Complete the track-level information form when uploading a new release.

The basic information that music stores are interested in and will be required for each track that Allot Lines will send to them is:

• Track Title
• Artist Name
• ISRC Code
• Composer
• (P) Information
• Primary genre
• Explicit Content

After completing the process of filling out the information for the Release Level, you will go to the Track Level.

First, you can choose to upload a new release from your computer or select a track that you have previously uploaded to include in the track list for your release.

After uploading or adding a song to your track list, Allot Lines' system will display the above list for you as follows:

Here, you will have the following information in order from left to right and from top to bottom:

• Song sequence number
• Play Audio button
• Red exclamation mark / blue tick (status of Track)
• Move song order button
• Edit Track Information button
• Delete Track button

To be able to add and edit track information, you need to click the "Edit" button.

• If your release only contains one track, the release title must be the same as the track title.
• DO NOT capitalize all CHARACTERS in the release title. The first Character in the release title should be capitalize.
• Do not include version information like Remix or Uncut in the main Release Title field. Use the Release Version field instead.

• This field is optional and should only be used if the track is a 'special' mix or version. E.g. 'Goldie's Darkside Remix', 'Live', 'Remastered', 'Radio Edit' or 'Extended Version'
• Do not use brackets in this field. These will be added automatically.

You will see this information as soon as you have finished uploading an audio file to us.

You can see the audio quality details, upload new, listen to audio, download or delete audio in this section.

If your song has been in more than 2 approved releases, the edit won't be applied.

If the artist name refers to multiple artists (eg. "Bob Dylan and The Band", "Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser"), follow these steps:

• In the artist field, enter the first artist with role Primary artist
• Click the blank box (select or create a new artist) and enter the second artist, and repeat for each artist on the track and the following role for each artist on the track.

Don't put Various Artists in the track level 'Artist(s)' fields.

The authors' first and last names must be entered in Composer(s), which is a mandatory field.

You can create a new one by clicking the "Add New Contributor" button.

At Sound Recordings:

This is where you credit the contributors to the sound recording.

Enter names using Firstname Lastname order - i.e. "Rupert Parkes", not "Parkes, Rupert".

N.B. If you have added any contributors, make sure to select a “Role” from the available drop-down menu. Otherwise you will not be able able to submit your release. 

At Musical Work:

This is where you credit the contributors to the musical work.

Enter names using Firstname Lastname order - i.e. "Rupert Parkes", not "Parkes, Rupert".

At least one Composer is required.

If your track has lyrics, you must also include a Lyricist.

N.B. If you have added any contributors, make sure to select a “Role” from the available drop-down menu. Otherwise you will not be able able to submit your release. 

The purpose of a ℗ notice is to signify that rights exist in a sound recording (or "phonogram", hence "P" notice) and to identify the owner of those rights.

• ℗ Year
• ℗ Holder

℗ Year is the year of first publication of the sound recording(s) in YYYY format.

℗ Holder is the holder of the sound recording(s) copyright. Usually this is the label name.

So, if the release has never been released before, enter the release date year in ℗ Year and your label name in ℗ Holder.

Use the drop-down menus on the Primary genre fields to select the most relevant genre to your release.

Primary genre: This field is mandatory. Choose a primary genre from the list provided in the drop-down menu.

Secondary genre: This field is optional. If you want, you can put an optional second genre from the list provided in the drop-down menu.

The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is the international identification system for sound recordings and music video recordings.

An ISRC means that recordings can be uniquely and permanently identified.

Once an ISRC is assigned to a sound recording, it is a fixed reference for that sound recording.

This simplifies the management of rights when recordings are used across different formats, releases, services, borders or under different licensing deals.

If you don't have ISRCs we can assign these for you too.

Select from the options in to indicate Explicit Content:

• Not Explicit (there is no explicit content in this track)
• Explicit Content (there is explicit content in this track)
• Cleaned (swear words have been bleeped or removed)

Please note: If any track on a release has Yes for Explicit Content, then the entire release needs to be marked as having Explicit Content when you get to Release Level in the uploader.

If Explicit Content is present on a release, ensure that the Genre is not "Children's".

In this option, if you choose "No", it means that your song does not contain any accent or language.

If you select "Yes" then a language selection message will appear where you can choose as follows:

You need to select the language for your lyrics as well as you must add Lyricist(s) to the contributor list as required.

This is where you choose whether your tracks will be available to purchase and stream individually.

If you’re not sure, you should select "Yes"

This is where you indicate the start point for clips of your track on services such as TikTok. For example, if you would like users to hear the part of your track that starts 15 seconds in, enter ‘15’.

Only enter a whole number of seconds. Do not use any letters or punctuation, such as 01:02, or 62.5s.

If you leave this blank we will use a default value of 30.

After you complete all the Track information, you need to save it at the "Save" button at the bottom of the Pop-Up.

After that, you can see that the button has turned green, indicating that the Track's metadata has been completed.

If your button above is still red, hover over it and see what information you're missing.

Don't hesitate to ask us when you're having trouble completing track information via email [email protected]