Discover new music, post about your favorite songs, and earn rewards … now on mobile. We believe the future of music discovery is social — a hive of music lovers sharing songs they love, shaping the charts and getting rewards for their music taste. Music discovery should be in the hands of users and creators, not editorial playlists. This future can only exist by meeting music fans where they are - on mobile. From today, the brand new Sound mobile app is available on iOS. Download here and do...

Discover new music, post about your favorite songs, and earn rewards … now on mobile. We believe the future of music discovery is social — a hive of music lovers sharing songs they love, shaping the charts and getting rewards for their music taste. Music discovery should be in the hands of users and creators, not editorial playlists. This future can only exist by meeting music fans where they are - on mobile. From today, the brand new Sound mobile app is available on iOS. Download here and do...

Traditional music platforms decide what music you discover. On Sound, you choose. The Sound homepage is now a fully customizable feed. You choose which artists, curators, friends and genre channels to follow. Real-time activity surfaces new music for you through social posts, stories and context around the music.The VisionAfter we opened up Sound to all artists, we faced our biggest challenge: How do we highlight all the amazing new music coming onchain? We only knew one thing for certain: we...

Traditional music platforms decide what music you discover. On Sound, you choose. The Sound homepage is now a fully customizable feed. You choose which artists, curators, friends and genre channels to follow. Real-time activity surfaces new music for you through social posts, stories and context around the music.The VisionAfter we opened up Sound to all artists, we faced our biggest challenge: How do we highlight all the amazing new music coming onchain? We only knew one thing for certain: we...

Preserving what’s built, while focusing on what’s next. As of today, Sound is officially entering maintenance mode. As announced last week on X, we’ll be disabling new uploads and artist onboarding. But all existing drops will remain live, and artists can still withdraw their earnings at any time. This decision wasn’t made lightly—but it’s the clearest way to preserve what’s working without slowing down the future we’re building.What’s ChangingFans can still listen, browse, and collectArtists...

Preserving what’s built, while focusing on what’s next. As of today, Sound is officially entering maintenance mode. As announced last week on X, we’ll be disabling new uploads and artist onboarding. But all existing drops will remain live, and artists can still withdraw their earnings at any time. This decision wasn’t made lightly—but it’s the clearest way to preserve what’s working without slowing down the future we’re building.What’s ChangingFans can still listen, browse, and collectArtists...

From today you can Pre-save a song through Sound to unlock exclusive access to hear it before anyone else. You’ll also get a free collectible to prove you were there early. Artists boost their streams and unlock their fan data, while fans get to hear the song first. It’s the definition of a win-win!For artistsThis tool helps you build a complete rollout strategy for your music across Web3 and traditional platforms. Mint on Sound first for your closest fans and collectors. Then release on DSPs...

From today you can Pre-save a song through Sound to unlock exclusive access to hear it before anyone else. You’ll also get a free collectible to prove you were there early. Artists boost their streams and unlock their fan data, while fans get to hear the song first. It’s the definition of a win-win!For artistsThis tool helps you build a complete rollout strategy for your music across Web3 and traditional platforms. Mint on Sound first for your closest fans and collectors. Then release on DSPs...

Today we are launching Protocol Rewards to ensure that artists, curators and our community share in the growth of Sound. This is our chance to build a new model that rewards artists and creatives directly. Going forward, artists and curators will earn onchain rewards on Sound.Protocol Rewards for artistsStarting today, artists will earn rewards on every single mint, whether it’s free or paid. Here’s how it will work: Free Mints (Forever Editions & Free Limited Editions)Artist: 0.000555 ETHPla...

Today we are launching Protocol Rewards to ensure that artists, curators and our community share in the growth of Sound. This is our chance to build a new model that rewards artists and creatives directly. Going forward, artists and curators will earn onchain rewards on Sound.Protocol Rewards for artistsStarting today, artists will earn rewards on every single mint, whether it’s free or paid. Here’s how it will work: Free Mints (Forever Editions & Free Limited Editions)Artist: 0.000555 ETHPla...

Two years ago we launched Sound with the goal of changing the way musicians monetize their art and help them break free from the broken economics of streaming platforms. In a whirlwind few months we built an early version of the website and released the first song in December 2021. A lot has changed since then but the heart of the product remains the same and our vision to unlock the true value of music has only grown stronger. Thank you to every artist, collector, and listener who’s been wit...

Two years ago we launched Sound with the goal of changing the way musicians monetize their art and help them break free from the broken economics of streaming platforms. In a whirlwind few months we built an early version of the website and released the first song in December 2021. A lot has changed since then but the heart of the product remains the same and our vision to unlock the true value of music has only grown stronger. Thank you to every artist, collector, and listener who’s been wit...

The easiest way to discover new music on Sound. Browse our new genre channels to see what music our community is talking about … or write your own posts to earn curator rewards! Today we’re launching channels — dedicated spaces on Sound to discover and discuss different genres of music. We’re starting with Hip Hop & Rap, EDM, Pop and Latin so you can quickly see what music our community is sharing and join the conversation. Inspired by the success of Channels on Farcaster, which allowed for d...

The easiest way to discover new music on Sound. Browse our new genre channels to see what music our community is talking about … or write your own posts to earn curator rewards! Today we’re launching channels — dedicated spaces on Sound to discover and discuss different genres of music. We’re starting with Hip Hop & Rap, EDM, Pop and Latin so you can quickly see what music our community is sharing and join the conversation. Inspired by the success of Channels on Farcaster, which allowed for d...

You can now share songs directly to the social feed on Sound, get upvotes and earn curator rewards! Bonus: for seven days we are doubling curator rewards for the top 50 referrers on Sound. Music discovery works best when it’s powered by real human connections and passionate music fans, so we’ve supercharged the social feed. You can now write posts about your favorite songs and interact with other music collectors directly on Sound. Start posting now!Share music, earn rewardsBest of all, you c...

You can now share songs directly to the social feed on Sound, get upvotes and earn curator rewards! Bonus: for seven days we are doubling curator rewards for the top 50 referrers on Sound. Music discovery works best when it’s powered by real human connections and passionate music fans, so we’ve supercharged the social feed. You can now write posts about your favorite songs and interact with other music collectors directly on Sound. Start posting now!Share music, earn rewardsBest of all, you c...

We want to bring millions of people onchain through music. Today we get a step closer to that goal by integrating BASE and celebrating with a new track by Reo Cragun and Heno. From today, artists can choose to mint on BASE when they upload their music to Sound. BASE is an Ethereum layer 2 built and scaled by Coinbase with the goal of bringing the next billion users onchain. Like Optimism and other layer 2s, BASE enables a smooth user experience with 10x cheaper gas fees and lightning-fast tra...

We want to bring millions of people onchain through music. Today we get a step closer to that goal by integrating BASE and celebrating with a new track by Reo Cragun and Heno. From today, artists can choose to mint on BASE when they upload their music to Sound. BASE is an Ethereum layer 2 built and scaled by Coinbase with the goal of bringing the next billion users onchain. Like Optimism and other layer 2s, BASE enables a smooth user experience with 10x cheaper gas fees and lightning-fast tra...

Uploading music to Sound is now as simple as Soundcloud or Bandcamp. And completely free. Today we’re proud to launch Magic Uploads, allowing you to upload music to Sound with zero gas fees and no ETH required. All you need is an email address, putting Sound on par with any other traditional music service. Here’s how it works:Create an account with your email (you’ll get a wallet provisioned to you by Magic).Upload your music.Deploy for free with no gas fees.Get started: upload a song for fre...

Uploading music to Sound is now as simple as Soundcloud or Bandcamp. And completely free. Today we’re proud to launch Magic Uploads, allowing you to upload music to Sound with zero gas fees and no ETH required. All you need is an email address, putting Sound on par with any other traditional music service. Here’s how it works:Create an account with your email (you’ll get a wallet provisioned to you by Magic).Upload your music.Deploy for free with no gas fees.Get started: upload a song for fre...

We’re thrilled to announce that Sound has acquired Soho, a leading mobile platform for digital collectors. The entire Soho team, led by Omid Aziz, is joining Sound. Omid will be taking on the role of our CTO. At Sound, we’re committed to building a better future for the music industry. Our next chapter will be focused on creating deeper connections between artists, curators, and listeners, paired with a mobile experience that facilitates these relationships and introduces novel social feature...

We’re thrilled to announce that Sound has acquired Soho, a leading mobile platform for digital collectors. The entire Soho team, led by Omid Aziz, is joining Sound. Omid will be taking on the role of our CTO. At Sound, we’re committed to building a better future for the music industry. Our next chapter will be focused on creating deeper connections between artists, curators, and listeners, paired with a mobile experience that facilitates these relationships and introduces novel social feature...

Dropping music should be a moment, so we’re bringing back listening parties. If you’ve been with us since the early days of Sound, you’ll remember our listening parties. Every song got its moment. The whole community came together to wait for the countdown, listen to the song, and collect. These listening parties were a core part of the Sound culture, but as we grew we changed the way releases worked and made songs listenable as soon as they were uploaded. Since then, lots of you have asked u...

Dropping music should be a moment, so we’re bringing back listening parties. If you’ve been with us since the early days of Sound, you’ll remember our listening parties. Every song got its moment. The whole community came together to wait for the countdown, listen to the song, and collect. These listening parties were a core part of the Sound culture, but as we grew we changed the way releases worked and made songs listenable as soon as they were uploaded. Since then, lots of you have asked u...