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Everything you need to start selling your music.
Submission Process- General
- How do I make changes to my project BEFORE it's delivered to the partners?
- How do I add a track I already distributed as a single to a new album?
- How many tracks can I have on an album?
- The Most Popular Questions and Answers
- Do you want to switch distribution to CD Baby?
- How do I sign up?
UPC Barcodes/ISRCS
- How can I get my ISRCs and where can I find them?
- What is a UPC bar code and why do I need one?
- Where do I find my UPC Barcode
- Your system won't take my bar code! What's up with that?
- My CD doesn't have a bar code printed on the back of the artwork. Is that a problem for CD Baby’s partners?
- Why is it NOT OK for me to customize or edit an existing UPC barcode?
Artist Name Requirements
- Why can't I get my name spelled right on the site?
- What does it mean to have an artist on the Watchlist?
- How do I list my artist names if there are multiple performing artists?
- Why can't I use my record label or a description of my music as my artist name?
- How do I properly format the information if my album contains "Meets, Presents, or Versus" as it relates to the performing artists?
Submitting Track Information
- How do I make edits to my track list?
- Who do you consider the "songwriter/composer" and where do I enter that information in my account?
- What do you mean by "Publisher"?
- What about bonus or hidden tracks?
- How do I differentiate two different versions of the same song on an album?
- Why should I avoid generic track titles?
Submitting Art
- Why does the information I provided in my account need to match my artwork?
- Artwork Requirements
- How do I upload my album art?
- VIDEO: How to make your artwork eye-catching
- I keep getting an error message when trying to upload my album art?
- How can I resize my art to the required pixel dimensions?
Submitting Audio
- How do I upload AUDIO and what files should I upload?
- How long should it take to upload my audio files?
- Will the metadata embedded in my audio files remain once you process my audio?
- Can you pull my audio/artwork files from my physical CDs?
- I have a CD that blends each track together (i.e., DJ mix). Will it stay like that on your digital partner sites?
Inspection
Cover Songs, Samples, and Public Domain
- What IS a cover song?
- What is NOT a cover song?
- Derivative works
- Holiday songs that are and are not in the Public Domain
- Do I need to get a license to offer streaming on my cover song?
- I have already secured a digital license for my cover song single. How do I enter that information?
Classical and Opera Submissions
- Why was my genre changed from Classical?
- Who should I list in the artist field on a Classical album?
- How do I correctly enter composers for a Classical album?
- How should I format the album title of a Classical album?
- How do I format song titles for Classical albums?
- Why can't I just list what is on my sheet music?