Say how you made it.
Every track arrives with its own account: what you started from, who played on it, which tools you reached for. It is a credit list, not a confession. Nobody is penalised for how they work.
Already in Season One
Do not explain the transformation. Let them hear it.
Press play, then switch between the two versions. This is the page every artist here gets, and the one your track would get. Pick either song below.
Demo and final, aligned
Untitled
Joe Benso
0:00 / 2:14
1 Press play.2 Switch between Demo and Final to hear what changed.
Demoas performed · 1:40
Finalas released · 2:14
You are hearing the final. Switch whenever you like.
- performed by the artist
- generated, no counterpart in the demo
- the same musical moment in both
Open the full Release Story, with receipts →
Both filings here are the founder’s own. Somebody had to go first, and asking artists to show their work while showing none of ours was never going to fly. The next names on this page are the ones who get in early.
How SoundLouder works
The chart does not care how you made it. It cares that you showed it.
Fully human or AI-heavy, every track competes the same way: file the story of how it was made, stand in blind peer review, and let the season decide.
Blind ears do the ranking.
Names off, artwork off, follower counts nowhere near it. Artists in the season hear each other in anonymous pairs and pick. The only thing that travels is the music.
The top of the chart gets cut.
Limited, numbered, on vinyl. You get a copy free, you keep 100 percent of whatever it sells for, and you can order another run whenever you want one.
What you get
A record page people actually finish.
Built with you, from two versions of one song. Listeners get something worth playing twice. You keep the deeper sources, credits, and permissions close without putting a technical dossier in front of anyone.
SourceYour demo
Fans seeRelease StoryListen · read · share
You keepTrack RecordSources · credits · permissions · tools
- 01
Bring two versions
Where it started, and where it landed.
A voice memo and a master. A rough bounce and a finished mix. Whatever shows the distance the song travelled to get here. - 02
Say how it happened
Two or three sentences, in your words.
Plus the people and the tools. You choose the level of detail, and nothing goes public until you have read it back. - 03
Get a page worth sending
Both versions, one play button.
Listeners move between them without hunting for the moment. Where the two line up cleanly we mark the changes for you, and where they do not, the page simply plays them both. - 04
Stand in front of blind ears
Feedback from people who did not know it was yours.
Your track meets the season in anonymous pairs. Written responses come back from artists who heard the song and nothing else. - 05
Chase the pressing
The record that holds the top gets made.
Cut to vinyl, numbered and limited. A free copy to the artist, every penny of the sales to the artist, and another run on request.
The liner noteTwo or three sentences on what stayed and what changed. Written by you, printed as you wrote it. We do not put words in your mouth here.
Your process, in your words
AI can be part of the story without becoming the whole story.
SoundLouder starts with whatever only you could bring: the melody, lyric, performance, or first recording. Then it shows where tools helped and who else shaped the release.
Not an example. These are the real fields from the filing above, measured from the two files, except the tool, which the artist named.
- Where it began
- A mono recording, 1:40, with nothing above 4.4 kHz.
- What stayed
- The tempo, unchanged at 89.1 BPM, and the musical material underneath it.
- How it grew
- Stereo, wider bandwidth, and 31 seconds the artist did not play.
- Made with
- Suno 5.5, named by the artist, credited by role.
What exactly goes into the Track Record?
Your source notes, public excerpt, contribution roles, collaborators, permissions, tool use, and approval state. It is a clear release file, not a copyright certificate or a mystery score.
How a season runs
Submit, get heard, get pressed.
- 01
Submit.
Free, open to anyone, about five minutes. Any genre, any method, any stage of a career.
- 02
Your page goes up.
Both versions, your account of the work, your credits. You approve every word before a stranger sees it.
- 03
The season listens.
Every entry meets the others in anonymous pairs. You listen too, and that is not a chore we bolted on: peer ears are the only thing ranking this chart.
- 04
The chart publishes.
Ranked by blind preference alone. Receipts visible, so anyone can see how the records at the top were made.
- 05
The record gets pressed.
Top of the chart is cut to vinyl, numbered and limited. Free copy to the artist, all sales to the artist, repressed whenever they want more.
Season One is open
Get in while the room is still small.
Every season starts with a handful of people who took the chance before there was any proof it would work. Those are the records the chart is built on, and the ones everyone else hears first. Right now that list is short enough to read in a breath.
Freeto enter, and to stay
no card, no trial, no catch in a footer
no card, no trial, no catch in a footer
- A page of your own: both versions, your story, your credits
- A place on the chart, ranked by blind ears and nothing else
- Written feedback from artists who never saw your name
- A shot at the pressing, with a free copy if your record is cut
- One hundred percent of the vinyl sales, always yours
- Nothing public until you approve it
Membership is $49 a year and adds unlimited tracks, priority in the listening queue, your disclosure pack, and how you scored across the axes. It buys convenience, never position. The chart, the feedback, and the pressing stay free for everyone.
Before you send anything
The useful answers.
What does it cost?
Entering is free and stays free. Your page, your place on the chart, and your shot at the pressing are not behind a paywall and never will be. Membership is $49 a year and adds unlimited tracks, priority in the listening queue, your disclosure pack, and how your track scored across the axes. Nothing about winning is for sale.
How does SoundLouder make money, then?
Two ways, both of them out in the open. Memberships at $49 a year, and manufacturing the records. We press and ship the vinyl and earn a margin on the run itself, which is exactly why the artist can keep every penny of the sales. If we ever add a third, it will be on this page before it is on your statement.
Who can submit?
Anyone with original music and two versions of it. Fully human, AI-assisted, and AI-heavy are treated the same way. There is no jury deciding whether you are good enough to be here. The chart decides, and the chart is your peers.
What does the winner actually get?
A limited, numbered vinyl pressing. A copy of it, free. One hundred percent of whatever it sells for, wherever it sells. The masters and every right you walked in with. And the option to order another run through us any time, at cost plus the manufacturing margin.
How does blind review work?
Entries meet in anonymous pairs: names and artwork stripped, one forced preference, short written feedback. Social votes and follower counts never touch the chart. Everyone who enters also listens, which is what keeps it honest. The full rules, including how the founder participates, are on the methods page.
Do listeners hear my whole demo?
By default yes, because the comparison only means anything if both versions run. That is a real decision to make with your eyes open: your rough version becomes public. If you would rather publish a shorter section, say so and we will cut it to wherever you choose before anything goes live.
What do the numbers on my page measure?
They are read from your two files, not from anything you or we assert. Runtime, tempo, channels, frequency range, loudness, dynamic range. Both versions are re-encoded identically first, so nothing a listener hears is an artifact of one file being a better copy than the other. Where two versions line up closely enough, we can also mark which passages exist in one and not the other. That depends on the music, and it is not promised for every track.
Will this make AI the first thing people see?
No. People hear the song first, and where it started. Tools are described by the role they played, alongside writing, performance, production, and the humans involved. The point was never to flag anyone.
How is SoundLouder built right now?
By hand, and deliberately. You send the files, a person builds the page, and you approve it. Self-serve comes when hand-building starts to hurt. Asking artists to show their work while being vague about our own was never an option.
You made the song. Now let it get heard.
Both versions are already on your drive. Season One is open, entering is free, and the record at the top of the chart gets cut to vinyl.
Submit your track