Your first record on Spotterfly
Pick a genre and a subject that fit the moment, name it, and book a tour before anyone has heard it.
Writing
- Every three years a musician writes a record: one of eight genres, one of eight subjects, and a title you choose. The pairing is what gets scored.
- Each era favours one genre and one subject, and rotates every eight years. Matching the moment matters more than maximum creativity.
- Above creativity level 3 the studio tells you what the charts want.
The chart
- A record moves on the chart once a year for five years. It can be a smash, a slow burn, a sleeper, or a one-year flash.
- Rough odds across careers: 38% flop, 37% minor, 19% hit, about 4% number one, under 2% generational.
Money
- Spotterfly pays $0.0035 a play, so a billion plays is $3.5M. Old records keep paying after you stop.
- Live work scales with fame.
Touring
- The tour goes on sale before anyone has heard the record: clubs, theatres, arenas or stadiums. A stadium tour for a record that doesn't chart loses money.
- Playing the hits pays better but slowly makes you a nostalgia act.