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How do I upload my song on Sound?

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Once we’ve been able to verify your artist profile, you're ready to upload your first release.

 

Here’s everything you’ll need to upload:

- 🎵 Song file (.wav or .mp3 file; max size of 300mb)
- 🖼️ Release cover (jpg/png/gif; recommended 800x800px; max size of 100mb)
- 🥚 Golden Egg cover (jpg/png/gif; recommended 800x800px; max size of 100mb)
- 📔 Behind The Music description (prepare a description of your song to share with listeners and collectors)
- 🎁 Rewards for collectors (optional)
- 🔗 Wallet addresses of any collaborators on your release (optional)
- 💵 ETH (0.02 ETH if uploading to Ethereum Mainnet, or 0.003 ETH if uploading to Optimism)

 

Once you have that prepared, sign into Sound.xyz and tap on "Upload" at the top right of the page.

 

Step 1: Song info

  • Input all of the details about your song (wav file, cover images, title, genre, description)
  • Optionally add metadata for your song, which will only show on the smart contract that's deployed when you publish.
  • Add any rewards that you want to grant to anyone who collects your song – or specify if a reward is only for the Golden Egg winner.

 

Step 2: Credits & Splits

⚠️ Earnings sent to the wrong wallet address cannot be recovered. Double check your wallet address are correct. Address must belong to a wallet and not an exchange.

  • If there are no other collaborators on your song, hit Save & Continue to progress to the next step.
  • If you do, input the wallet addresses of any collaborators, select their role, and specify their ownership percentage.
  • All earnings from your song will be automatically distributed to your collaborators, and they can withdraw by signing in to Sound with the wallet that you added.
  • Find more information on Credits & Splits here.

 

Step 3: Drop Configuration

⚠️ Once you publish your release, you will not be able to edit the drop type.

  • Select your Drop Type: Fixed Edition or Open Edition, and decide if you want to enable Forever Editions. Learn more about the different Drop Types here.
  • Specify the details of your drop (start time, end time, supply, etc)
  • Optionally include a presale, where you can reward your fans and existing collectors with early access and/or special pricing. You can learn more about presales and allowlists here.

 

Step 4: Review & Publish

    • Verify the details of your release. After you publish, any changes will require a blockchain transaction, which will incur a gas fee.
    • To deploy, you'll need to sign a transaction to deploy the smart contract for your song (which is fully creator-owned so that your collectors are collecting directly from you).
    • Read more about what it means to deploy a contract here.

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