Every release cycle, artists rediscover the same problem: who should hear this? Browsing curators from a cold start is fine once. Doing it ten times a year burns time and leads to inconsistent feedback. TrackGiant’s My Curators list exists so you can treat curator relationships like a shortlist, not a one-off search.
What My Curators is
My Curators (/my-curators) is your personal saved list of curator profiles you want to return to. It is the in-product equivalent of a spreadsheet column labeled “people I trust for X.”
It pairs naturally with:
- Choosing the right curator
- Batch submissions when you want the same track heard by multiple ears at checkout
How to build the first version (30 minutes)
Bucket A — “Lane masters”
Add curators who clearly own your core genre or scene. These are your default reviewers for singles that fit the center of your project.
Bucket B — “Adjacent ears”
Add one or two people slightly outside your lane but strong on songcraft, arrangement, or vocal performance. They catch problems genre natives normalize.
Bucket C — “Campaign specialists”
If you run listening parties or care about live energy, save hosts who run strong Live Sessions or who sell services that match your rollout (consulting, playlist-fit reads, etc.).
You do not need official “buckets” in the product — tags live in your head or your notes — but the three-role model keeps the list from becoming 200 random saves.
Maintenance: a quarterly pass
Once a quarter, open each saved profile and check:
- Price and turnaround — still realistic for your budget and timeline?
- Bio drift — did they narrow or change lanes?
- Activity — are they still completing reviews at a cadence you trust?
Remove saves that no longer match. A shortlist is worse when it is stale than when it is short.
When to use the shortlist vs. browse
- Shortlist — planned releases, repeat collaborators, batch campaigns where you want a known panel.
- Browse — when you are entering a new sub-genre, testing a new city or scene, or looking for a specific service you have not bought before.
Pairing with batch checkout
Batch flows shine when you already know which five people should hear the same master. Build the list ahead of time; at campaign creation, you are clicking names, not debating taste under deadline stress.
One discipline that compounds
After every completed review, add one private note (in your own notes app) next to that curator’s name: what worked, what was off, whether you would hire them again for demos vs. masters. Next quarter, your shortlist becomes opinionated instead of nostalgic.
My Curators is a small feature with a large payoff: it turns TrackGiant from a marketplace you visit into infrastructure for how you finish music.