How to Release a Song

Releasing a song is a sequence of small, checkable steps. The master is ready. The artwork is complete. The metadata is written. The identifiers are assigned. The date is chosen. The partner deploys. The service ships.

The most important decision is the release date. It should be chosen with a day or more of buffer, and it should be scheduled with the pre-ship checks before that buffer runs out.

After the release ships, the work continues in the dashboard. The artist checks the reporting, corrects metadata, and prepares the next release.