Today, we’re updating our upload flow to make it easier for artists to customize their presale allow lists.
We originally launched presales so artists can reward their collectors with presale access. We received feedback that artists wanted more flexibility when choosing which collectors to include in the allowlist.
Artists can still easily add all their collectors, but now they have the flexibility to add collectors by release, by artist, or by manually inputting wallet addresses.
Importantly, you can now add collectors from songs you didn’t upload and artists you haven’t (yet) worked with. Music is collaborative and web3 is composable – these are key ideals that Sound strives to consistently reflect in our product. Introduce your music to the collectors of your favorite artists.
You can continue to add all of your collectors by selecting “All Your releases”.
Now, you can add collectors of drops that you collaborated on by selecting “All your collaborations”.
You can also add collectors for specific releases – including ones from other artists on Sound.
With this update, you can add collectors from other artists to your allowlist.
If you collaborated with other artists on Sound on your release, easily add their collectors to the allowlist. Even if you didn’t, expand your collector base by offering presale to collectors of other artists.
Continue to add specific wallet addresses that you want to include in the allowlist, either by manually pasting in wallet addresses or uploading a CSV.
Now, you can add a brief description of why you’re adding these addresses (eg, if you’re adding your collectors from a drop you did outside of Sound).
We’ve also added a more transparent summary of the allowlist to the song page. As a listener, you can view details to see which collectors were added to the allowlist by the artist.
If the artist manually added wallet addresses and included a description, you’ll see that in the summary.
You can also download a full list of the wallet addresses in the allowlist.
We’re excited to see how artists use this tool to both reward their existing collectors and grow their reach by introducing their music to other collectors.
As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts on Custom Allowlists.
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When we built Sound, the vision and mission was to create a world where any artist has complete creative control of their art and career without compromising the ability to own the relationship with their audience. In order to do right by artists and their communities, we had to make careful product decisions that allowed us to test our hypotheses about the future of music in a way that would allow us to generate real insights without sacrificing the trust of musicians, listeners, and collect...
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Own A Song, Join A Community → Building web3 tools for artists.
Today, we’re updating our upload flow to make it easier for artists to customize their presale allow lists.
We originally launched presales so artists can reward their collectors with presale access. We received feedback that artists wanted more flexibility when choosing which collectors to include in the allowlist.
Artists can still easily add all their collectors, but now they have the flexibility to add collectors by release, by artist, or by manually inputting wallet addresses.
Importantly, you can now add collectors from songs you didn’t upload and artists you haven’t (yet) worked with. Music is collaborative and web3 is composable – these are key ideals that Sound strives to consistently reflect in our product. Introduce your music to the collectors of your favorite artists.
You can continue to add all of your collectors by selecting “All Your releases”.
Now, you can add collectors of drops that you collaborated on by selecting “All your collaborations”.
You can also add collectors for specific releases – including ones from other artists on Sound.
With this update, you can add collectors from other artists to your allowlist.
If you collaborated with other artists on Sound on your release, easily add their collectors to the allowlist. Even if you didn’t, expand your collector base by offering presale to collectors of other artists.
Continue to add specific wallet addresses that you want to include in the allowlist, either by manually pasting in wallet addresses or uploading a CSV.
Now, you can add a brief description of why you’re adding these addresses (eg, if you’re adding your collectors from a drop you did outside of Sound).
We’ve also added a more transparent summary of the allowlist to the song page. As a listener, you can view details to see which collectors were added to the allowlist by the artist.
If the artist manually added wallet addresses and included a description, you’ll see that in the summary.
You can also download a full list of the wallet addresses in the allowlist.
We’re excited to see how artists use this tool to both reward their existing collectors and grow their reach by introducing their music to other collectors.
As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts on Custom Allowlists.
sound.xyzSound.xyz is Entering Maintenance Mode
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...
sound.xyzIntroducing Sound Protocol
When we built Sound, the vision and mission was to create a world where any artist has complete creative control of their art and career without compromising the ability to own the relationship with their audience. In order to do right by artists and their communities, we had to make careful product decisions that allowed us to test our hypotheses about the future of music in a way that would allow us to generate real insights without sacrificing the trust of musicians, listeners, and collect...
sound.xyzSunsetting Sound
Sound is shutting down on January 16
Own A Song, Join A Community → Building web3 tools for artists.
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