Artist-Direct  ·  You Make It, You Own It

The Big PayBack

A home built by engineers, beatmakers, producers & artists — for the people who still believe music is art worth paying for. Sell it. Stream it. Let fans truly own it. And the artist keeps their masters, their publishing, and the lion's share of every dollar.

100%
Masters · Publishing
Stays Yours
Own your mastersSet your own priceDirect to the fansReal liner notesNo payolaThe art comes firstOwn your mastersSet your own priceDirect to the fansReal liner notesNo payolaThe art comes first
The Store · Direct From The Source

Buy it. Stream it. Hold it forever.

Every release shows you exactly where your money goes, who made it, and what you get to keep. No mystery. No middlemen taking the cream.

LP · 2026

VELVET STATIC

0:00 / 3:42
◆ Liner Notes — Full Credits
Velvet Static
Suede Monroe
MASTERS: ARTIST
PUB: ARTIST
LICENSE: D2C
Stream
$3/mo
Download
$9
Own + Vault
$24
Where your money goeson a $9 download
Artist keeps 90% · $8.10 PlayBack 10%
On a major streaming service that same play earns the artist ≈ $0.004.
Why We're Nothing Like The Rest

Built for the music heads, owned by the makers.

01 / OWNERSHIP

Masters stay home

Upload and you keep 100% of your masters and publishing. PlayBack never takes a piece of your catalog. We're a storefront, not a landlord.

02 / THE SPLIT

You keep the lion's share

Artists set the price and take the overwhelming majority of every sale — paid out fast. No 10,000-stream scavenger hunt to earn a coffee.

03 / THE CRAFT

Credits for everybody

Real liner notes. Every engineer, beatmaker, producer and writer gets named — and can get paid via built-in splits. The whole room eats.

04 / THE FAN

Listeners become collectors

Stream casually or truly own a release — lossless files, digital liner notes, a real collection. Support goes straight to the source.

05 / NO PAYOLA

Discovery, not pay-to-play

No paying for placement, no algorithm burying you. Curation by people who love the art — engineers, DJs and heads, not ad budgets.

06 / SIMPLE

Easy on both sides

Drag, drop, price, publish — live in minutes. Fans buy in one tap. No label deal, no distributor, no gatekeeper required.

The Payback Calculator

See what your fans are actually worth.

Move the sliders. Watch what a real direct relationship pays versus chasing fractions of a penny per stream.

Illustrative only. Streaming comparison assumes ≈ $0.004 per stream, a commonly cited industry estimate; real rates vary by service and deal. PlayBack figures assume direct sales at your set price and cut.
You take home
$5,400
from 500 supporters on PlayBack
To earn that same money from streams alone, you'd need roughly 1,350,000 streams
For The Artists

Your sound. Your masters.
Your big payback.

If you make it, you should own it — and earn from it. Upload directly, set your terms, and reach the people who actually want to pay for your art.

01
Upload
Drop your tracks, art and credits. Lossless ready.
02
Set Terms
Your price, your splits, stream or sell. You decide.
03
Publish
Live to fans in minutes. No gatekeepers.
04
Get Paid
Fast payouts. You keep masters & the majority.