FAQ & Fine Print

An artist purchases a play card (the dating-app like swipe feature) for each new release. Artists can have one active release at a time. It is $21 for 21 days for everyone. You may post one single or one album. Each album can feature up to 15 song snippets. For those of you old enough, we used to go to a Virgin Megastore and listen to CDs before we bought them. This is the same thing, like a listening bar, try before you buy. Think of The Music Megastore like a global new release radar for all indie musicians, not just the lucky few who make it onto a platform's top playlists. Your first purchase creates a permanent artist listing in our human-made artist directory - forever. We'll be brining more new features to human artists in the days and months to come.

Music is truly new only once. Once you publish your release anywhere on the web, the release cycle starts. Today, a typical release lifecycle is 6–8 weeks. New music is considered any brand new song or album that has been out in the world (on any major streaming platform) for less than 21 days. 21 days in the world + 21 days on Music Megastore discovery = 6 weeks. You can list in The Music Megastore as long as your release has been out no longer than 21 days. We think discovery is one of the most difficult challenges in the industry right now, so we've focused first and foremost on getting as much new music on the fan radar as possible. 6 weeks means we can keep things fresh for independent artists and their fans.

No. Each artist gets one active listing at a time, a single or an album, not both. This also helps us keep the artist discovery fresh. You can and should create a new listing when you drop your next release! We hope you do!

We wish it could be free, but we have to support the infrastructure. This is the lowest price we could make work, and it's one price for everyone: $21 for 21 days. There is no premium tier, no featured placement to buy, and no way to pay your way up the feed. Every release gets the same treatment. Every artist gets on the radar. The obvious next question is; Why is a full album the same as a single? Unfortunately the music industry is is very single-driven right now. So most artists are releasing singles on a regular basis. Discover serves the artist, not the song. We don't host music or sell music so there is nothing for us to profit from. The price is related to infrastructure for the listing and the artist playcard not to if it is one song or 15.

At the heart of The Music Megastore is a first-in, first-out new-music discovery tool. Every human-made release gets its own play card and stays in the discovery feed for 21 days. There are no slots to fight for, no algorithm to game, and no pay-to-boost placement. Every paid listing goes live immediately so the feed is constantly refreshed with new music. Album listings have a maximum of 15 songs at 30 seconds each (about 7.5 minutes). We built the tool to surface a lot of music in a short amount of time. The Discover tool is free to use from any mobile web browser, it just opens and works. There is no Android or Apple app. The newest releases, anything that went live in the last 48 hours, will appear first in the order they were listed. Any listing that is 3-21 days aging will be randomly shuffled so every visit feels fresh to the user. Releases in the final three days, those about to drop off, can be discovered and sorted from the filter tool, under "Expiring Soon", so fans can always try to catch something before it drops off the radar. Fans swipe right or tap the heart to save a release to their favorites, swipe left (or tap X) to skip if it's not their thing, or tap Learn More to open the links to buy, stream, tip, or visit the artist's website.

Yes this is a free tool. Everyone can use the discover tool for finding music for FREE. Artists pay a one-time playcard listing fee of $21 (per release) to get their music on the radar.