Why critique
Every critique you write pays you back several ways at once. Here's what one does the moment you publish it, and what they add up to.
One critique
- Credits, straight to your wallet: more for every detail and specific note
- +1 to 3
- Your own open tracks move up the listening queue
- 48 hours
- Weight in your lane reputation, more when you score every detail and write specific notes
- Up to 3×
- Other critics' notes on that track unlock for you
- All of them
- Points toward applying for Verified Ear, once the artist rates it useful
- 1 to 3
It counts once you've heard at least 60% of the track and given the Overall score. The eight details, notes and a summary are optional, and each one you add makes it count for more.
Right away
Credits that pay for your posts
Posting a track costs 5 credits, and a critique earns 1 for the Overall score, plus 1 for scoring all eight details and 1 for specific notes. 2 detailed critiques pay for your next post. If the artist rates yours useful, you get 2 more. An especially thorough critique adds 1, and coming back to hear a new version of a song you critiqued adds 1.
Your music gets heard sooner
For 48 hours after you publish, your own open tracks sit higher in everyone's listening queue. Critique again inside that window and it stacks, up to 3 critiques deep. Artists who give feedback get feedback faster.
You get to compare notes
Critiques on a track stay hidden from you until you publish your own, so nothing colors what you hear. The moment you publish, you see what every other critic heard, and whether they caught what you caught.
Over time
A reputation people can see
Critiques build your standing in each lane you write for. The weekly and all-time leaderboards rank critics lane by lane, and plaques mark your first critique, your hundredth, and a near-perfect useful rate. Scoring every detail and writing specific notes each add weight to a critique in your standing.
Verified Ear, and getting paid
Every critique an artist rates useful is worth 1 point, plus 1 for scoring all eight details and 1 for well-written notes. At 25 points you can apply, and the review team looks at your lane reputation and your critiques. Verified Ears get the gold check, a gold edge on everything they write, and paid Pro Critiques, where artists book you directly and you keep 75% of the price.
Artists remember who helped
The artist gets a notification with your top note, can reply to you, and can mark your note fixed in their next version. That's how people start following each other here.
For your own mixes
A sharper ear
Finding the muddy low end in someone else's mix is the fastest way to start hearing it in yours. Naming a problem at a timestamp trains you to catch it before you bounce.
Other people's fixes, for free
Every track you open comes with the artist's brief, a loudness and tone analysis, and after you publish, other critics' suggestions. That's a steady supply of mix moves you can try on your own sessions.