1. Create New Artist
There are two ways in which you can create artist profiles on SOLDistro. The first way to create an artist profile is to navigate to Catalog > Artists > Click 'Create Artist' call to action button highlighted in red as seen in the screen below:
When clicking 'Create Artist' you will notice a pop up that will now require some information on the artist profile you are creating. The following information will be needed in order to successfully create your artist profile:
Upload Profile Picture
Official Artist or Band Name
Artist is on Spotify?
Yes: Provide existing SpotifyID
No: A new one will be created for you, which you can proceed to claim.
Artist is on Apple Music? Provide AppleID
Yes: Provide existing AppleID
No: A new one will be created for you, which you can proceed to claim.
2. Managing Artists in your Catalog
Once you have successfully created an artist profile you will be able to manage their details and information form your catalog by simply searching or clicking their profile.
From the details overview page you will be able to see all the details of the artist including name, SpotifyID, AppleID, as well as any/and all releases that have been assigned to this artist on a release level.
3. Editing Artist Profiles
If you wish to edit a artist profile, navigate to the artist profile you want to edit > click on the artist profile to view the details > and click 'Edit Profile' in the top right hand side of the screen as seen in the screen above. Save your details once you have completed editing them.
Note: A artist that is already part of a release that is either in the distribution queue or has already been distributed will not be allowed to edit the profile, you will need to create a new artist profile with the updated details and use the new profile when distributing releases going forward.
4. Adding Artist Profiles to Tracks & Releases
The second way you are able to create Artist Profiles is on the 'Create a Track' or 'Create a Release' user journey. There is a section where you will need to select who is the main primary artist and who are the featuring artists on the track or release.
If you have already created artist profiles in the steps explained above, you will notice these artist profiles to select from when needing too choose what roles your artist plays on the selected track or release.
The first artist we need to add to the track or release will be the 'Main Primary Artist', after we have added them we can continue to add the rest of the featuring artists. Note: There can only be 1 main primary artist on a track and/or release level.
Once you have selected the Main Primary Artist you will notice this artist now appears under the artists section and their role will now be Main Primary Artist.
You can continue to add other collaborators to your track or release by clicking 'Add other key artist'. You can select what role the next artist plays on the track or release, and then continue to either select an artist that is already in your catalog, or create a new artist following the same steps from the above section.
You can continue this process until you have included each collaborator that needs to be assigned to the track or release. There is no limit to the amount of collaborators you can have on a release, bare in mind some DSPs metadata display will be effected.
As stated above, you can always manage your artists from your catalog by navigation to Catalog > Artists from your SOLDistro app.
If you have any issue with creating/editing artist profiles on SOLDistro please don't hesitate to contact support to help further assist you on [email protected]