Have Questions about RecordTogether?

Common Questions about Crowdsourcing

• How much does it cost to enter an opportunity?
  Nothing! There is no cost for posting your submission to an opportunity. If you're picked you will receive the bounty money as a Paypal payment (minus an 8.5% service and Paypal fee). Nothing to lose and only money to gain!
• How much does it cost to start an opportunity?
  There is no cost to start an opportunity, however you are stronly encouraged to post a bounty amount for your collaboration opportunity. This give an incentive for more people to enter their submissions. Visit our collaboration opportunity page for average bounty amounts (varies depending on which instrument you're looking for.)
• How do I start?
  Take a look at our Get Started page and browse through the tutorials. We have several picture tutorials to help get you posting.
• Who owns the legal rights to postings?
  The recording is owned by whoever posted the recording. Songwriters are then offered the opportunity to legally buy the rights to a recorded track from whomever posted it. By uploading an addition, you are offering the opportunity to sell the rights. Any track that is not purchased remains the legal property of whomever uploaded it.
• How long does my opportunity last?
  Your opportunity will run for 90 days from when you finalize your submission, at which point it will not be possible for people to submit additions until you start a new opportunity.
• What audio file types should I be uploading?
  You should be uploading your files as uncompressed, 16-bit .wav of .aiff files. You should be able to export either format from your DAW. Take a look at our tutorials for more information.
• What's my "reputation" and how is it calculated?
  Your repuatation is a point system that keeps track of your activity and contribution to Record Together. You can aquire more points by:
  

  • Winning an opportunity - 10 Points.
  • Starting an opportunity - 3 Points.
  • Selecting a winner for an opportunity - 2 Points.
  • Submitting a track to an opportunity - 1 Point.

• What is an Opportunity?
  An opportunity is started when a Songwriter submits a song in search of musicians. You can see a list of current opportunities submitted by Songwriters by going to the home page.
• Who is the Songwriter?
  The Songwriter is a user who submits a song in search of musicians. You can see a list of current Opportunities submitted by Songwriters by going to the home page.
• Who is the Musician?
  The Musician or Studio Musician is a user who adds their addition to an opportunity started by a Songwriter. You can see a list of the top Record Together Musicians by clicking the Musicians Tab.

• Can I ask for more than 1 instrument in an opportunity?
  An opportunity can only request for a single instrument per posting. This makes sense because you need to make sure all the recordings will fit together in the final mix down. You can start a new opportunity once you select a recording from an existing posting.
• Can I upload lyrics, chord charts, or other files to help musicians with my collaboration?
  Yes you can when creating your opportunity you have the option to upload additional song assets. This will show up on the opportunity's page.
• Why are my songs in a SoundCloud player? Are they publically visible?
  Soundcloud is used as our cloud storage provider and audio player, non of your recordings are publically available on Soundcloud.