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He runs the release checklist
Every deliverable, master, artwork, metadata, splits, ISRCs, editorial pitch, tracked to an owner and a deadline. Nothing ships with a typo in the credits. Nothing misses a window.
Agent A-03● Live
Every release has one date.
he protects it.
Cue is the agent who keeps the release on track so nothing slips. He runs the checklist and the schedule, tracks the budget, lines up the content, transcribes your lyrics, and builds the link-in-bio with the pre-saves and forever-saves wired in. The whole rollout, held in one place.
Artist starts at $25 a month, with the whole roster. New accounts receive 200 initial credits; eligible unpaid accounts are topped up to 75 credits each month afterward.
§ 01 · The Agent
The release date never moves. Everything else does.
A release is dozens of moving parts pretending to be one date: the master, the artwork, the metadata, the splits, the pitch windows, the pre-save, the video that always lands late. Miss one and the launch wobbles.
Cue is the one counting backward from drop day. He holds every deliverable, owner, and deadline in one place, chases whatever is blocking, and files a short recap each morning. He doesn’t write the strategy. Maestro does. Cue makes sure the release actually ships on the date it promised.
Ask Cue
›Set up the pre-save for my Nov 14 drop.›Grab the lyrics off track 3 and clean them up.›Put the video shoot on my calendar. July 15th.
›Build my link-in-bio and get it live before the announce.›Plan my release runway. What happens each week?›Is my sound catching on TikTok? Keep an eye on it.
§ 02 · What Cue does
Six jobs, one release.
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He owns the release schedule
Cue plans the whole rollout backward from drop day, announce, pre-save, single, video, release day. The plan stops being a document and becomes a calendar you can actually run.
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He tracks the whole budget
Not just ad spend, what you paid the producer, the music video, the mix engineer, the PR firm, every vendor. The full cost of the release in one place, logged against the plan, so you know what you've spent, who you paid, and what's left.
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He schedules the content
Teasers, behind-the-scenes, release-day assets, lined up across the calendar so the feed never goes quiet in the weeks that decide whether the release lands.
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He ingests and transcribes lyrics
Drop in the track and Cue pulls the lyrics, transcribed and timestamped, ready for the smart link, the lyric video, Apple Music, and sync metadata. The words are done before you ask.
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He builds your link in bio
Cue stands up the link-in-bio site and wires the saves, pre-saves before release, forever-saves after, every DSP behind one link, live the moment you announce.
The release ships on the date it promised.
§ 03 · A release in flight
Nine days to drop.
Cue is tracking the Midnight Bloom release backward from release day. Here is every deliverable, who owns it, and the one thing standing between the artist and a clean launch.
MIDNIGHT BLOOM
T-00 daysDSPs · Pre-save · Socials67% ready
DELIVERABLES, 6/9 COMPLETE
✓Master + instrumental delivered to distributorT-14
✓Artwork final, 3000×3000, RGB, no logosT-12
✓Metadata + credits lockedT-10
✓Songwriter splits confirmedT-10
✓Lyrics transcribed + uploaded to MusixmatchT-9
✓Spotify editorial pitch submittedT-28
●Pre-save campaign liveT-9
●Smart link built + tested across DSPsT-7
▲Visualizer export → YouTube premiereT-11
OVERNIGHT
21:40LockedMetadata + credits, ISRC and UPC verified against distributor record
22:15NudgedEditor on visualizer export, 4 days past due, blocking the YouTube premiere
06:30ConfirmedDistributor accepted master, scheduled to go live 00:00 local on release day
08:00Recap sentTwo items need a human. Everything else is on rails.
CRITICAL PATH
Blocking
1 item
Needs you
2 items
Move
Visualizer is the long pole. Cue has a backup plan: ship the premiere as an audio-only canvas if the export misses T-3.
Nine days out. On track. Next recap tomorrow at 08:00.
One real release, mapped backward from drop day. Names changed.
§ 04 · Pricing
Hire Cue when you have a date to protect.
Cue
One subscription hires the whole roster, Cue included. Maestro briefs him in.
- ·Full release checklist + schedule, mapped backward from drop day
- ·Full budget tracking, producers, video, vendors, ads, every cost
- ·Content calendar scheduled across the rollout
- ·Lyric ingestion + transcription, ready for smart links and sync
- ·Link-in-bio builder with pre-saves and forever-saves wired in
- ·Daily recaps and handoffs with every other Symphony agent
From $25
Per month. Every agent included.
Runs on credits
The subscription price stays fixed. Credits meter the work; Pro and Label top-ups cost extra, while Artist must upgrade to Pro to continue after its included credits run out.
- ·A monthly credit allowance is included
- ·Pro and Label can top up; Artist upgrades to Pro
- ·Every new account starts with 200 free credits
Credits
Included monthly. Options scale with you.
Plans start at $25 a month for 200 credits, Cue included. Pro is recommended for most independent teams. New accounts receive 200 initial credits; eligible unpaid accounts are topped up to 75 credits each month afterward.
§ 05 · Questions
Asked and answered.
Does Cue actually do the work, or just track it?
Both, where he can. Cue does the operational work directly, metadata, lyric transcription, the link-in-bio site, pre-save and forever-save setup, content scheduling, budget tracking, scheduling the DSP go-live. For the creative work he doesn't own, the master, the artwork, the video, he tracks the owner and chases the deadline.
What if a deliverable is going to miss?
Cue surfaces it before it becomes a crisis. He flags the blocker the moment it slips, nudges the owner, and brings a backup plan, like shipping an audio-only canvas if the visualizer misses. You see the risk while there's still time to act on it.
How is he different from a project management tool?
A tool waits for you to update it. Cue updates himself. He knows the editorial pitch has a four-week lead, he knows the visualizer is the long pole, and he chases the people who owe you work. You don't maintain the board, he does.
How is he different from Maestro?
Maestro decides the strategy, the campaign, the budget, the play. Cue makes sure the release that strategy depends on actually ships on time. Maestro briefs him the release date and the plan. Cue protects the date.
Does he work with the other agents?
Yes. Cue is the coordinator on a release. He hands artwork specs to Vera, splits to Maude, pre-save and paid setup to Simmy, and rolls the whole timeline up to Maestro. The release runs as a unit because Cue holds the throughline.
How do credits work?
Credits come with the plan and meter work across the whole roster, Cue included. Simple conversations use a little; multi-step work uses more. Pro and Label can top up, while Artist upgrades to Pro when its credits run out. You never pay per agent.
§ 06 · Hire him
Stop finding out what slipped after it's too late.
One subscription. One timeline. The release ships on the date it promised.