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.
Why this data matters
Besides your contact details, a distributor handles data about your music: ISRC and UPC codes, ownership and split information, and the streaming statistics reported by the services. This data has value, and how it may be used or shared is set out in the distributor's privacy notice and terms.
The kinds of data involved
- Identity data: your name, address and account identifiers.
- Performance data: stream counts, audience locations and listener characteristics.
- Rights data: ISRC codes, ownership and royalty splits.
What can go wrong if data is shared or leaked
- Unwanted marketing from services you never contacted.
- Fraud attempts that use details of your releases to seem credible.
- False ownership or Content ID claims made with your track data, which can hold up earnings while a dispute is resolved.
Questions to ask your distributor
- Which third parties receive release, rights or listener data, and why?
- Is any of it used for advertising or shared with partners, and can you opt out?
- How is your account protected, for example with two-step sign-in?
- How do you request a copy of your data or its deletion when you leave?
Practical steps
- Use a dedicated email address for distribution services.
- Turn on two-step sign-in wherever it is offered.
- Register your works with the relevant rights bodies in your country, which makes false ownership claims easier to challenge.
- Keep your own list of ISRC and UPC codes, splits and release dates.
- Read the data clauses before you sign, and ask about any broad right to use or share your data.
At Mazufa
Mazufa's privacy notice explains what we collect, why, and who receives it. You can read it before you apply.