How to claim original work

[fossil moat]

As the title suggests, my friend and I have made some original music together which im planning to post on social media for general public to listen. Now, someone please tell me how the credit system works? Do I need to get papers done? Or a normal mention of her name will do? Also, how do people protect their music from getting stolen? What are the steps to prevent it? Also, any idea about how to post without doxxing myself? lol

Since this will be my first time putting an original out on public platform, any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you !

[white shuttle]

i mean there shouldnt be a problem in just releasing/posting it right?

the distros are letting u add credits.. distrokid as an example

[fossil moat]

ive heard people saying their work got stolen and they couldn't prove it was theirs, so how does it work normally?

[fossil moat]

is this an app?

[white shuttle]

no ist an distrobutor.. you can only release music when ur having one

just visit the website

distrokid.com i think

at least thats what many people use

[tender wigeon]

distrokid
there's a free one which i have used it was RouteNote, it was absolutely free

[white shuttle]

yeah there are some that are free

idk much about them tho

[tender wigeon]

if i was serious i wouldnt use the free one
but back then i just wanted to get somen up on spotify so it worked fine

[white shuttle]

yea better just use distrokid or something, thats what many independent artists use

even famous ones too

[fossil moat]

ohhh thanksss @white shuttle @tender wigeon muchh, i wasnt aware about it i'll give it a try

[fossil moat]

what do i write in Composition Copyright

[tender wigeon]

distrokid or routenote?
and who composed the song?
you can write the name of the composer composer

[fossil moat]

routenote

i composed jt

[tender wigeon]

write your artist name
or the name you use/will use to make musical stuff

[fossil moat]

I DID ITTT AHHHHHHHHHH

THANNK YOUYYY AHHHHHHHH

[tender wigeon]

greatttt :D

[fossil moat]

hey sorry to ping again, how many days do they take for the approval?

[tender wigeon]

it should not take longer that a week
usually one week or earlier sometimes

let us hear ur song after it got in spotify :D

[fossil moat]

omg sure hehehe but it doxxes my full name :(((

[fossil moat]

do i have to add my bank details?

[tender wigeon]

u are allowed not to use ur full name
it doesnt even need and id verification or anything
u could use a name alias?

[tender wigeon]

nope nothing is required

but if ur track earns u can add it then

ofc it's ur choice to get the money or not lol

[fossil moat]

is it ok to use pen name if i have added my real name in the website?

[tender wigeon]

yes ur name in the website is different than the artist name
u can change ur name on the website too ig

[fossil moat]

ofc I'd love some money hehehe but dont think it'll get enough streams cause i checked the per stream amount and its nothing 😭✋🏼

[tender wigeon]

yep lol

[fossil moat]

oh okay

thank you :)))

[tender wigeon]

welcome buddy

[fossil moat]

MY SONG WAS DISAPPROVED AHHHH WHAT DO I DO

[tender wigeon]

eh
why was it disapproved?? :u
did they provide a reason?

[fossil moat]

they gave me a list and said any of the followings are the reason 😭😭😭