Back the music you believe in. Earn when it wins.
MusicValue is a fan-backed music investment platform built on Solana. It lets fans put real money behind the artists and tracks they love — and earn a share of the royalties those tracks generate.
Think of it like buying a small stake in a song. When the artist earns, so do you.
- Browse tracks — Discover music on MusicValue that has an open vault.
- Back a track — Deposit USDC into the track's vault and receive share tokens that represent your stake.
- Earn yield — When the artist distributes royalties into the vault, every share holder's position grows automatically. Your shares are now worth more than you paid.
- Withdraw anytime — Burn your shares and receive your USDC back — including any yield earned — whenever you want. Your principal is never locked.
- Connect your Audius account — Your music identity is verified through Audius OAuth. No new accounts needed.
- Pick a track and create a vault — Choose which track you want to fundraise for and set a funding cap.
- Make a public pledge — Before going live, commit to how much of your royalties you'll share with backers (e.g. 30%, monthly, for 12 months). This is visible to every potential backer.
- Distribute royalties — When your track earns royalties on Audius or elsewhere, send a portion into the vault through your Artist Dashboard. Share prices go up for all backers instantly.
Musicians rely almost entirely on streaming platforms that pay fractions of a cent per play. Most artists never see meaningful royalty income — especially independent and emerging artists.
MusicValue changes the equation:
- Artists get upfront capital from fans who believe in their music, without giving up creative control or signing to a label.
- Fans go from passive listeners to active stakeholders — if the track they backed blows up, their shares grow in value.
- Communities form around music in a way that goes deeper than likes and follows. Backers have real skin in the game.
The money never touches MusicValue. Every vault is a non-custodial Solana smart contract:
- Fan deposits go directly into the vault on-chain.
- Artists cannot withdraw fan deposits. The only instruction that moves money out of a vault to a user is
withdraw— and only the depositor can call it. - Royalty distribution (
distribute_yield) moves money into the vault, increasing every holder's share value. - All transactions are publicly verifiable on the Solana blockchain.
The artist's risk to backers is not theft — it's simply not distributing. If that happens, backers get their full principal back when they withdraw.
MusicValue uses Solana Actions to generate shareable Blink links for every track vault. A Blink turns any track's vault page into a one-click deposit experience that can be shared on X, Discord, or any website — no wallet setup required for the viewer. This makes it trivially easy for an artist to tweet their vault link and let fans back them directly from their feed.
Artist identity and track ownership are verified through Audius OAuth. Artists log in with their Audius account and can only create vaults for tracks they actually own — verified server-side against the Audius API. Track metadata, artwork, play counts, and streaming stats are all pulled live from Audius, making MusicValue a native extension of the Audius ecosystem. Royalties earned on Audius are the primary yield source artists are expected to distribute.
MusicValue's backend uses OrbitFlare as its Solana RPC provider. All blockchain reads and writes are routed through OrbitFlare's infrastructure . This gives the app fast, reliable Solana access without leaking credentials to the frontend.
Right now the royalty pledge is a public social commitment. The next step is encoding it into the smart contract itself — a time-locked commitment where if the artist misses a distribution window, backers can trigger an early-exit mechanism to get their USDC back with priority.
Instead of manually sending USDC, artists will be able to connect a royalty wallet and set up automatic distributions. When Audius pays out, a configurable percentage flows directly into the vault — no artist action required.
Share tokens are SPL tokens on Solana. The next step is enabling a simple peer-to-peer secondary market where backers can trade their shares before withdrawing. Early backers who got in before a track went viral could sell their position at a premium.
Artists will be able to bundle multiple tracks into a single vault — letting fans back an artist's entire catalogue or a new album rather than a single song.
On-chain data lets us show exactly who backed what and when. Top backers will earn verifiable on-chain badges, early-supporter status, and potential access to artist-exclusive content or experiences.
A native mobile experience for browsing vaults, backing tracks with one tap, and tracking your portfolio — built on the same Solana and Audius integrations.
MusicValue is currently running on Solana devnet as an early-stage prototype. The smart contract, vault mechanics, artist registration, and Blinks integration are all live and functional. This is pre-mainnet software — do not use real funds.