The seven records
01 Credits
Needs ReviewCredits are how people get paid and how they get found. Someone listed with no role gets missed by every service that reads the song info.
Stored: Primary artist · Featured artist · Songwriters · Producers · Engineers · Musicians · Photographers · Designers · Additional contributors
02 Ownership
Conflicts FoundSplits that do not add up to 100% are the top reason money sits unpaid. Who owns what is also the first thing a buyer asks about.
Stored: Master owner · Composition owners · Publishing shares · Administration · Territories · Ownership percentages · Effective dates
03 Identifiers
Needs ReviewThese codes tie your song to the streaming services, the places it is signed up, your statements and whoever pays you. A wrong or missing code splits up your reports.
Stored: ISRC · UPC or EAN · ISWC · IPI or CAE · ISNI · Catalog number · Internal release ID
04 Versions
IncompleteEach version is its own recording with its own code. A version with no audio file cannot be sent out. A version sent out without its own ISRC splits up your reports.
Stored: Original · Clean · Explicit · Instrumental · Acapella · Radio edit · Extended · Live · Remix · Alternate master
05 Agreements
IncompleteA signed agreement turns a claim into a right. A split with no paperwork behind it is just a promise.
Stored: Split sheets · Producer agreements · Featured-artist agreements · Work-for-hire agreements · Master-use licences · Sample clearances · Publishing administration · Distribution agreements
06 Assets
Ready for ConfirmationThe files are the release. Keep them with the song, not in some folder. That is what makes a re-release, a TV or film request, or a sale possible years later.
Stored: Audio masters · Stems · Artwork · Artist photography · Lyrics · Videos · Canvas clips · Campaign files · Press materials · Supporting documents
07 Release History
CompleteThe value of a catalog is its paper trail. A record of what changed, when, and who said so is what lets a buyer put a price on it.
Stored: Original release · Song info updates · Artwork changes · New countries · Clean version added · Remix added · Deluxe version · Distribution transfer · Rights corrections · Catalog ownership updates
How one entry moves the others
A songwriter is added under Credits.
- Ownership The songwriting split has to be reopened and the new share agreed.
- Identifiers You need their IPI or CAE number, or the sign-up cannot name them.
- Agreements The split sheet has to be redone and signed.
- Versions Every version of the song gets the change.
- Release History The fix is saved, with the date and who made it.
One change, five knock-on effects. That is why this is a record, not a form.
What a conflict looks like
From the example passport. Nothing here has been checked yet. A conflict stays open until a person looks at it.
Songwriter shares add up to 90%
High · OpenOwnership — Three writer shares on file: 40%, 30%, 20%.
Ask the writers in Credits who has the missing 10%.
Someone is listed with no role
Medium · OpenCredits — Two performers have no role.
Give each one a role before you confirm.
A version has no audio file
Medium · OpenVersions — A clean version is listed with no audio file attached.
Add the clean master, or take the version off.
Agreement not signed
High · Awaiting SignatureAgreements — One person still has to sign the split sheet.
Get it signed before you send the release out.
How your song info is used
- Who can see it
- You, and the people you invite. Someone you invite sees only the release they were invited to, and nothing else in your catalog.
- Who can do what
- Access is set per release and per role. Someone added to confirm a split does not get the agreements. Someone sent an agreement does not get the master files.
- What goes to a partner
- Only what a delivery or a payout needs, and only when you send it: the release info, the codes, the credits and the splits. Documents stay here unless a partner needs one for a certain claim.
- How changes are saved
- Every change is saved with a date and who made it. Nothing is overwritten quietly. That is what makes the record count in a dispute.
- What happens to your documents
- Agreements and other files are kept with the release. They are not shared outside it unless you share them.
- Download or delete
- The record is yours. Download it, or delete it and everything worked out from it goes too. It is built so you can take it with you.
Portability
The record is saved in a tidy shape you can download, so it can move with you. It is built to work with industry formats later, like a future DDEX link. Street Banker is not DDEX-certified today.