Fill in the fields once and get the upload block, the CSV row and the blurb — plus a checklist of what is still missing.
Releasing a song means typing the same fifteen facts into four different forms, and every one of them wants a slightly different shape: one wants comma-separated writers, one wants one per line, one wants a CSV with quoted fields, one wants a genre from a dropdown that does not quite match the last one. This tool holds the data once, validates it, and emits the versions you need.
Fill it in and the package shows up here.
Why metadata is worth twenty minutes
Two things decide whether a release gets picked up by an algorithm: the genre tag and the keywords. Genre puts you in a bucket that determines which playlists and radio slots you are even eligible for, and getting it wrong by one category can exclude you from everything that matters in your style. Keywords are what the discovery systems actually read — not your bio, not your artwork, the keywords field.
The other half is administrative. Writers must be listed exactly as they appear on their performing-rights registration, because a mismatch is how royalties end up unclaimed and untraceable. Check the spelling against their PRO record, not against the last email they sent you.
How to use the result
- Pick the genre a listener would use, not the one you would use. A song you think of as “alternative folk” will do better filed under Folk / Acoustic.
- Keywords should describe the sound and the situation, not your feelings about it. “Late night, quiet piano, regret” is useful; “amazing, best song, must hear” is not.
- Select three to five moods. Every selection is another surface you can be discovered on; selecting none removes you from mood-based playlists entirely.
- Save the CSV. When you have ten releases, having one consistent row per track beats retyping everything into whatever form is in front of you.
Questions people ask
- Can this issue an ISRC?
No. ISRCs come from your national agency or from your distributor. This only checks the format, which is two country letters, a three-character registrant code, two digits for the year and five for the designation.
- Why does it want writers one per line?
Because almost every downstream form wants a different separator. Storing them cleanly lets the output be reformatted for each target without you retyping.
- Is the copyright year the same as the release year?
Usually, and not always. If you wrote the song three years ago and registered it then, the copyright year is the earlier one. Check your registration.
- Does this upload anything anywhere?
No. There is no network request in this tool at all. You copy the output and paste it into whatever service you use.
What this tool does not do. It formats and validates text you typed. It does not register anything, does not issue ISRCs, does not check your writers against any performing-rights database, and cannot tell you whether your genre choice is right for your market. Royalty and rights questions need a professional, not a form. Nothing is uploaded; everything runs in your browser and works offline. See the site disclaimer. Written by Nico, who builds these tools and writes about writing at WrittenTone.