A comprehensive system that enables users to create dedicated artist accounts and connect to Stripe as a vendor in order to receive payments. Artist accounts will have a profile and will be able to upload, edit, and manage their music releases, with flexible pricing options including free releases, paid albums, and per-track pricing. The system supports "pay what you want" pricing and allows fans to leave tips. All new uploads will undergo moderation to ensure quality, and purchased content will be easily accessible in users' personal libraries.

We are concurrently working on having record labels be able to upload as well but upload for record labels is so much more involved because record labels upload and sell music on behalf of artist accounts. Some releases contain music from multiple artists and we want to make sure that this is not only correctly reflected on the album page but the proper authorization is granted by the artist when music is uploaded under their name by a record label. In addition to the artist's upload system we need to account for: