Artist Application & Participation Agreement
Local Shuffle connects local musicians with customers at participating coffee shops, breweries, bars, restaurants, and other local businesses. Customers purchase a randomly selected local song for $1, helping support both the participating business and the local music community.
Because Local Shuffle distributes a portion of its revenue among participating artists, we take reasonable steps to verify that applicants are actually authorized to represent the artist or band they are submitting.
Before your application can be approved, please make a public social-media post from an account associated with the artist or band announcing that you are joining Local Shuffle.
The post should clearly include the artist or band name.
Example: "[Artist/Band Name] is joining Local Shuffle! We're excited to help support local music. localshuffle.com"
After making the post, provide the link below. Local Shuffle will review the post as part of the application approval process.
The post must be publicly viewable so Local Shuffle can verify it.
Local Shuffle initially operates within the Tampa Bay geographic zone. As Local Shuffle grows, this zone may be divided into smaller geographic zones.
To participate as a Local Shuffle Artist, an artist must both live within the applicable geographic zone and release music while operating within that geographic zone.
A Local Shuffle song must be a released and distributed song. Unreleased demos or unreleased recordings are not eligible.
By submitting music to Local Shuffle, the artist grants Local Shuffle a non-exclusive license to use the submitted music for the purposes of operating and promoting the Local Shuffle program.
This license permits Local Shuffle to:
This agreement does not transfer ownership of the song, recording, composition, trademark, artist name, or other intellectual property to Local Shuffle.
The artist retains ownership of their music and may continue to distribute, perform, license, and promote their music through other services and platforms.
The following information may be displayed to customers who discover your music through Local Shuffle.
Fifteen percent (15%) of Local Shuffle purchase revenue is allocated to the Local Shuffle Artist Pool.
The Artist Pool is divided equally among all eligible active Local Shuffle Artists for the applicable monthly payout period.
The number of times an artist's song is selected does not increase that artist's share of the Artist Pool.
Artists may submit multiple songs, but submitting additional songs does not create additional artist shares.
Local Shuffle currently uses a monthly enrollment cutoff.
Local Shuffle will not collect bank-account numbers, credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, or other highly sensitive financial information through this application form.
When payment processing is activated, artists may be directed to a secure third-party payment provider to complete identity and payment verification.
By submitting this application, I represent and warrant that:
By typing my name above and submitting this application, I intend for my electronic signature to have the same meaning as a handwritten signature, to the extent permitted by applicable law.