DistroLock
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What is DistroLock?
DistroLock is a free service powered by DistroKid that makes it harder for anyone (who's not you) to upload your original music to streaming services. Once you upload and lock your original music in DistroLock, other services can see this lock and prevent unauthorized uploads of the audio on their platform.When you upload your audio to DistroLock, we extract an "acoustic fingerprint," log it, and then delete your audio from our servers. If you don't want to upload your music to DistroLock, you can generate fingerprints on your own computer using Chromaprint and just send those.When uploadin...
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Uploading Your Audio to DistroLock
Here's how to upload your music to DistroLock: Sign in to DistroKid and head to https://distrokid.com/distrolock. Click on "+ Add new track." Select the "Audible Magic" checkbox if you wish to also add your audio to their database. Add your audio file. Add optional "Artist" and "Song title" information. Confirm that you've read the DistroLock and DistroKid Terms of Service by checking the related box. Click "Submit." DistroLock Audio RestrictionsDistroLock works best for music that has not yet been distributed. Previously released music may already be in public audio databases, which means ...
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Unlocking Your Music in DistroLock
If you uploaded your music to DistroLock and would like to unlock it to prevent DistroLock from blocking uploads, you can head over to DistroLock at https://distrokid.com/distrolock and unlock audio files by clicking the green lock icon next to the audio entry.You can unlock files in DistroLock even if your DistroKid account is cancelled – to do so, head to https://distrolock.com and click "Sign in" in the upper-right corner. Then, sign in using the login credentials for your cancelled DistroKid account. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "headline": "Unlocking Yo...
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My Upload Was Blocked by DistroLock. What Can I Do?
If someone has locked a track via DistroLock, it needs to be unlocked before anyone can upload it successfully through DistroKid. If you made an upload to DistroKid and it was blocked by DistroLock, the audio will need to be unlocked before your upload can be delivered to services.If you're the one who locked the track, you can head over to DistroLock at https://distrokid.com/distrolock and unlock it by clicking the green lock icon next to the audio that triggered the block.If someone else locked the track, you'll need to reach out to them so they can unlock it for you. You can contact the ...
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