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The Release-Ready Kit

Four templates that take a finished track from your hard drive to release day. Choose your country: the deal checklist follows the rules where you work.

€5.00, PDF download, one edition per country.

The Release-Ready Kit, country editions, by The Music Maker

Choose your country

Is your country not listed yet? Tell us where you work and we will make the kit for your country.

My country is not listed

Available now: Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United States.

What is inside

  • Split sheet

    Who wrote what, agreed and signed before the song leaves the room.

  • Release metadata checklist

    Every field your distributor, the stores and the collecting societies ask for.

  • Pitch countdown

    What to do in the weeks before release day, so editors hear the track in time.

  • Deal checklist

    What to check in a label or distribution deal, with your country's rules and their sources.

General information, not legal advice. For your own releases; please do not resell or redistribute.

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