Own your audio files
Manual Upload
Bring your own masters and own the listening experience.
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Overview
What it is
Manual Upload is for artists and labels who own their audio files outright and want full control over the listening experience. You upload the master, VeroPlay hosts it, and listeners hear it through the VeroPlay waveform player — no third-party streaming dependency involved.
Pair your audio with uploaded artwork, AI-generated artwork, or a cover you import from Spotify. Add full rights metadata, set visibility, and publish under a verified artist profile. Every step of the player experience is yours — the file, the artwork, the rights story, the public page.
This is the mode for artists who treat the listening experience as part of the release. No 30-second preview limit, no embed dependency, no 'powered by' branding someone else controls. Just your audio, presented right.
Why it matters
Why this feature is important
Depending on another platform's player means depending on its rules: preview length, embed availability, region restrictions, terms changes. Manual upload removes that dependency from the releases you care about most.
It also gives artists who own their masters a way to host their music exactly as intended — high-quality files, original artwork, full metadata, branded player. This is what 'own the listening experience' actually means.
Because manual uploads are still linked to verified profiles and still require rights confirmation, the catalog stays trusted even as the playback becomes fully platform-native.
Benefits
Key benefits
What you actually get from this service, in detail.
Direct audio upload
Upload MP3, WAV, or AAC files directly. Duration is detected automatically and stored with the track.
VeroPlay waveform player
Listeners play through VeroPlay's branded waveform player on public pages — no third-party embed required.
Artwork, your way
Upload artwork, generate it with AI, or import it from Spotify. The choice is yours, per release.
No external dependency
No third-party streaming platform required. The release stands on its own, hosted and presented by VeroPlay.
How it works
Step by step
The exact process this service follows, from start to published.
Upload
Choose an audio file from your device. Duration is auto-detected and stored with the track.
Describe
Add title, artist (or pick a verified artist profile), genre, release date, artwork, and full rights metadata.
Approve
Admin reviews rights confirmation and sets status. Visibility is controlled per track.
Play
Listeners stream the track through the VeroPlay waveform player on a clean public track page.
Use cases
Who it's for
Independent artists and labels who own their masters and want full control over the listening experience — without a third-party streaming dependency.
Self-released artists
Artists who own their masters and want a premium, branded playback experience with no embed limits.
Exclusive releases
Releases meant to live primarily on VeroPlay, with full audio, not 30-second previews.
Labels with master files
Labels holding their own audio files can upload directly and pair that audio with Spotify-imported metadata.
Example
A real example workflow
How this looks in practice, end to end.
Audio uploaded
Admin uploads a WAV master. Duration is detected automatically.
Metadata added
Title, verified artist, genre, release date, rights owner, and licensing email are entered.
Artwork generated
AI artwork is generated from the track title and artist, refined with a mood preset, and saved.
Published
The track is approved. Public listeners hear the full audio through the VeroPlay waveform player.
Feature highlights
Sub-features in detail
Direct file upload
MP3, WAV, AAC — your masters, hosted.
Branded waveform player
VeroPlay player on every public track page.
Artwork freedom
Upload, AI-generate, or import artwork.
Auto-detected duration
No manual length entry, no guesswork.
Trust & quality
How this supports rights & quality
Manual upload does not bypass verification. Every uploaded track still links to a verified artist profile, still confirms copyright ownership, and still goes through admin review before publishing.
What it removes is the dependency — not the trust. Artists own the audio file and the listening experience, while the platform keeps the rights story intact.
Ready to use Manual Upload?
Join VeroPlay as a verified artist, or browse the catalog to see this service in action across real public profiles.
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