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Musician & DJ Guide

Build, publish, and grow, without guessing the next step.

A practical guide to setting up your profile, launching music and DJ Mix Drops, and turning release-day attention into lasting supporter relationships.

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01

What AlbumDrop is

AlbumDrop is a community platform for musicians, DJs, labels, and their teams. It helps you give every release a home, know your supporters, connect directly, and keep your community close after launch.

  • It is not a traditional music distributor, so it does not replace DSP delivery on its own.
  • You can still use AlbumDrop alongside DSP releases when your rights, contracts, and exclusivity terms allow it.
  • DJ Mix Drops are part of the same AlbumDrop journey for DJs and mix-led releases.
02

Set up your creator account

Start by creating your account, verifying your email, and completing the shared creator profile that powers every AlbumDrop format.

  • Your creator profile is the shared home for your public identity, artwork, bio, and launch presence.
  • Package selection and billing confirmation happen inside the same creator setup journey.
  • Email verification matters before sensitive actions such as publishing or billing changes.
03

Use the unified Drops workspace

Drops is the main workspace for managing releases. It brings album and mix creation into one release view instead of splitting your workflow across unrelated tools.

  • Create an album, EP, or single when you want a release page built around tracks, support options, and album storytelling.
  • Create a DJ Mix Drop when you want a stream-first release with mix-specific media, community, and rights-aware handling.
  • Drafts, published drops, and filtering all live in the same management area.
04

Build the release

Once your drop exists, shape the page into something supporters will want to revisit and share.

  • Upload artwork and audio, then add credits, collaborators, and release details.
  • Configure supporter options such as one-time support, subscriptions, and thank-you download access where supported.
  • Add gallery media to enrich the release, and use sponsor placements for mix campaigns where those placements are available.
05

Review, publish, and share

Publishing is the point where your release becomes a public fan destination, so the final review matters.

  • Review your drop carefully, confirm artwork and audio are in place, then publish from the creator flow.
  • Share one clear public release link instead of splitting attention across too many destinations.
  • AlbumDrop supports shareable release pages, QR-ready launch flows, booking enquiries, and launch-ready public pages that are easier to promote than a bare file drop.
06

Manage relationships in My Community

Open My Community from the creator dashboard to understand the people behind your follows, one-off support, and monthly support across every Drop.

  • Use the overview cards to compare your total community, people added in the last 30 days, followers, supporters, monthly supporters, and repeat supporters.
  • Filter the member list by All, New, Followers, Supporters, Monthly, or Repeat, then search by name, username, or verified email.
  • Each known fan appears as one creator-level relationship even when they followed you and supported several Drops.
  • The relationship source or originating Drop helps you understand where that person first connected with you.
  • Select a fan to review when the relationship started, follow state, monthly status, lifetime support by currency, and individual support history.
  • My Community does not currently provide private notes, custom tags, tasks, direct messages, or automated outreach sequences.
07

Choose the right community conversation

Relationship data and conversations live in separate dashboard tools. Choose the space based on who should see the message and where the relationship began.

  • Use Community for the shared AlbumDrop feed: publish posts, reply, mention other creators, and switch between the main feed, mentions, and your posts.
  • The shared Community feed is not a private messaging tool, so do not post private support or account details there.
  • Use Membership for private, album-scoped supporter announcements and discussion topics.
  • In an album community you can pin important threads, lock or reopen conversations, reply as the artist, and hide or restore individual supporter messages.
  • Paid supporters can create album topic threads only when you enable that album setting; it is off by default.
08

Export carefully and protect fan privacy

Community relationship data can help you plan relevant communication, but verified access data and support history must be handled as private customer information.

  • Eligible plans can export supporter and subscriber CSV files from My Community; the dashboard shows when an upgrade is required.
  • Membership also supports album-specific supporter exports with optional tier, monthly-status, and support-date filters.
  • Use exported email addresses only for a lawful, expected purpose, and respect consent and unsubscribe requests.
  • Fan email addresses are available only in protected creator workflows and are not displayed on public community or supporter surfaces.
  • Use display names and usernames in public conversations, and never copy private support history into a post or thread.
09

Manage billing, packages, and payouts

Packages and entitlements come from the same billing source used by the pricing page, keeping your creator access aligned with the live commercial model.

  • Billing & plan is where you review package access, upgrades, and current creator usage.
  • PayPal payout details are available for creators using platform-managed payouts.
  • For the latest plan names, benefits, and limits, always check pricing before making a publishing decision.
10

DJ Mix Drop rights guidance

AlbumDrop uses a stream-first format for DJ mixes, which means rights and permissions need special care.

  • Upload only mixes you are allowed to stream, promote, and monetise.
  • Do not assume a mix should be downloadable by default just because it is streamable.
  • Rights complaints and takedown handling still apply, so keep your source material and permissions organised.
11

Get help before you launch

Use the public support and policy pages when you need clarity on packages, publishing expectations, or platform terms.

  • Pricing gives you the latest public package details.
  • Terms explain the rules around use, rights, and platform responsibilities.
  • Support and contact pages are the right place for account or launch help.

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