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...

Starting today, artists will earn 100% of revenues generated from their Sound drops. We’re eliminating our percentage-based fee on mints (5% for primary and 2.5% for Sound Swap), and instead introducing a small mint fee for collectors per transaction. Going forward, collectors will incur a flat fee of 0.0007 ETH per transaction - meaning that it’s the same flat fee whether they’re minting 1 edition or 100 editions. A per-transaction fee incentivizes collecting multiple editions — instead of m...

Starting today, artists will earn 100% of revenues generated from their Sound drops. We’re eliminating our percentage-based fee on mints (5% for primary and 2.5% for Sound Swap), and instead introducing a small mint fee for collectors per transaction. Going forward, collectors will incur a flat fee of 0.0007 ETH per transaction - meaning that it’s the same flat fee whether they’re minting 1 edition or 100 editions. A per-transaction fee incentivizes collecting multiple editions — instead of m...

We just shipped a Community page for artists on Sound. We’ve always been inspired by Nipsey Hussle and his mantra to be your own boss. Artists should own the relationship with their audience, without the threat of middlemen limiting or concealing information from the creator. With the new Community page, artists can easily view all their collectors on Sound – including how many editions they collected and when they first collected. They’ll also be able to find their social handles and access ...

We just shipped a Community page for artists on Sound. We’ve always been inspired by Nipsey Hussle and his mantra to be your own boss. Artists should own the relationship with their audience, without the threat of middlemen limiting or concealing information from the creator. With the new Community page, artists can easily view all their collectors on Sound – including how many editions they collected and when they first collected. They’ll also be able to find their social handles and access ...

Sound empowers every musician to break free from the broken economics of streaming platforms by releasing new songs to the world’s biggest community of music collectors, selling directly to fans, and unlocking new revenue streams. In the past year we've generated $5.5 million in revenue for a select group of creators, and today we're thrilled to announce that Sound's tools are now available to all artists. In 2022, we launched Sound with a simple hypothesis: if music fans had a...

Sound empowers every musician to break free from the broken economics of streaming platforms by releasing new songs to the world’s biggest community of music collectors, selling directly to fans, and unlocking new revenue streams. In the past year we've generated $5.5 million in revenue for a select group of creators, and today we're thrilled to announce that Sound's tools are now available to all artists. In 2022, we launched Sound with a simple hypothesis: if music fans had a...

Until now, artists have had to choose between scarcity and reach. Limited editions (scarcity) optimize for exclusivity but limit a song’s ability to grow after selling out. Open editions and free mints (reach) can expand your audience and make collecting music more accessible, but make it difficult to capture value. Both models are useful to the artist strategy, but what if there was a way to combine them and get artists paid for both?Introducing TiersWe’re proud to launch Tiers, allowing art...

Until now, artists have had to choose between scarcity and reach. Limited editions (scarcity) optimize for exclusivity but limit a song’s ability to grow after selling out. Open editions and free mints (reach) can expand your audience and make collecting music more accessible, but make it difficult to capture value. Both models are useful to the artist strategy, but what if there was a way to combine them and get artists paid for both?Introducing TiersWe’re proud to launch Tiers, allowing art...

Stay up to date on drops from your favorite artists, curator rewards you’ve earned, golden eggs you’ve won, new followers you’ve received, and more with new in-app notifications. Now you can see all these updates in one place on our dedicated page that's easily accessible from wherever you are on Sound. To get started, click the bell icon on the top right corner of the page.You’ll get a notification anytime something important happens on Sound:An artist you subscribe to drops a new songY...

Stay up to date on drops from your favorite artists, curator rewards you’ve earned, golden eggs you’ve won, new followers you’ve received, and more with new in-app notifications. Now you can see all these updates in one place on our dedicated page that's easily accessible from wherever you are on Sound. To get started, click the bell icon on the top right corner of the page.You’ll get a notification anytime something important happens on Sound:An artist you subscribe to drops a new songY...

Collecting from the secondary market just got easier. Starting today, you can collect a sold out song directly from the secondary market. Join the audience of any song, whether you discovered it when it first dropped or a year after it was released. Previously, once a drop was sold out, you had to go to Sound Market, connect your wallet, purchase an edition, and then come back to Sound to leave a comment. Now that entire experience lives natively on Sound through an integration with our frien...

Collecting from the secondary market just got easier. Starting today, you can collect a sold out song directly from the secondary market. Join the audience of any song, whether you discovered it when it first dropped or a year after it was released. Previously, once a drop was sold out, you had to go to Sound Market, connect your wallet, purchase an edition, and then come back to Sound to leave a comment. Now that entire experience lives natively on Sound through an integration with our frien...

Since opening to all artists, we’ve seen nearly 1,000 new artists join and have hosted over 800 new drops. Music discovery is one of the areas we are always looking to improve on, so we shipped the Explore page to make it easier to find the music you love. On the Explore page, click on popular genres to quickly browse through songs on Sound.You can also explore all Sounds, Playlists, Artists, and Collectors and freely apply your own filters like genre, availability, location, and more. You ca...

Since opening to all artists, we’ve seen nearly 1,000 new artists join and have hosted over 800 new drops. Music discovery is one of the areas we are always looking to improve on, so we shipped the Explore page to make it easier to find the music you love. On the Explore page, click on popular genres to quickly browse through songs on Sound.You can also explore all Sounds, Playlists, Artists, and Collectors and freely apply your own filters like genre, availability, location, and more. You ca...

Collects are an essential component of Sound. Today, we’re making it even easier to collect songs directly from playlists or from the audio bar. Simply click or play a song on any playlist, and you’ll see a panel with the drop details. Click “Collect Now” to add the song to your collection. The playlist creator will earn up to 5% in Curator Rewards for any mints driven through their playlist. Music curation is critical for discovery on Sound and this rewards curators for contributing to the e...

Collects are an essential component of Sound. Today, we’re making it even easier to collect songs directly from playlists or from the audio bar. Simply click or play a song on any playlist, and you’ll see a panel with the drop details. Click “Collect Now” to add the song to your collection. The playlist creator will earn up to 5% in Curator Rewards for any mints driven through their playlist. Music curation is critical for discovery on Sound and this rewards curators for contributing to the e...

We’re excited to announce that artists can now freely edit their releases after uploading on Sound. It’s important to us that artists retain full creative control over their art, and that includes both the music and their Sound drop. Any changes on Sound are immediately reflected, a stark contrast to the 1-3 week timeline on existing streaming platforms. To edit your first release, navigate to your Song page or “Your Releases”, click on the ellipses (...), and tap on “Edit Release”.↳ Change t...

We’re excited to announce that artists can now freely edit their releases after uploading on Sound. It’s important to us that artists retain full creative control over their art, and that includes both the music and their Sound drop. Any changes on Sound are immediately reflected, a stark contrast to the 1-3 week timeline on existing streaming platforms. To edit your first release, navigate to your Song page or “Your Releases”, click on the ellipses (...), and tap on “Edit Release”.↳ Change t...

Since partnering with Optimism to introduce a Layer 2 on Sound, over 80% of drops have been on OP Mainnet. Now you can bridge your ETH to OP Mainnet natively on Sound.Our goal is to make it incredibly easy to collect your favorite songs, even if you don't have ETH on Optimism: ✅ Pay with Credit Card ✅ Pay with ETH on Mainnet ✅ Bridge your ETH to Optimism natively on Sound Give our native bridge a spin on sound.xyz by signing in and tapping on your avatar in the top-right corner. Let us k...

Since partnering with Optimism to introduce a Layer 2 on Sound, over 80% of drops have been on OP Mainnet. Now you can bridge your ETH to OP Mainnet natively on Sound.Our goal is to make it incredibly easy to collect your favorite songs, even if you don't have ETH on Optimism: ✅ Pay with Credit Card ✅ Pay with ETH on Mainnet ✅ Bridge your ETH to Optimism natively on Sound Give our native bridge a spin on sound.xyz by signing in and tapping on your avatar in the top-right corner. Let us k...

High gas costs suck. Collecting music should be about the music, but lately it costs more in gas to collect a song than the cost of the song itself. Artists need to have a material amount of ETH to deploy their song, and that’s a non-starter for many. So today - we’re excited to partner with the Optimism Collective to bring Sound to a Layer 2. Uploading and collecting will now have significantly reduced gas fees and lightning fast transactions. Starting today, artists can upload on Optimism.L...

High gas costs suck. Collecting music should be about the music, but lately it costs more in gas to collect a song than the cost of the song itself. Artists need to have a material amount of ETH to deploy their song, and that’s a non-starter for many. So today - we’re excited to partner with the Optimism Collective to bring Sound to a Layer 2. Uploading and collecting will now have significantly reduced gas fees and lightning fast transactions. Starting today, artists can upload on Optimism.L...