Direct-to-fan monetisation
A thousand real fans beats a million passive streams.Sell to them directly.
Backline turns your listeners into paying members. Tiers and exclusive releases, private gigs, pledge campaigns to fund the album or decide the show, your own forum and street team, and paid DM replies — all from one artist page, priced by you.
- Revenue streams
- 7
- Platform cut
- 10%
- Payout
- Direct
- Setup
- Minutes
Every revenue stream in one studio
Turn on what fits your career. Exclusive releases behind a tier, a show funded by pre-pledges, a sync licence, or a paid reply to a fan.
Memberships & exclusives
Tiers, demos, stems, videos, livestreams and limited drops.
Private gigs
Publish house-show and event packages, take booking enquiries.
Gig & project pledges
Pre-sell tickets to decide a show, or crowdfund an album.
Paid DMs
Sell direct replies, free for your top tier, refunded if late.
Community & street team
A forum per artist plus fan volunteers promoting your releases.
Custom songs & jingles
Birthday jingles, gift songs and personalised recordings made to order.
Up and running in three steps
01
Claim your page
Handle, bio, genres, photos. No approval queue, no waiting list.
02
Price your access
Set tiers, upload exclusives, list gig packages, open paid DMs.
03
Share one link
Everything you sell lives behind a single URL your fans already have.
For fans
Stop scrolling past the music you love.
Back the artists you actually listen to and get something real for it: unreleased work, stems, a seat at a house show, your name on the record, a reply that isn't a copy-paste.
Join as a fanFor artists
Your career, off the algorithm.
One studio for every income stream, one inbox for every enquiry, and prices you set yourself. Turn features on and off as your year changes.
Start an artist pageWant the detail first? Read the FAQ or what we're building.