Track collaborators — people, teams & artist credits

What it is

A track's collaborators are the people and teams credited on it. The Add collaborator panel (on a track's Collaborators → People tab) is where you build that list. It opens on three tabs — Songwriter (a person), Artist team (a whole team), and Create invite link — over a single search that matches by name, email or @team-slug. Throughout, people show as round avatars and teams as square so you always know which you're adding.

Using it

Invite a songwriter. On the Songwriter tab, search or tap a face in the Recent strip (people you've worked with) to drop them into the editor. Each person is one row: a status icon, then name, email, splits, roles, IPI and access. Add as many rows as you like — press Add for a blank one — then Add collaborator commits them all at once.

• The status icon tells you what happens on submit: a green ✓ badge means we matched them to an existing Aden account; a ✉️ envelope means they're not on Aden yet and will get an email invite from you; a plain person icon means they'll be credited by name only (add an email to invite them). We only ever confirm accounts you've already worked with, so nobody can fish for whether an arbitrary email has an account.
• Splits default to one % that applies to every revenue type. Tap the gear (or the field, once it varies) to open a dialog and set a different % for master, royalty, publishing, composition, mechanical and sync — laid out in a 3-column, 2-row grid, with an "apply to all" shortcut.
• Roles is a multi-select (pick suggested roles or type your own); IPI is their royalty identifier; Access is Full by default, or Restricted to hand-pick which areas of the track they can see.

Add an artist team. On the Artist team tab, search or tap a team in the Recent strip. Credit them as a Collaboration or toggle Feature (ft.), and choose whether to Show in credits (public). Teams you haven't worked with can be added by @team-slug.

Credit the team's artists. When you pick a team you've worked with, the editor auto-fills that team's artists as rows so you can credit them (and tune their splits/roles) right away — you're never blocked from adding the headline act. If you're an admin of that team the link confirms instantly and you can add any member; otherwise the team gets an invite to confirm the link, and the artists you picked stay credited regardless.

Add a team that isn't on Aden yet. Tick "This team isn't on Aden yet" and type their name. They're credited on the track immediately, any member rows you filled in are added as collaborators, and you can share an invite link so they can join and claim the team.

Create invite link. The third tab generates a shareable link (with a QR code) for either a person or a team — anyone who opens it can register or sign in and join the track, no seat picked in advance.

Quick entry points. The People tab has shortcuts that open the same panel: Add team next to the Artists (teams) header, Add a writer inside the Writers card, and — when the track has no people at all — a single Add collaborator call-to-action instead of an empty splits table. Splits are optional up front: the "splits don't add up to 100%" warning only appears once someone has actually entered a split.