Music distribution FAQ.

We're an operating distribution, publishing and label services company — not a reseller or white-label front for someone else's platform. Next Music Group is built and operated by Songpro Digital Private Limited, a registered company (CIN: U92113HR2021PTC097757) — you can look that up yourself. Every service on this site is something our team delivers directly. If you want to verify before applying, our contact page lists a real way to reach us, and every partner application goes to an actual person for review — not an automated approval.

Yes — always. You keep 100% ownership of your masters and your rights, whether we're distributing your recordings, administering your publishing, or running a label services campaign for you. We collect and pay out on your behalf; we don't take ownership, and we don't ask you to sign it away to get on the roster. If an offer ever looked different from that, it wouldn't be us.

Distribution gets your recordings onto Spotify, Apple Music, and the rest of the DSPs, and pays you for streams — that's the music distribution side. Publishing is a separate income stream: it administers the composition, meaning the songwriting royalties owed whenever your song is performed, broadcast, or used somewhere else — our music publishing team handles that collection. Label services sits on top of distribution — playlist pitching, ad spend, PR — for artists who want a team actively working a release, not just delivering it. Most people start with distribution alone and add publishing or label services once there's a catalog to justify it.

Yes — most clients do. Distribution and publishing commonly run together, since they're two separate royalty streams sitting on the same recordings. Label services and artist management build on top of distribution rather than replacing it. You don't have to bundle everything up front — add services as your needs change.

No fixed minimum — we work with first-time single releases and full label catalogs on the same infrastructure. What we actually look at during review is fit: whether the service you're applying for matches where you are right now, since something like label services or artist management makes more sense once there's a release history to build on.

Apply through our partner form — it takes about five minutes and covers your catalog, your current numbers, and what you're looking for. A real person reviews every application; nothing here is auto-approved or auto-rejected.

Your application goes to our team for review, not a queue that auto-responds. We look at your catalog, your current numbers, and which service actually fits before we get back to you. If it's a fit, expect real terms within a few business days. If it's not the right fit yet, we'll tell you that directly instead of leaving you waiting on a maybe.

Start with whatever question matters most right now: do you need your music live on streaming platforms (that's distribution), are songwriting royalties going uncollected (publishing), does a release need active promotion behind it (label services), or do you need help running the business side of your career (that's artist management)? If none of that narrows it down, apply anyway and tell us where you're stuck — sorting that out is part of what review is for.

Every client gets itemized royalty statements every month through the client portal — broken out by DSP and territory, not dumped in as one lump sum. If you're set up for both distribution and publishing, those are two separate royalty streams on their own reporting schedules, since one comes from streaming platforms and the other from performing-rights and mechanical societies. Payout thresholds and exact timing vary a little by service — worth checking with your account contact once you're set up, or asking during application review.

Yes — distribution and publishing both operate globally, and our royalty collection reaches the international societies and territories most independent artists never get around to registering with directly. Wherever your fans are streaming from, that's where we're set up to collect.

Every client gets a real point of contact — not a rotating support queue you start over with each time. If you're already a client, your statements and messages live in the client portal. If you haven't started yet, use our contact form for questions before applying.

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