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🎧 What Does the User Guarantee About Content Quality?

When an artist or label chooses to distribute music through UMW Recordings, Inc.

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Written by Valentina Rios
Updated over a week ago

That’s why users must guarantee that all submitted content meets the highest standards of technical and editorial quality, as required by leading global platforms. 🌍✅


✅ What Does This Quality Guarantee Cover?

By uploading content, the user confirms that:

🎵 1. Audio files are of professional-grade quality

  • Free from encoding errors, distortion, or glitches

  • Properly mixed and mastered to industry standards

  • Submitted in correct formats (WAV, FLAC, MP3) as required by DSPs


🖼️ 2. Artwork and images are high-resolution and clean

  • Sharp and free of pixelation or blurry elements

  • Correct dimensions (e.g., 3000x3000 px) and free of prohibited content

  • Professionally styled and aligned with each platform’s guidelines


📝 3. Metadata is accurate, complete, and properly formatted

  • Artist names, track titles, and album names are correctly spelled

  • Writing, production, and collaboration credits are clearly listed

  • Genres, descriptions, and other tags match the musical content


📬 Why Is This Guarantee Important?

Because platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer:

  • 🛑 Reject releases with poor-quality files or incorrect metadata

  • 📉 Penalize submissions with technical or editorial issues

  • 🎯 Prioritize clean, complete, and professional content in their algorithms

Additionally, UMW must rely on this guarantee in order to legally and correctly distribute your content — and to ensure its visibility, safety, and compliance.


🚫 What Happens If This Guarantee Is Not Met?

If submitted content is found to be low-quality, incomplete, or incorrect:

  • 🛠️ UMW may request edits or resubmission before distribution

  • ❌ In severe cases, the release may be rejected entirely

  • ⚠️ If published and issues arise (legal or technical), the user is fully responsible


🎯 In Summary:

Submitted Element

What the User Must Guarantee ✅

🎵 Audio files

Professional quality, properly mastered

🖼️ Artwork

High-resolution and compliant

📝 Metadata

Complete, accurate, and well-formatted

🔗 Credits & ownership

Valid and properly documented

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