Get Paid to Stream and Review Music
Verified playlist curators can earn up to $5 per song review
Request payouts anytime, with direct deposits to your bank account
Support emerging artists by sharing valuable feedback on their music
Discover new tracks by independent artists for your playlists
How it Works
Join Our Network
Applications are reviewed by our moderator team
Review songs
We submit you tracks to review based on your playlist genres
Get paid
Earn per review as your playlists get more attention
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting paid to listen to music as a playlist curator involves reviewing and potentially adding new songs to your Spotify/Boomplay/Apple Music/Audiomack playlist. You’ll earn money for each song you review, and you may also earn if you choose to feature the song on your playlist, provided it has real followers.
Absolutely! As an iStreamer, you can earn money simply by listening to and reviewing songs. If you like the track, you might also choose to add it to your playlist, helping the song to gain more traction while you earn.
Starting is simple! If you have a Spotify playlist with real, and organic followers. Then, apply to become a verified an iStreamer now. Once your application is reviewed and approved by our moderator team, you’ll begin receiving songs to review based on your playlist genres, and you’ll earn for each review
Verified playlist curators can earn up to $5 per song review. The amount you earn may increase as your playlists gain more attention and follower
Anyone with a passion for music and a Spotify playlist with real organic followers can apply.
However, applications are subject to review and approval by our moderator team to ensure quality and authenticity.
After approval, you’ll start receiving songs that align with your playlist genres. You’ll listen to, review, and have the option to add these songs to your playlist. You’ll earn money for each song review.
Your playlist must have no fewer than 1,000 real organic followers to be approved. This requirement ensures that added songs receive significant exposure, benefiting both you and the artists.
We expect curators to set up only relevant genres and vocal settings for their playlists. Adding a specific genre to the playlist means the curator is ready to review all songs falling into any of the selected genres. The curator is expected to review and consider adding matched songs to their playlists.
If a playlist’s name contains a genre in it, then all main genres, as well as subgenres, which are selected for the playlist must be related to it. For example, for a playlist named ‘Folk favorites’, all selected genres should be related to folk, i.e. folk, folk-popup, folk modern, etc.
If a track is matched based on selected genres, but a curator refuses to add it because of the track’s genre, it may lead us to believe that the genre settings were set incorrectly by the curator. This would cause us to withdraw payment.
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Read this article to better understand what it means to be a curator, what is required to be one, and how being a curator can benefit you.
What’s my role as a curator?
As an iStreamer, we send you tracks that we think are a good match for your playlists so that you can review them and consider adding them.
If a track doesn’t fit your playlist for some reason, we expect you to provide the artist with an honest but respectful review of their tracks.
The purpose of this arrangement is to provide value to the artists and help them get discovered by listeners of your playlists, as well as to offer them insights and feedback on their work based on your expertise.
What are the requirements to be a curator?
To become one of our curators, you need to have a playlist with at least 20 tracks and at least 1000 followers. All of these followers must be real and organic – no bots!
Our system will check for any unusual activity on your playlist, and if we detect even one fake follower, we won’t be able to accept you until your playlist is clean.
These checks are conducted regularly to make sure everything is as it should be.
Check out the full curator guidelines to have a clear understanding of our partnership.
How much will I get paid as a curator?
The size of your reward is determined by our 15-position ranking system based on scores. Each playlist has a rank within this system. When you provide a review, your reward will depend on which playlist was matched for this review.
Rewards range between $1 per review for the lowest-ranking playlists to $5 per review for the highest.
Playlist rankings are set based on playlist follower counts and the value that playlist adds provide to artists (in terms of streams, new followers, etc.)
There are 3 major requirements your playlists must meet to join our network:
1) No fewer than 1000 followers.
2) A minimum of 20 tracks.
3) Organically-gained and active listeners.
When you apply as a curator, your account/playlist goes through both our manual and automated quality control processes. Further checks are conducted to make sure everything is genuine. Your activity will be also checked manually before each payout to confirm our rules have been followed. If at any time our system detects you’re using bots (fake followers), our A&R is notified about it.
Bear in mind that we do not accept these types of playlists:
● Movie/series soundtrack playlists.
● Playlists that change their title to attract followers, for example, adding a title related to a famous TV show.
● Playlists with a reference to a specific album, song, artist, or band.
● Playlists focused on a specific decade or period, for instance, ”90s greatest hits.
● Follow X Follow playlists.
Being a curator on Istream Music is an amazing experience, but it requires commitment and responsibility.
Being an iStreamer is a huge benefit for you.
But you will have to follow the guidelines we need you to abide by if you want to be a part of our prestigious community of curators.
We’ll ask you to agree to our Terms and Conditions upon joining our network. Breach of any of our guidelines will result in the suspension of your account. Even though we provide you with total freedom to make decisions regarding your playlists, these requirements are basic rules that
must be followed.
We expect you to be professional, be respectful, use technical/music lexis to deliver a clear review that provides value to the artist, add tracks to your playlist if you like them, and use only playlists with real, organiс and active listeners.
Any activity considered as a breach of our Terms of Conditions for the curators will result in the immediate termination of the account. All requested and pending payments will be canceled and/or forfeited. We reserve the right to remove then playlist/account at any given time without prior notice.
● We expect you to listen to the songs thoroughly when reviewing them, paying close attention to sound quality and making sure that there is nothing to distract you while you listen.
● We expect your review to be detailed and explanatory, aimed at helping artists to develop and improve.
● We expect you to keep track on your playlist for at least 7 days so that the artist can receive streams from your playlist.
The following actions will be treated as neglecting our principles, and can result in the termination of your account:
● Submitting a review without listening to the song.
● Sharing personal or contact information in your reviews.
● Contacting artists outside of our platform.
● Leaving vague, abstract, and generic reviews such as ”Good track but it doesn’t fit my playlist.” Artists are expecting useful feedback.
● Adding a song and not keeping it for at least 7 days.
● Reporting technical issues in review instead of contacting support.
Playlist Matching
We expect curators to set up only relevant genres and vocal settings for their playlists. Adding a specific genre to the playlist means the curator is ready to review all songs falling into any of the selected genres. The curator is expected to review and consider adding matched songs to their playlists.
If a playlist’s name contains a genre in it, then all main genres, as well as subgenres, which are selected for the playlist must be related to it. For example, for a playlist named ‘Folk favorites’, all selected genres should be related to folk, i.e. folk, folk-popup, folk modern, etc.
If a track is matched based on selected genres, but a curator refuses to add it because of the track’s genre, it may lead us to believe that the genre settings were set incorrectly by the curator. This would cause us to withdraw payment.
● As the artist pays for a review and the curator’s remuneration is covered by this payment, curators are expected to provide value to artists and to be objective, detailed, and professional in their reviews.
● For any review-related issues, curators must contact our support team instead of mentioning them in the review.
● We expect curators to add a track to their playlist if it fits.
● If a track doesn’t fit a curator’s playlist due to any technical issues on the platform, the curator must report it to the support team.
● If a curator is unable to provide a quality relevant review for any reason, it’s recommended to skip or ignore it.
● If an artist disputes the review and the complaint is found to be justified, the curator’s payment for that review will be withdrawn.
Requirements For Your Reviews
Curator Moderation and Termination
● We pay a great deal of attention to the quality of curators and playlists on our platform, as our artists’ satisfaction and our platform’s reputation depend on it.
● All playlists and curators are reviewed manually and carefully monitored for any signs of improper use of our platform by curators, such as fake followers, poor-quality reviews, etc.
● Our moderators can block a curator’s account or deactivate playlists if they detect any instances of suspicious behavior. Curators can contact our support team to receive a detailed explanation in case of account deactivation.
● If an artist reports a review, their case will be investigated and might result in a warning.
In situations where a warning has already been given but conditions are violated again, the curator could be blocked. Make sure you check our emails regularly to prevent such issues.
● The curators might be requested to provide any form of identification to receive the payout. If the curator refuses to provide the required documents, all pending payouts will be canceled.
● The usage of a VPN for any reason will lead to the immediate termination of the account.
If our platform isn’t supported in the curator’s country, the curator can’t become a part of SoundCampaign. The location of their bank account won’t have any impact in this case.
● In case of a breach of our terms and guidelines, all earnings, including pending payouts, will be deleted.
Playlists Activation
Each playlist goes through our manual review process and gets activated by our moderators only if all requirements are met.
If any suspicious signs related to having fake followers or a sudden drop in the number of listeners/streams for playlists are noticed, moderators can deactivate the playlist. In this case, all pending reviews will be canceled for it. So long as you, as a curator, have good and honest intentions regarding your activity on our platform, our partnership with you will be mutually beneficial.
If there is any repeated and/or flagrant violation of our guidelines, however, we will have to terminate our partnership.
Any activity considered as a breach of our Terms of Conditions for the curators will result in the immediate termination of the account. All requested and pending payments will be canceled and/or forfeited. We reserve the right to remove the playlist/account at any given time without prior notice.