In this article, you'll learn about:
Crediting musicians
We love seeing your music out in the world. When you share it, please credit the artists and Musiversal when possible. It supports their work and helps with visibility and potential royalties.
This won’t affect your rights: you keep full ownership of everything you create with us. Learn more about this in our Terms, here.
How to credit
Use this format:
Vocals - Marta Garrett (via Musiversal)
Drums - Chris Barber (via Musiversal)
Strings - Czech National Symphony Orchestra (via Musiversal)
Just follow:
Instrument or Service - Artist Name (via Musiversal)
For film or music department credits, follow standard industry practices and include Musiversal.
Special crediting rules
Please follow these specific guidelines for a few artists:
- João Couto – No name allowed. Use:
Vocals via Musiversal OR Vocals - John Ramón (via Musiversal) - Stephen Carey – No name allowed. Use:
Vocals via Musiversal - Mason Douglas – Name not allowed in song titles, but can be credited normally.
- Luke Malewicz – No name allowed. Use:
Trombone via Musiversal - Nisa Addina – Title credits only with Nisa's approval.
- Samuel da Silva – No name allowed. Use:
Saxophone - John Rubus (via Musiversal) -
Lynsey Tibbs – Not allowed in song titles. Use:
Vocals - Lynsey (via Musiversal) -
Ben Botfield – No name allowed. Use:
Vocals via Musiversal -
Clare Dove – No name allowed. Use:
Vocals via Musiversal -
Marta Garrett – Name not allowed in song titles, but can be credited normally.
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Ruth Royall and Tee Webb – Title credits only with label approval.
Tag us on socials
We’d love to see and support your releases. Tag us on:
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Instagram / TikTok / Twitter: @wearemusiversal
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Facebook / Soundcloud: wearemusiversal
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YouTube: Musiversal
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Reddit: u/musiversal
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LinkedIn: Musiversal
Rights and Usage
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Commercial use: Free to release and monetize. No extra fees.
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You own everything: All copyrights (publishing and master rights). Forever and worldwide.
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Need a signed work-for-hire?
You generally won't need a Work for Hire agreement for any of your sessions or recordings, unless a publisher or similar partner is very specifically asking you for one.
Clause 1.2 in our Terms of Use covers this. It already grants you full rights, and that's all most distributors ever require: Musicians waive the rights of the recordings to Musiversal, and Musiversal waives the rights to you, as a paying member.
We can provide you with the individual signed WFH agreement, which has some wait time due to the collection of the musician's signature, or alternatively, provide you with a signed copy of the Terms of Use to support your ownership over your recordings.
To receive either of them, submit a request through our Support form, and we'll process it as soon as possible.
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Orchestral sync: UK-based orchestral recordings are cleared for audio-only. For video sync, contact support.
Read Musiversal's complete Terms of Use here.
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