TrackGiant has two account types: Artist and Curator. There is no third account type. If you are a working artist who also wants to sell reviews and services, you still pick Curator and then choose the Artist-Curator category during signup. That distinction trips people up, so this guide makes the decision tree explicit.
The two roles in one sentence
- Artist — you pay curators for feedback, services, and attention; you grow through submissions, lists, and listening parties.
- Curator — you earn by reviewing tracks, selling services, hosting sessions, and running raffles; you still have a profile that can showcase your work if you are an Artist-Curator.
You cannot hold both account types on one login. Pick the role that matches your primary goal for the next few months.
When to sign up as an Artist
Choose Artist if:
- Your main goal is getting feedback and placements from people with more reach or experience than you.
- You want to use batch submissions to send one track to several curators at release time.
- You plan to hire curators for services (consulting, production feedback, etc.) more often than you plan to sell your own time.
The Artist dashboard centers on submissions, orders, lists, and parties — everything oriented toward you as the buyer of expertise.
When to sign up as a Curator (including Artist-Curator)
Choose Curator if:
- Your main goal is monetizing your taste and time — paid reviews, paid services, paid queue spots in Live Sessions.
- You are a working artist who wants to offer peer-level feedback under the Artist-Curator category.
- You are industry-side (A&R, manager, playlist curator, etc.) and want a structured inbox instead of chaotic DMs.
During curator signup you pick a curator category (Artist-Curator, Music Curator, A&R, and others). That category controls how you show up in browse and what artists expect when they hit submit.
The Artist-Curator path in plain language
If you release music and you are good at giving actionable notes to other musicians, Artist-Curator is probably the right category. You are not pretending to be a label; you are selling a specific thing: heard-it-before craft feedback from someone who is in the trenches with them.
We published a full playbook for the first earnings milestone: From zero to first $100.
Common mistakes
Signing up as Artist because you “only want a side hustle.” Side income on TrackGiant for people who give feedback is a Curator account. Artists pay; curators earn.
Signing up as Curator to avoid paying for reviews. You can still submit to other curators from a Curator account for many workflows, but your home dashboard and defaults are built for selling, not for optimizing the buyer experience. If 90% of your activity is submitting, you probably wanted Artist.
Ignoring category at signup. The category is hard to fake later in the minds of artists. Pick the label that matches how you want to be discovered.
After you choose
- Artists: set up your profile, then submit your first track.
- Curators: how to become a curator, then price your first review.
Still stuck? Use this rule: if your calendar is full of other people’s music, you are a Curator. If your calendar is full of your own releases, you are an Artist. Hybrid humans pick Curator + Artist-Curator and still put their artist work in their bio and links.