vevo channel per month, so be precise with your edit requests. Image guidelines for channel artwork may look different on desktop, mobile, and TV displays. Click here to make sure you meet Vevo’s artwork specs.
No, video distribution is included with Music Mastery
From platform upload to distribution, our technology provides the digital infrastructure needed to efficiently package and deliver your video content to major video streaming platforms and social networks. To get started, check out our Music Mastery Distribution Booklet.
You can create a release, select Vevo as your video’s destination.
Once the release is complete, it will be manually reviewed to ensure that Vevo requirements are met, which may include certain metrics such as social media following, video performance, the authenticity of engagement, and quality of content. To learn more about this process, check out our blog!
Expand your global reach with expedited delivery to the industry’s leading video destinations. From one convenient platform, our video distribution services will allow you to:
Audio distribution may take up to 5 business days to be reviewed, accepted, and delivered to partner platforms. You will receive a notification once your audio content is live. To make sure your content is available for playlist consideration, please schedule your audio release at least 4 weeks before the launch date. Please note that playlist support is not guaranteed.
Once your video has been delivered to a streaming platform, you must contact your dedicated account representative for any additional changes.
To make a release for Broadcast Networks please see the following:
– Log in to your account
– Click ‘My Content’
– Choose the corresponding video you wish to submit
– Click ‘Create Release’
– Choose ‘Distribute to Networks”
– Select Broadcast Networks
– Choose your genre
– Either select a bundle or choose your Networks separately
– Submit the release accordingly
Please note that closed captioning and specific formats are required for most Networks to consider acceptance, and may lead to additional correspondence needed with our Music Mastery Content team. For this reason, keep an eye out for release messaging after submitting your release. Please note, we cannot guarantee that your video will be accepted for airplay, as this is illegal and known as payola.
We guarantee that your video will be packaged, edited, and submitted per the requirements of each network. Our team will format and package your content to give it the best possible chance to get accepted by our premium partners. However, acceptance and/or airplay is entirely up to the programmers of each broadcast network. As feedback/decisions come back from the networks your video was submitted to for consideration, your release details may be updated accordingly.
Submission to broadcast networks through the Music Mastery dashboard does not guarantee airplay. Please note, we cannot guarantee that your video will be accepted for airplay, as this is illegal and known as payola. We guarantee that your video will be packaged, edited, and submitted per the requirements of each network.
One of the benefits of selecting a Music Mastery is having the option to monetize your audio and video content. By selecting a monetize policy, content containing your works will be claimed as yours, and subsequently have revenue generated from audience-appropriate advertisements being placed alongside the claimed content.
Please be advised that by selecting a monetize policy, content that you upload on your social media platforms will be claimed as well in order to apply your monetization policy. Also, note that selecting a monetize policy does not guarantee that revenue will be generated; but rather enables the option for ads to generate revenue.
The Royalty Center is Music Mastery’s new universal payment solution that allows you to pay your collaborators (Payees) royalties for their contributions to your content.
Invite your Payees, assign royalty percentages, and let our technology distribute funds accordingly to ensure everyone gets paid their share of earnings.
The Royalty tab within your Music Mastery dashboard is where you can view data related to your content’s revenue, review and download statements, and Assign Royalties to content collaborators.
The Royalty Center includes Music Mastery’s universal payment solution that allows you to pay your collaborators (Payees) customizable percentages of music video and/or sound recording royalties for their contributions to your content. Invite your Payees, assign royalty percentages, and let our technology distribute funds accordingly to ensure everyone gets paid their share of earnings.
A Payee is any contributor or collaborator on your audio or video content that you would like to share royalties with (i.e. featured artist, audio engineer, video producer, etc. ).
In order to share royalties with a Payee, complete the following steps:
Pending invitations will expire after 30 days if the Payee has not yet accepted it. However, the Payor has the option to re-send a new invitation at any time.
an invitation is pending, you can send a new one by completing the following steps:
You can edit active royalty splits by contacting team@musicmastery.com.
Yes. The Royalty Center Authorization enables Music Mastery to pay out your collaborators on your behalf.
Payees will earn revenue from streams and downloads that occurred starting on the first day of the month in which they accepted their royalty invitation.
Keep in mind, once we receive earnings statements from our partner platforms, we will ingest them into our system. Partner platforms have various schedules for statements and payouts. Typically, it can take anywhere from 1 to 4 months (depending on the revenue source) before earned revenue is made available to you.
The earnings you accrue will be paid out to you directly.
When a Music Mastery user invites you to collect royalties on content and you accept the asset split, you can track your shared revenue by clicking into the share with me folder located within your My Content dashboard.
Once we receive earnings statements from our partner platforms, we will ingest them into our system. Partner platforms have various schedules for statements and payouts. Typically, it can take anywhere from 1 to 4 months (depending on the revenue source) before earned revenue is made available to you.
The earnings you accrue paid out to you directly once you register with our payment system, Tipalti. Please note that you are only eligible to sign up with Tipalti once you accumulate a minimum balance of $35, verify your email addresses, connect at least one valid social media account. Once you have successfully onboarded with Tipalti, payments will automatically be sent to you on a monthly basis around mid-month starting the next applicable pay period.
For questions on Tipalti, please visit for Tipalti FAQ page here. Please note, all payments are subject to Music Mastery’s approval process. Music Mastery reserves the right to withhold earnings that do not comply with Domestic/International banking regulations as well as Music Mastery Terms and Conditions.
Music Mastery Distribution offers users complete transparency on earnings and content performance. Click Insights to access Analytics including downloads, playlisting, streaming, and demographic data. Click into Royalties for revenue details, and the Statements tab for downloadable reports.
Based on content strategy goals, the Music Mastery platform enables creators to select different protection policies for how they want their content managed on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The 4 protection policies include:
Monetize– selected platforms may display advertisements with the content, which generates revenue that Music Mastery collects on behalf of the rights holder.
Block– selected platforms will prevent users from uploading protected content.
Permit– selected platforms will allow users to upload content that contains copyrighted material. Performance metrics, like views, will be tracked; However, no revenue will be generated.
No Policy– Music Mastery will not claim copyrighted content on selected platforms.
*Please note that claims will be made on all content uploads, including the creator or rights holder’s own uploads in order to apply the selected policy.
Digital Distribution – Digital Distribution is the process of getting recorded music into the ears of music listeners. Music Mastery, handles your digital distribution. Meaning you don’t have to worry about dealing with it! You upload your music on our platform, and then we send it over to our Digital Service Providers like Apple Music, Spotify or Deezer. We make sure that you keep 100% of your Masters and provide you with in-depth streaming and sales data in the Data section of your account.
DSP – This stands for Digital Service Provider, and is what we (and many other distribution services) call the stores we send your music to, like Spotify and Apple Music.
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a unique, 12 character code that identifies specific sound recordings and/or music videos. As a Music Mastery user, if you do not have ISRCs for your content, we can create them for you at no additional cost.
Metadata – In the context of music, Meta Data is the information embedded in a musical file (such as an MP3) that typically identifies things like, but not limited to The Creator(s), The Publisher (s), the song title, the date created, email address and phone number etc.
A Payee is any contributor or collaborator on your audio or video content that you would like to share royalties with (i.e. featured artist, audio engineer, video producer, etc.).
Performance Rights Organisation (PRO) – ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC are the three United States performance rights organisations. They pay royalties to songwriters and publishers based on performances of their songs through the media. A published songwriter may affiliate with only one of the three.
Royalty – When you copyright your music, you are eligible for royalty payments in exchange for permission to use your music in different ways. As a Spinnup artist, you keep 100% of the royalties you earn, and can view your royalties you earn from fans streaming and downloading your music in the Earnings tab of your account.
Performance Rights Organization (PRO) – ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC are the three United States performance rights organisations. They pay royalties to songwriters and publishers based on performances of their songs through the media. A published songwriter may affiliate with only one of the three.
Royalty – When you copyright your music, you are eligible for royalty payments in exchange for permission to use your music in different ways. As a Spinnup artist, you keep 100% of the royalties you earn, and can view your royalties you earn from fans streaming and downloading your music in the Earnings tab of your account.
Similar to an ISRC, a Universal Product Code (UPC) is a unique 12 character code that identifies unique products like CDs and digital albums. ISRC’s identify individual tracks while UPC’s identify the complete album. As a Music Mastery user, if you do not have UPCs for your content, we can create them for you at no additional cost.
Please note you will need both an ISRC and UPC to deliver your audio and video content to streaming platforms.
WAV File: If you’ve ever recorded with multitrack software, you probably know that the music gets written to your computer in an uncompressed file format, usually Waveform Audio (.wav). Because .wav files are superior in audio quality to “lossy” file formats, such as .mp3, you will be required to use .wav files anytime you upload your music to a digital service, either through an aggregator or distributor, or directly to the digital store itself.
WAV File: If you’ve ever recorded with multitrack software, you probably know that the music gets written to your computer in an uncompressed file format, usually Waveform Audio (.wav). Because .wav files are superior in audio quality to “lossy” file formats, such as .mp3, you will be required to use .wav files anytime you upload your music to a digital service, either through an aggregator or distributor, or directly to the digital store itself.