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Detailed guides for releasing music, managing your catalog, understanding delivery, setting up splits, tracking royalties, and operating your NORTH account.
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8 guides for “payment”
How collaborator payments work with splits
Each payee completes their own acceptance and payment setup for the share assigned to them.
Earnings & payouts · 6 min readUpdate payment details
Use the secure accounting flow whenever your payee or payment information needs to change.
Earnings & payouts · 6 min readRecognize legitimate payment setup steps
Keep sensitive payout information inside the secure accounting flow.
Earnings & payouts · 6 min readHow payouts work
Understand how NORTH connects earnings to the secure payment setup managed by our accounting partner.
Earnings & payouts · 6 min readUnderstand payout statuses
Track payout requests and completed payments from the Royalties page.
Earnings & payouts · 6 min readAccept your royalty split invitation
Complete the email-based acceptance step after NORTH approves a release.
Royalties & splits · 7 min readProtect account and collaborator information
Use NORTH and accounting workflows without exposing passwords, banking information, or tax records unnecessarily.
Policies & guidelines · 6 min readUnderstanding royalties, earnings, and splits
See how NORTH keeps the release royalty allocation connected to the catalog and reporting.
Royalties & splits · 7 min readBrowse by category
Everything from your first upload through reporting and payouts.
Getting started
Set up your workspace, understand NORTH, and prepare your first release.
6 guidesReleases
Create, submit, schedule, update, and manage releases from draft through live.
10 guidesAudio & metadata
Prepare audio, track information, contributors, credits, genres, and identifiers.
8 guidesArtwork & content rules
Understand cover art, rights, explicit content, samples, covers, and content eligibility.
7 guidesDelivery & store statuses
Follow review, delivery, live status, store processing, updates, and takedowns.
7 guidesRoyalties & splits
Set up release splits, add collaborators, accept allocations, and understand royalty ownership.
8 guidesEarnings & payouts
Read statements, understand reporting periods, complete payment setup, and receive payouts.
7 guidesAnalytics & reports
Read performance data by release, track, store, market, audience, and reporting period.
7 guidesProfiles & artist pages
Create artist records, connect platform profiles, and keep identity data consistent.
6 guidesTeams & permissions
Invite teammates, assign access, restrict catalog scope, and manage workspace permissions.
6 guidesLabel management
Manage label identity, catalog ownership, roster organization, and release attribution.
5 guidesSmart links & promo tools
Create release links, pre-release pages, store destinations, and promotional entry points.
5 guidesRights, claims & disputes
Understand ownership, licensing, Content ID, claims, disputes, and rights documentation.
5 guidesAccount & workspace
Manage account security, workspace settings, profile information, notifications, and access.
5 guidesPolicies & guidelines
Review platform rules, distribution requirements, prohibited content, and legal terms.
5 guidesStart here
The guides that explain the core NORTH workflow in the most detail.
What NORTH is and how distribution works
A complete overview of how NORTH moves a release from your workspace to stores and keeps reporting connected afterward.
Getting started · 6 min readYour first release checklist
Everything to have ready before you begin building your first release.
Getting started · 7 min readCreating your first release
Build a release from metadata through tracks, stores, review, and submission.
Releases · 7 min readUpload requirements for audio, artwork, and metadata
Prepare files and release information so the builder can validate them cleanly.
Audio & metadata · 6 min readHow review and delivery work
Understand what happens after you submit a release to NORTH.
Delivery & store statuses · 6 min readUnderstanding royalties, earnings, and splits
See how NORTH keeps the release royalty allocation connected to the catalog and reporting.
Royalties & splits · 7 min readHow analytics and reports work
Use NORTH to understand streams, downloads, saves, platforms, releases, tracks, and markets.
Analytics & reports · 6 min readManaging your artist profiles
Keep artist identities and connected store profile IDs organized inside NORTH.
Profiles & artist pages · 6 min readTalk to NORTH support.
Send the release title, the action you were trying to complete, the visible status or error, and any non-sensitive screenshots that help explain the problem.