Passive streaming put distance between artists and the people who listen to them. Groove Monkey closes it: supporters back artists through the time they actually spend listening, and the whole creative life counts, not only the finished release.
A few minutes with our founder Alan about why Groove Monkey is designed to be truly different.
Voice memos, demos, alternate mixes, rehearsal tape, lyric notebooks, short video: the work between releases. We call it creative-process content. Streaming has never had a place for it, so it sits unpaid on social platforms. Here it earns alongside your finished music.
Your earnings follow the time supporters spend with your music. No pro-rata pool, no algorithmic weighting, no black box. A number you can trace back to real people.
No upfront fees, no upload fees, no pay-to-play, and no rights taken in your catalog. What you share here, and who sees it, is your decision.
Your artists are already sharing demos, voice memos, works in progress, and short video. On social platforms that work earns nothing. Here it sits alongside the catalog and is supported on the same terms.
Find your roster already on the platform from distributor delivery, claim it as a label, and onboard your artists without going release by release.
A monthly rights-holder statement showing where earnings came from, alongside a dashboard you can check at any time.
On Spotify your subscription disappears into a pool split across millions of tracks. Here it is divided by the time you actually spend, so the artists you listen to are the artists you support.
Each month you can see how your subscription was distributed, artist by artist. Nothing to take on trust, because the math is in front of you.
The demo before the record. The voice memo at 2am. The version that didn't make it. The parts of an artist's creative life that a release never shows.
"Finally, a music platform that helps me receive real financial support from the people who care most about me and my music. Being able to earn from my creative process content is a game changer."
"For years, artists have been told they need millions of streams to matter. Groove Monkey is the first platform built for the fans who actually show up: the ones who come back, listen deep, and support the people behind the music. It treats the whole creative journey as something worth protecting, and paying for. It's built the way the music business should have been all along."
Use your own numbers. The defaults are deliberately cautious, and every assumption is shown below.
Illustrative only. These figures are estimates based on the assumptions shown and are not a projection, promise, or guarantee of earnings. Actual results depend on supporter behavior, listening time, catalog, and platform performance.
Tell us who you are and we'll be in touch as beta access opens. No marketing sequence. A real person, when there is something worth saying.
Your details stay with Groove Monkey. We do not sell data.
Groove Monkey is built for artists and listeners from every background, every belief, every walk of life.
The only thing we ask is that you love music and love the people who make it. All are welcome here.
