Music

Uploading and releasing music, downloads, playlists, your library and the charts.

Do I have to pay to listen?No. Listening on offtheave is free. With a free account you can play as much music as you like. If you're not signed in, you can still listen, but only up to a daily…
How do I upload a song?Go to Upload , drop in your audio file (or choose Song or beat ), give it a title, and select Upload song . Everything else on the form is optional, but the more you…
How do I upload a mixtape?Go to Upload , choose Mixtape or beat tape , add artwork, a title and your tracks, drag them into order, and select Upload mixtape . The mixtape stays hidden until every…
What's the difference between a single, a beat and a mixtape?A song (single) is one track that stands on its own. A beat is an instrumental you can sell to other artists with licenses. A mixtape is a group of tracks released…
How do I edit or delete a song or mixtape?Open the song or mixtape, choose the ⋯ menu, and select Edit song or Edit mixtape . You can also find everything you've uploaded in My Library , where each item's ⋯ menu…
Release details, credits and lyricsRelease details, credits and lyrics are optional fields on the upload and edit forms. They show on your song or mixtape page and help people find your music in search.…
How do I schedule a release?On the upload or edit form, go to Publishing , set Who can see it to Schedule a release , and pick a date and time. Until then, people see a countdown, and your music…
Upload limits and storageEvery plan comes with music storage, video storage, and a largest file size for a single song or video. Your plan's current numbers are in the table below. You can see…
What files can I upload?For music, you can upload MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV and FLAC audio files. Artwork can be JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP . Videos can be MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM or MKV . Beat stems go up as…
Can I download music?Yes, when the artist allows it. Sign in, open the song or mixtape, and select Download . Free downloads count toward your plan's daily download limit. Music you've…
How do I open a downloaded mixtape?A mixtape downloads as a single ZIP file named after the mixtape. Unzip (extract) it and you'll get a folder with every track as its own audio file, numbered in…
My song won't play or its artwork is missingMost playback problems come from who's allowed to hear the upload, a guest listening limit, or a connection problem. Missing artwork is usually because none was added or…
How can I get more streams?More streams come from making your music easy to find and giving people reasons to share it. Use the tools offtheave already has: complete release details, playlists,…
How do playlists work?A playlist is your own list of songs, in the order you choose. Create one from Playlists with New playlist , or on the spot when you add a song. You decide who can see…
My LibraryMy Library is where you manage everything you've uploaded and everything you've bought. Music lives at My Library · Audio and videos at My Library · Video . What's on…
Bookmarks and listsBookmarks are the things you've saved to come back to later: songs, mixtapes, videos, shorts, playlists, photos, posts, community posts and comments. Select Save (the…
Listening historyHistory lists what you've played, newest first: songs, mixtapes, playlists, videos and shorts. Continue listening on Music lets you pick up a song or mixtape right where…
How do charts work?The Underground 20 at Charts is offtheave's weekly chart. Every Monday it ranks the past 7 days and publishes the top 20 songs and mixtapes, plus separate charts for…
Timestamped commentsWhile a song, mixtape, playlist, video or short is playing, the comment you write is pinned to that moment, like "Commenting at 1:15". Other people can select the time…
Reposts and sharingRepost puts someone's song, mixtape, playlist, video or post into your followers' feeds, with your own note if you want. Share gives you a link, quick buttons for other…

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