Soundcloud connects with Session to simplify music & metadata transfer

A new partnership with Session is designed to ensure that SoundCloud creators get the credits, royalty payments, and splits they deserve. Here’s how it will look.

The Session Pledge

We believe every creator should have a fair chance to make music their career and admin should never get in the way of creativity.

So, we empower creators to collaborate and capture who does what, where, when and how as it happens, with ease. Then we plug them seamlessly into the global music ecosystem, so they can share songs knowing every contributor will get the credit they deserve.

By using innovative technology and working with industry partners, we’re creating a trusted reference point, open to everyone who needs to register, credit and pay the right people.

from Celebrity Access

Music collaboration developer Session announced the formation of a partnership with SoundCloud, making the music streaming platform the first to digitally receive both song audio and the essential song metadata directly from the Session Studio app.

The deal will help SoundCloud users to receive credit for music streamed on the platform, ensuring easy access to royalty payment information.

“At SoundCloud, we are passionately devoted to getting creators paid with fairness and transparency. Max Martin, Bjorn, Niclas and the whole Session team are changing the game to get songwriters the credit they deserve. This partnership is a major milestone in our effort to equip creators with the tools to earn,” said Eliah Seton, President of SoundCloud.

“Technology has made it incredibly easy in recent years to upload and share music, but until now, the power of technology hasn’t been embraced by the music industry to ensure music creators are adequately credited and rewarded. Session’s partnership with SoundCloud showcases the best of the music industry and technology working together for the benefit of music creators today and the future generations to come,” added Björn Ulvaeus, Co-Founder of Session and member of the legendary Swedish pop group ABBA.

Session’s free Session Studio app, which launched earlier this year, allows music creators to create a session studio account and connect it to their SoundCloud account. Once linked, music creators can create a ‘release’ of one or more tracks inside Session Studio, and push it live to SoundCloud.