The five stages
- Prepare Add audio, artwork, metadata, contributors, ownership details, territories and release timing.
- Validate Check required fields, audio specifications, artwork dimensions, metadata consistency, rights confirmation and delivery readiness.
- Deliver Submit the approved package to the distribution partner for delivery to supported platforms.
- Monitor Track delivery status, platform availability, processing issues and available reporting.
- Maintain Manage corrections, updated metadata, new versions, territory changes, takedowns and catalog history.
What a release needs
- Audio
- A final master per track, in the highest quality you have. Keep a clean version and an instrumental where the release needs one - they are separate deliverables, not edits made later.
- Artwork
- Square cover art at the largest size you have, with no store logos, no URLs and no text the platforms reject. Check it at thumbnail size before approving it.
- Metadata
- Artist and release names spelled the way they will appear everywhere else, track titles, version names in brackets, and featured artists in the artist field rather than the title.
- Credits
- Producers, writers, performers and their roles. The Metadata Passport in the app holds these against the track so the next release starts from them.
- Ownership
- Splits that add up, confirmed by the people they name. This is the single most common reason money sits uncollected later.
- ISRC and UPC
- Bring your own or have them assigned at delivery. Once a recording has an ISRC it keeps it - a new one on a re-release splits the history in two.
- Release date
- Pick it early and work backwards. Playlist consideration and store processing both need lead time, and the Release Scheduler warns when there is not enough.
- Territories
- Worldwide unless there is a reason not to be. A territory restriction is easy to set and easy to forget.
- Delivery timelines
- Delivery is a queue, not a switch. Allow time between approval and the date you want it live; the partner's processing window sits inside that.
- Changes after delivery
- Metadata corrections and artwork changes are possible after release and take time to propagate. Audio replacements are not routine - get the master right first.
- Reporting
- Statements arrive from the partner on their own schedule. Street Banker organises what you upload or receive; it does not read a platform directly.
- Takedowns and updates
- A takedown removes availability, not history. Plan it as a release step of its own rather than an afterthought.
The package, item by item
An example release checklist. Nothing here is ticked, because nothing has been entered.
Audio
- Final audio master
- Clean version, when needed
- Instrumental, when needed
Artwork
- Cover artwork
Names and titles
- Artist and release names
- Track titles
- Featured artists
Credits
- Producer and contributor credits
- Songwriter information
- Publishing information
Rights
- Ownership splits
- Copyright information
- Rights confirmation
Identifiers
- ISRC information
- UPC information
Release settings
- Explicit-content status
- Release date
- Territories
Extras
- Lyrics
- Platform links or artist profiles
- Final review
What is connected, and what is not
- Streaming platforms and digital stores Delivered through partner
- Physical: CD and vinyl Delivered through partner
- Music video Delivered through partner
- UGC and Content ID Delivered through partner
- Royalty statements you upload Supported
- Metadata, identifiers and splits Supported
- Release scheduling and lead-time checks Supported
- Direct platform connections from Street Banker Coming soon
Street Banker does not hold a direct connection to a streaming platform. Delivery is the partner's, and reporting arrives on the partner's schedule. Readiness in the app is completion of required fields — it is not a prediction, and it is not a delivery confirmation.