Music platforms (our partners) have a list of very popular artists, to whom independent distributors like Random Sounds cannot send content without double confirmation.
If a release of yours includes very popular artists, the content will be blocked by default on the platforms, so we must ensure that you own or have obtained the necessary rights to distribute through Random Sounds.
You will need to provide us with a copy of the signed artist agreement to prove that your project is truly a collaboration between you and the specified artist.
As platforms must manually verify these documents, there will be a delay in publishing this content on partner sites because we must provide proof of rights before distributing your music.
Documentation confirming rights must include:
Any missing information can cause further delays:
Identification information of all parties, especially physical addresses and legal names of all parties.
Specific information about compensation, especially information about contract work.
Specific information about what specific content is being used and how (song name, release schedule, etc.).
Homonyms of very popular artists:
Something that can also happen is that when distributing a release, a collaborating artist has the same name as a very popular artist, but is not the same person. This is something that has already happened to us.
We may notify the platforms that the artist name is correct, but it must be a different artist or a new artist profile.
Please note that this process is long, it can take up to 6 weeks.