The Ten-Day Release: How socialmed.ai Ships a Song Everywhere It Needs To Live.

This is the post where we explain what socialmed.ai actually does now, what we deliver, and (just as important) what we will not do. No mystery boxes.

What we do, in one sentence

socialmed.ai is a music distribution and Instagram sound activation agency. We take a finished song and, in ten days, ship it everywhere it needs to live: every major platform on Earth, both clean and explicit versions, placed inside Instagram's official sound library, with engineered 15-second hooks locked on both versions so creators land on the chorus the second they tap the sound.

One song. Ten days. Five deliverables. Day 11 delivery report.

The five deliverables

01 · Worldwide distribution to 150+ platforms

Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer, Instagram Music, TikTok, plus 150+ other DSPs and stores worldwide. ISRC and UPC assignment, metadata, songwriter splits, and credits all handled end to end. You deliver a master and we make it live everywhere it should already be.

02 · Both clean and explicit versions released in parallel

Most distribution setups treat clean and explicit as an afterthought, or worse, as a separate release. We deliver both masters together, tagged correctly, so the song is usable on radio, in playlists, in school content, and in age-restricted feeds without being held back from any of them.

03 · Instagram Music sound library placement

Both versions confirmed live and visible inside Instagram's official sound library. Anyone scrolling Reels or Stories can tap your sound and use it. This is the single largest acquisition surface for new music outside of streaming itself, and most distribution pipelines treat it as a side effect. We treat it as the point.

04 · Engineered 15-second hook on the clean version

The most contagious 15 seconds of the clean master, cut and seamlessly looped, locked as the default in-point inside Instagram Music. When a creator taps your sound they land directly on the chorus. No fade-ins, no verse-then-pre-chorus mush, no hunting for the moment. The moment is the in-point.

05 · Engineered 15-second hook on the explicit version

Same treatment on the explicit master. Best 15 seconds, seamless loop, locked as the default in-point. Most agencies (and most distributors) only do this once, on the version they think will travel. We do it on both because we do not know which one a given creator will use, and neither do you.

+ Day 11 delivery report

A single PDF the day after the campaign closes. Live links to your sound on every platform, screenshots from the Instagram Music sound library on both versions, ISRC and UPC records for your files. Read it in five minutes and know exactly what shipped.

Three phases. Ten days.

Days 0 to 3 - Distribution. Both clean and explicit masters delivered to 150+ platforms worldwide. Metadata, splits, and credits structured for discoverability. Sound library placement initiated.

Days 3 to 7 - Hooks. Best 15 seconds engineered for both versions. Each looped seamlessly and locked as the default in-point inside Instagram Music so creators land on the chorus.

Days 7 to 10 - Delivery. Final QA across both versions. Live platform links verified. Day 11 delivery report sent with platform links, sound-library screenshots, and ISRC + UPC records.

"Ten days from kickoff to a song that lives everywhere it should already be living."

How pricing works

We share pricing privately, in the reply to your application. The Ten-Day Single Track Activation is a single, all-inclusive figure with the full scope included. Catalog Distribution, Artist Roster Partnership, and Label Services are quoted to fit the work. Apply through the cohort form and we will respond within two business days with the figure and the deal terms.

Who this is for

Artists, creators, and brands. If you own a sound that should be live everywhere and usable on Instagram, this is for you.

• Artists with the song that should already be everywhere: independent acts, A&R teams, labels, and artist managers. We compress the gap between release and global availability and we make sure your song is set up properly inside Instagram from the moment it goes live.
• Creators with original audio, voiceover, or signature sound design. Your sound goes live in Instagram's official sound library with an engineered 15-second hook locked as the default in-point, so other creators tap into the moment that matters.
• Brands with a bespoke track, jingle, or campaign sound. We distribute it worldwide and place it inside Instagram Music so creators and customers can use it natively, on their own terms.

What we won't do

We won't pitch playlists. We won't buy fake plays or paid streams. We won't run paid ads dressed up as virality. We won't take a points share, a publishing share, or a frame of your master. You keep all of it. Always.

Why we structured it this way

Most music marketing budgets are spent on activity that nobody can verify after the fact. Impressions inflated by ad networks. "Streams" that never resolve to a listener. Playlist adds that get pulled the next week. We wanted a product where every line on the invoice maps to a thing that exists permanently and that the artist can verify themselves: a live link, a sound-library screenshot, an ISRC. Five deliverables, one report, done.

If your song should be moving, or it is about to drop and you want it set up properly from day one across every platform that matters, apply for the next cohort below. Two business days to a careful reply.

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