The ethical music licensing platform.

Tracksynk pays artists 75% of every licence price, allows no AI-generated music in the catalogue, and issues perpetual licences that survive the platform itself. Most major music-licensing platforms fail at least one of those three. This page documents the standard.

the five pillars

75% to the artist. Published transparently.

Tracksynk pays 75% of every licence price to the artist who made the music. Published on every track page, every time. By contrast, Artlist, Soundstripe, and Epidemic Sound do not publicly disclose their per-track artist payouts — and Epidemic Sound, who owns its catalogue outright, does not pay artists per use at all.

No AI-generated music. Human-made only.

Every track in the Tracksynk catalogue is from a real, named human artist. AI-generated music is rejected at upload — it is written into the catalogue rules, not a marketing promise. Some of the largest platforms now build and sell AI music generation tools alongside their human catalogues. Tracksynk does not.

Real, named artists with owned profiles.

Every Tracksynk track credits the named human who made it. Artists have owned profiles, social links, and direct payout. This is the inverse of the stock-library model where most tracks are commissioned anonymously and the platform owns the master. Tracksynk is a marketplace, not a music factory.

Perpetual licences. You buy, you keep.

A Tracksynk licence is yours forever — even if Tracksynk shuts down tomorrow, the licence you bought holds. Subscription platforms work differently: content you published while subscribed stays cleared, but the moment you cancel, you can no longer license new music for any new project. The cost never ends if you keep creating.

Plain-English licences. No legal traps.

Every Tracksynk tier — IndieSynk, StudioSynk, CustomSynk, PersonalUse — is documented in plain English at /license. What it covers, what it does not cover, what it costs. No fine-print "non-commercial only" carve-outs that bite three months into a campaign. Artists set their own price; buyers see it before they pay.

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What makes music licensing "ethical" in 2026?

Three things, in priority order: transparent artist payout published on every track page, no AI-generated music in the catalogue, and perpetual licences that survive the platform itself. Most major music-licensing platforms fail at least one of those three. Tracksynk was built to clear all three.

How does the 75% artist payout actually work?

When a buyer pays $200 for an IndieSynk licence on a Tracksynk track, $150 flows directly to the artist. Tracksynk keeps the remaining $25 platform cut. The buyer additionally pays a 5% service fee that covers payment processing and never touches the artist's number. All published on the track page before purchase.

Why does AI-generated music matter for ethics?

Because AI music is trained on human artists who were not paid for that training, and because it displaces commissions that would have gone to real musicians. Tracksynk's no-AI rule keeps the catalogue economically aligned with the people whose work made the catalogue possible.

Do indie artists actually make more money on Tracksynk?

For artists with low-to-medium stream volume, yes — a $200 IndieSynk licence yielding $150 to the artist outperforms months of subscription-stock per-stream royalties. For artists with massive streaming volume, the subscription model can win. Tracksynk fits the long-tail majority of independent musicians.

Why per-track instead of subscription?

Because most projects use one or two tracks, not thirty. A $200 per-track licence you keep forever is cheaper than a $499/year subscription you lose access to the moment you cancel. The per-track model lets pricing match the use case, instead of asking every buyer to subsidise the heaviest users.

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Real songs from real artists. Plain-English licences. 75% to the people who made the music. Keep what you buy forever.

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