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.
Ownership and distribution are different rights
- Ownership of the recording (master rights): the rights in the recording you made. Distributing a release does not transfer them, unless your contract expressly says so.
- Distribution rights: the licence you grant a distributor to deliver your releases to services and collect earnings for you, for as long as the agreement says.
When you cancel, what ends is the distribution licence, not your ownership. What changes is practical control over the live releases and the earnings still in the pipeline.
What can happen when you cancel
- Releases stay up for a while: takedowns are processed by each service separately and can take time.
- Earnings arrive later: amounts reported after cancellation are paid on the distributor's schedule and minimums, as its terms set out.
- Re-delivery can clash: if a new distributor delivers the same release while the old one is still live, services may reject it as a duplicate.
- Profiles may need a fix: artist profiles can need a manual update after a move.
Steps that protect you
- Keep your original files: high-quality WAV or FLAC copies of every song, stored where you control them.
- Check your balance: withdraw what you can and ask how the rest will be paid.
- Keep your ISRC codes: reuse them with the new distributor to keep the recording's history together.
- Plan the order: agree with the new distributor whether to overlap deliveries or wait for the takedown to complete.
- Get it in writing: ask the old distributor to confirm the cancellation steps and the payment schedule.
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
Cancelling a distributor does not take away ownership of your songs. Plan the timing, keep your files, codes and statements, and you keep control of the move.