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 — Spotify, Apple Music, Anghami and every store on earth.
Why does this question matter to you?
Many artists pay the distribution platform's subscription once and then forget to renew it. The problem is that forgetting can cost you the disappearance of your songs from Spotify, Apple Music and every other platform, and that means losing listeners whose base you built over months or years.
Another distributor: the timeline when the subscription lapses
The other distributor's subscription is annual. If you don't renew it, here is what happens according to the platform's own help centre:
- The day the subscription expires: Your ability to upload new songs stops immediately.
- Within a few days of expiry: The other distributor starts sending renewal notices by email.
- After the grace period (usually a few weeks): The process of pulling your songs from the platforms begins. The takedown doesn't happen all at once; different platforms may take from a week to several weeks to actually carry out the deletion.
- After deletion: The songs disappear from search results, and the revenue stops.
- If you renew later: You can redistribute the songs, but that may mean losing the cumulative play counts on some platforms, and it takes from a week to a month for them to reappear.
Another distributor: the timeline when payment lapses
The other distributor uses a different model; you pay an annual fee for each album or single separately. If you don't pay:
- Before the due date: The other distributor sends multiple reminders by email.
- On the due date: If you don't pay, the takedown process begins for the content tied to that specific song or album.
- Within about two weeks: The songs gradually disappear from the platforms. Revenue due before the deletion is kept in your account.
- An advantage: Because payment is tied to each individual release, you can choose to renew certain songs and leave others, which gives you more flexibility than the other distributor.
- If you resume paying: Redistribution is possible, with the chance of losing the cumulative statistics on some platforms.
The indirect damage
Beyond the songs disappearing, there are consequences you need to take into account:
- Losing a place on playlists: If Spotify or Apple Music editors added you to playlists, your song disappears from them when it is deleted and won't come back automatically.
- Broken links: Every link you have shared on social media turns into an error page.
- Rebuilding algorithmically from zero: The platforms build their recommendations on accumulated data; re-uploading usually means starting over.
- Damaged trust with listeners: A listener who finds your song "unavailable" may not come back to look for it later.
How do you avoid this problem?
- Turn on automatic renewal if the platform offers it.
- Put a reminder in your calendar a month before the subscription expires.
- Keep a copy of the original audio files and the ISRC codes for every song so you can redistribute quickly when you need to.
- Consider a platform that doesn't require an annual subscription to keep your songs in distribution.
The alternative: distribution on the fees and deductions set out in the offer and the contract; the revenue share and the full terms are shown before any annual commitment
If the idea of "pay or your songs disappear" worries you, there is a different option. Mazufa A platform where the price follows the current plan according to the fees and deductions set out in the offer and the contract, and which doesn't require an annual payment to keep your songs in distribution. Your songs stay on the platforms as long as you want them to, and your earnings reach you in full with no deductions.
The practical takeaway
The difference between the all-inclusive annual subscription model and the per-release fee model affects how you are exposed to risk: the first can delete everything at once when the subscription ends, while the second deletes release by release. Either way, being late has a real cost. The answer is either running a strict payment calendar, or choosing a platform that doesn't make the continuity of your music hostage to an annual subscription.