Prepare the master
Export the final mix as an uncompressed WAV file — the standard is 24-bit / 48kHz. Listen to the file all the way through, from beginning to end, on headphones and on a phone speaker. Check the start and the end for clicks, and don't leave extra silence at either end.
Cover art that passes review
Your cover art travels with the release to every store. The spec is 3000×3000 pixels, RGB. Keep text minimal and readable at thumbnail size, and avoid platform logos, account handles, prices and links — stores reject cover art that carries them.
Metadata and codes
Metadata is how the world finds you: an artist name spelled the same way on every release, the real title with no decoration, and the correct language and genre tags. The codes — ISRC for the recording and UPC for the release — are assigned during preparation; you don't need to buy them anywhere.
Choose the release date
Give yourself room. A date several weeks out leaves space for review, delivery and pitching before day one. Line the date up with anything you control — a video, a show, a run of posts — so the release lands with support behind it rather than alone.
Request your invite
Mazufa works by invitation only. Completed applications enter a human review queue as capacity allows. Submitting does not create an account; those accepted may receive a dedicated preparation invite.
After acceptance
After preparation, your release is packaged to spec and delivered to every platform, and its data is pitched to the appropriate editorial and algorithmic surfaces. From there, watch your dashboard: streams, saves and playlist adds, per platform and per country.
The fingerprint code every recording carries — it tracks streams and earnings worldwide.
Your release barcode — one per single, EP or album.
Digital service provider: a streaming or download service such as Spotify, Apple Music or Anghami.
The question every artist asks before switching
When you move to a new distributor, the first worry is usually whether you will lose followers, statistics or your artist profile. In most cases you do not have to, but the order in which you do things matters.
How artist profiles work
On services such as Spotify and Apple Music, followers belong to your artist profile on that service, not to your distributor. The distributor delivers your releases and their data; the profile is matched to those releases by artist name and identifiers.
Why the order matters
If you remove your catalogue from the old distributor before the same releases are live through the new one, your tracks can disappear from search and playlists for a while, and re-uploads can be treated as new tracks or attached to the wrong profile.
A safer, overlapping switch
- Step 1: list the ISRC and UPC codes of your whole catalogue.
- Step 2: deliver the catalogue through the new distributor using the same ISRC codes.
- Step 3: wait until every release is live and check each one.
- Step 4: check in Spotify for Artists and Apple Music for Artists that the releases sit on the right profile.
- Step 5: only then ask the old distributor to take its versions down.
- Step 6: watch your profiles for two weeks and contact the service's artist support if anything is split.
Why ISRC codes matter
The ISRC identifies the recording itself. Reusing it lets services recognise the track as the same recording, which helps keep stream counts and playlist placements, subject to each service's matching rules. If you do not have your codes, ask your current distributor for them before you start.
How this works at Mazufa
Mazufa charges no upload fee, no subscription and no per-release fee, so there is no renewal to keep up. The revenue share and payment terms are set out in your written agreement, which you can read before you sign, and you keep ownership of your recordings. See how pricing works.
Summary
Changing distributor does not have to cost you followers. Keep the same codes, let the two deliveries overlap and remove the old one last.