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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about distributing your music with Last Play Distro.
Getting Started
Last Play Distro is a global music distribution platform for independent artists. It helps artists release music to 150+ digital platforms, manage releases, and track royalties through a clean dashboard.
Independent artists, producers, bands, creators, and labels can use Last Play Distro to distribute original music they own or have rights to release.
No. Last Play Distro is designed to help independent artists release music without needing a traditional record label.
Pricing & Plans
Yes. Last Play Distro offers a Free tier where artists can start without upfront payment and keep 60% of royalties.
Last Play Distro has a Free tier and paid Premium tiers. The Free tier lets artists keep 60% royalties, while Premium tiers let artists keep up to 95% royalties.
The Free tier lets artists start without upfront payment. Last Play Distro keeps a 40% platform share to help cover infrastructure, delivery operations, support, metadata review, dashboard maintenance, and platform operations.
Royalties & Payments
Artists keep 60% royalties on the Free tier. Premium tiers allow artists to keep up to 95% royalties depending on the selected plan.
Royalty payouts depend on platform reporting cycles and the payout threshold shown in the artist dashboard. The dashboard is the source of truth for account-specific payment status.
Yes. Last Play Distro is built around transparent royalty splits and dashboard reporting so artists can understand their plan share and payout activity.
Distribution & Platforms
Last Play Distro distributes music to 150+ digital platforms, including major music and social platforms where applicable for the release and plan.
Delivery can take 24-72 hours where applicable after approval, but final live timing depends on each platform review process, release metadata, and selected plan.
No. Last Play Distro can deliver approved releases, but stores and streaming platforms control final review, acceptance, and live timing.
ISRC & UPC Codes
A UPC (Universal Product Code) represents the entire release (album, EP, or single) as a single product, whereas an ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) uniquely identifies each individual track on that release. You need one UPC for the overall release package and one ISRC for every separate audio track.
Last Play Distro automatically generates and assigns free ISRC codes for every track and a free UPC code for every release during the upload process. Alternatively, if you already have your own ISRC or UPC codes from a national agency, you can input them manually when submitting your release metadata.
Rights & Ownership
No. Artists keep ownership of their masters. Last Play Distro only needs the rights required to deliver and manage releases through the service.
Yes. Artists can request takedowns, and removal timing depends on each platform processing the takedown request.
Only if you have the required rights, licenses, or permissions. Artists are responsible for making sure uploaded music, artwork, samples, and metadata are legally cleared.
To distribute a cover song, you must obtain a mechanical license for digital downloads (if selling downloads) or ensure the DSPs (like Spotify and Apple Music in certain territories) cover mechanical streaming royalties. The release must not contain any samples of the original audio recording, and you must list the original songwriters in the composer metadata.
A mechanical license grants the right to reproduce and distribute a copyrighted musical composition (the lyrics and melody) in audio form. A mechanical license is required when distributing cover songs in territories where streaming services or digital download stores do not automatically clear mechanical royalties on behalf of the creator.
No, Last Play Distro is a master-use music distribution platform and does not act as a music publishing administrator. To collect publishing royalties (writer and publisher shares of performance and mechanical royalties), you should register your compositions with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) like ASCAP/BMI and a publishing administrator.
YouTube Content ID is a digital fingerprinting system that scans uploaded videos for matching audio. For eligible releases, Last Play Distro submits your audio to the Content ID database. When a match is found, a claim is placed on the video to collect ad revenue for the copyright holder. Releases containing royalty-free beats, public domain compositions, or unlicensed samples are not eligible for Content ID.
Release Review & Delivery
If a release is rejected during review, the artist may need to correct metadata, artwork, audio, rights, or policy issues before the release can be delivered again.
Release review helps protect artists, listeners, and platform partners by checking basic metadata quality, rights issues, artwork standards, and policy risks.
Troubleshooting
For artist support, email support@lastplaydistro.com. For general questions, use the contact page or email contact@lastplaydistro.com.
Check your dashboard status first. If the release was approved and delivered but is still missing, contact support with the release title, artist name, and platform name.
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