Getting started
By Simon
By Simon
Sign in, set up your artist, and find your way around.
Signing in to Fatstep for Artists
Fatstep for Artists has no passwords. You sign in one of two ways from the login page. Continue with Google Click Continue with Google and pick your Google account. If the email on that account matches an artist we already work with, you go straight to your space. Sign in with a magic link 1. Enter your email address and click Send magic link. 2. Open the email we send you and click the link inside. 3. You are signed in. No password to remember. The link is single-use and expires after a short while. If it has expired, just request a new one. Tips - Use the same email every time so your releases, royalties and messages stay in one account. - Check your spam folder if the email does not arrive within a minute or two. - The link signs in the browser you open it in, so open it on the device you want to work from. If you are stuck, contact us and we will connect your account manually. Related - New here, or already releasing? - Setting up your artist profile
New here vs already releasing
The first time you arrive we ask one thing: your artist name. What happens next depends on whether we already work with you. I'm new Choose New here. We create a fresh artist for you, so that when a track is ready you can send us your first release. Already releasing Choose Already releasing and enter the exact name your music comes out under. Our team reviews the request and links your existing catalogue, royalties and releases to your account. You get access as soon as we confirm the match. Why existing artists are reviewed To protect everyone, we never link an existing artist automatically from a typed name. A person confirms it first. That is why an existing artist may show as pending for a short time after you claim it, and stays hidden until we have royalty data or an accepted release to attach. What you will be offered For every release you send us, if our team accepts it you receive a contract: distribution, publishing, or both. Both is our default. See Distribution vs publishing for what each one means. Related - Setting up your artist profile - How a release moves from draft to live
Setting up your artist profile
When you first sign in, a short setup wizard walks you through your artist, one step at a time. You can skip steps and finish later from your profile. What your profile needs before you can send a release Your profile shows a small progress bar with three items. Two of them are required before you can send a release: your name and your photo. A social link is a reminder, not a block. Sending music is never locked. You can send a demo or start a release at any time; it is the Send action on a finished release that waits for your name and photo. Name Your artist name, how you are credited. Social At least one link (Spotify, Instagram, SoundCloud, YouTube, and so on) so we and your listeners can find you. Photo A clear profile photo or logo for your artist page. Already on streaming? In the wizard we ask if you already have artist pages on Spotify or Apple Music. If yes, paste your artist links so we do not create duplicate profiles for you. You can find them on Spotify for Artists and Apple Music for Artists. Reviewed before it goes live Profile changes (bio, image, links) are checked by our team before they appear publicly. You will see a pending-review note until then. Related - Finish your setup - Creating and sending a release
Finding your way around
Your space is organized from the left sidebar. It is grouped by what you are trying to do, so here is what each group holds. Home Home sits above the groups: a snapshot of your recent releases, anything that needs your attention, your links this month, and your latest full month of earnings. My music - Send music - send us your music. If you are new to us it opens a short demo (song name, artist name, an audio file and an optional pitch); if we already distribute you it opens a release draft directly. - Releases - releases you have sent us, split into In progress and Released. - Collaborations - releases where another artist invited you as a co-artist, and where you confirm your details. My links - My page - your link-in-bio page, and where you edit it. - Performance - your track links and QR codes, and how all of them are doing. - Followers - the people who asked to hear about your next release. This group appears once you have a release with us. Before that there is nothing for it to report on. Money - Earnings - your full dashboard: streams, revenue, top tracks, countries, stores and history. - Wallet - what you have earned, what has been paid, and where you request a payout. Earnings appears once you have royalties to show. Account - Artist profile - your artist name, socials and biography. - Settings - your account, sign-in methods and the artists linked to you. - Docs - opens the help center (these guides). - Help - opens the chat, where our assistant answers from the help center and can connect you to the team. Preferences You can collapse the sidebar for more room, and switch language or currency from the footer. Related - Understanding your dashboard - Your artist page - How your links are performing