One source of truth before the distributor handoff.
Most release problems are metadata problems: wrong artist name, wrong genre tag, wrong featured-artist credit, ISRC mismatch. Labelflow holds the release metadata once, checks what is ready, and keeps the handoff visible. Distributor-specific export files and direct delivery are planned, not live.
The copy-paste loop is where releases go wrong.
The tracklist lives in a spreadsheet, the credits live in an email, the genre tag gets decided in the distributor's own form at eleven at night, and the ISRCs live wherever they were generated. Every one of those is a place the truth can differ.
The failure is rarely dramatic. A featured artist credited on one store and not another, a title with a stray capital, a genre that quietly disqualifies the release from a chart. By the time anyone notices, the release is live.
Edit in one place, prepare one checked handoff.
Three moving parts, and none of them ask you to retype anything.
Track titles, ISRCs, credits, genre tags and release dates, held once at the release level. No syncing between systems, no copying, no second version to forget about.
Required metadata and distribution deliverables stay with the release, so the label can complete its existing distributor process from one checked source.
Keep the chosen distributor and the label's handoff work alongside release readiness. Direct delivery and distributor-specific files remain future integration work.
The same metadata drives deliverables, the smartlink, the artist report and analytics. Change a title once and it changes everywhere a fan or an artist will read it.
Pairs with the Distributor Playbook.
Distribution coordination holds the truth. The Distributor Playbook currently adds distributor-aware checklists, lead-time due dates and Proton ISRC handling.
The broader rule engine, distributor-specific export formats and direct delivery are the next layer. They will be marked live only after the relevant distributor requirements and integrations are built.
For labels shipping through more than one door.
One distributor and two releases a year, and their own form may be enough. More than that, or more than one distributor, and preparing the metadata outside the portal gives the label one checked source before the manual handoff.
Included on both plans. Distribution coordination is core, at no add-on cost.