First create a Collabhouse profile and make sure to select ‘Music Maker’ as one of the roles. Then go to the ‘Releases’ page in ‘My Collabhouse’ and follow the steps to upload and create your first release. You can upload single tracks, EPs or entire albums (max. 15 tracks per release). For each release, you need to provide artwork, release name, audio files and track names together with a bunch of other information that helps identify your tracks on Music Services and Collabhouse. After completing your release, you can submit it for distribution to Music Services on the ‘Distribute to Music Services’ tab of your release. First select what ‘distribution model’ you want to use for your release. You can choose from multiple models: 1. Pay €5,- and keep 100% of your royalties; 2. Pay 5% of your royalties and keep 95% of your royalties; or 3. any other (promotional) distribution model made available to you at the time of distributing your release. After selecting the distribution model for this release, you can submit it for distribution and pay for your distribution fee if that applies to you. As soon as you submit your release, we will review it internally and contact you if any changes should be made to it. If you don’t hear from us, your release will be delivered to and go live on the Music Services within 7 business days from submission.
Collabhouse offers multiple distribution models you can choose from on a release-by-release basis:
Any other (promotional) distribution model made available to you at the time of distributing your release.
We distribute your release to 50+ Music Services globally, including:
Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, YouTube, YouTube Music, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Beatport, Soundcloud, Pandora, Tidal, Peloton, Audiomack, Tencent, NetEase, iMusica, KKBox, Anghami, JioSaavn, Boomplay, 7Digital, Fizy, Line Music, AWA, Hungama, Kakao Music, Napster/ Rhapsody, Bugs, Genie, iHeart Radio, JioSaavn, Joox, Kuack Media, Line Music, Mixcloud, Naver Music, TDC Play/Nuuday, Qobuz, Resso, Shazam, Slacker, TIM Italia, TouchTunes, Triller, Xiami, and many more.
At the moment you cannot exclude certain Music Services from distribution.
Yes, we certainly can help you promote and pitch your releases to Music Services for playlist and editorial consideration. To request promotion for your release, please contact help@collabhouse.com. Please make sure to request promotion for your release at least 6 weeks ahead of the scheduled release date.
You cannot use Collabhouse to distribute any of the following types of content:
Yes, you can distribute a cover track through Collabhouse, but there are some specific requirements you need to fulfill before distributing your cover track as a download or as streams in some markets, being:
Yes, you can correct or change the artwork and metadata, but not the track order, the UPCs, ISRC codes or the audio file. If you wish to make any changes to the audio file after a release has been submitted, please contact help@collabhouse.com for assistance
Collabhouse reserves the right to remove music from distribution if it violates our terms and conditions, if it (allegedly) infringes someone's copyright or wasn’t provided in accordance with any of the guidelines, documentation or instructions provided by us. If your music was removed from distribution due to a copyright claim we will inform you. If you have any questions about why your music was taken down, please contact help@collabhouse.com.
Music Services may take down your music for several reasons. It may be because of a copyright claim, alleged fraudulent streaming activity or if your release does not meet the Music Service’s (content) guidelines. Music Services may also remove your release based on an editorial decision. If your music was taken down because of a copyright claim or alleged fraudulent streaming activity, we will inform you. If you have any questions about your release being taken down, feel free to contact help@collabhouse.com and we will look into it for you.
We can create new Spotify & Apple Music profiles for new artists. When you create your first release with Collabhouse, you will be given the option to create a new artist when entering either the Primary Artist(s) or Featuring Artist(s) on the Release and/or Track details page. From here, you will be able to indicate that you don’t already have either a Spotify or Apple Music profile and request that we create one for you by selecting the ‘Create new’ checkboxes from either Spotify Artist ID and/or Apple Music ID fields. Once you submit your release for distribution it can take up to 7 business days to create the new artist Spotify and/or Apple Music profile and assign your unique IDs. During this time, the Music Services will ingest and process your release along with the request for new profiles and IDs. Once your release has been processed and approved by Spotify and/or Apple Music, your ID and an artist profile are created, which is where your release will be placed. You can then “claim” your profiles directly with Spotify and/or Apple Music. Don’t worry if you upload multiple releases or tracks - you will only be assigned one artist profile and ID for each service.
To claim your Spotify profile, please visit Get access to Spotify for Artists.
To claim your Apple Music profile please visit Claim your Apple Music artist page
Collabhouse can provide you with Pre-Save/Pre-Add and Smart links for each release we distribute on your behalf upon request. Depending on the release date provided, we will create and provide you with a Smart link or a Pre-save link that will automatically convert to a Smart link on the day of your release. Within 24 hours of requesting a Smart link, you will receive an email with the link. Please be aware that pre-release links can only be created for select music services (incl. Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal and Deezer). After release, the Smart link will additionally include links to further services that don’t support Pre-Add/Pre-Save functionality (incl. iTunes, Amazon (buy), YouTube Music and Soundcloud).