Covers bring in mechanical-license complexity — who pays the publisher, what rate, whose territory. We're building a platform for originals so both sides start with clean rights. If we ever add cover-commissions, it'll be a separate flow with licensing built in.

You're stating, in a signed record, that you wrote the song and have the legal right to commission a recording of it. Fraud — posting someone else's work as yours — is grounds for account termination and forfeiture of any funded pot. We verify where practical (PRO lookups, previous release history).

No. You keep 100% of the composition (melody, lyrics). What you split with the band is the sound recording — the specific performance they created. Default is 50/50 on the recording; you can negotiate a different split before the commission locks.

Below that, bands won't bother claiming — you'll end up with a funded pot and nobody to perform it. $300 is the floor where a band can justify the session time, gear, and delivery effort. Studio-grade deliverables typically need $1,000+.

You have 7 days to approve or request a revision. Rejection needs specific, written reasons — "I don't like it" isn't one. The band gets one revision round (default) and 14 days to deliver it. If you just disappear, the commission auto-approves and the band gets paid.

Publicly, yes — the commission page shows a handle or "Anonymous backer." Internally, we keep your email so we can send a receipt, notify you when the song funds, and contact you if a refund happens. That email is never shown publicly.

Your pledge authorizes your card (a hold) when you pledge. The capture — the actual charge — happens only when the commission reaches its reserve. If the reserve isn't met within 90 days, the authorization drops and you're never charged.

Escrow holds the pot. If the winning band fails to deliver by the deadline, the commission opens for a new claim. If no one ever delivers, you get a full refund. You don't lose money to silence.

You get access to whatever the creator chose to make public. If the commission is a TikTok clip, you'll see it on TikTok. If it's a studio master, you'll get a streaming link. You don't get commercial rights — those stay with the songwriter and band.

Depends on what you mean. Yes: AI mastering plugins (iZotope, LANDR), natural pitch correction (Melodyne, Auto-Tune used normally), AI-assisted mix recommendations, video color grading. No: AI-generated vocals, AI-generated instruments, Suno/Udio full-song covers, voice cloning, deepfake performances. The song must be heard as a real band playing it.

For video deliverables (TikTok, YouTube, etc.) the video is the proof. For audio-only studio deliveries, we need one of: a ≥15s behind-the-scenes clip from the session, the multi-track stems, or ≥3 session photos clearly showing the band and instruments. Audio by itself can't prove humans played it.

The creator can flag a commission as live-one-take. That means the audio in the video must be what the band is heard playing in-frame — no pre-recorded backing track, no overdubs. Default is live-to-master: the band can mime to their own recorded master track, but the underlying audio must be human-performed.

Default: songwriter keeps 100% of the composition, you split the sound recording 50/50. Either side can use the recording non-commercially (promo, portfolio, social) without asking. Commercial uses (sync, DSP monetization, sale) need mutual OK, and revenue on the sound recording splits per your agreement.

Yes — within 48 hours of claiming, no penalty. After that, withdrawing forfeits the claim and the commission opens for another band. If you deliver something that violates The Deal (AI performance, rights issue), you forfeit the pot and can be banned.

Within 3 business days of songwriter approval — or auto-approval, which happens 7 days after delivery if the songwriter goes silent. Platform fee is 10%. Payouts via Stripe Connect.

covermysong.us. We read the signed version of The Deal — exactly what both parties saw — and decide. Arbiter decision is final. The Deal is written to make this easy: plain bullets, no fine print, no ambiguity about who owns what.

No. We're a marketplace for one-off commissioned performances. We don't sign artists, we don't register songs, we don't distribute. After the commission, both parties walk away with whatever they agreed to in their split.

The scaffold is live. The Deal is drafted and under reviewer feedback. The full signup → post → pledge → claim → deliver → payout loop opens when The Deal is finalized and the escrow + audio pipelines are wired. Want to be notified? Keep an eye on this page.