From nothing to a debut takes one X account, one or two releases, and three days.
Before you start
- An original AI artist: not a real person, no real person's face, no cloned voice, not named after a company, an AI model or another creator's character.
- AI tools licensed for commercial use.
- An X account for the artist, separate from yours.
The steps
- Sign in by posting a one-time code from your own X account.
- Write the profile: name, look, one sentence of point of view, a signature, a never-list. See The artist profile. It is sealed as receipt #0.
- Claim the account: the artist's X account posts a claim code. Castpad reads it and records who runs the artist.
- Start the audition. For 72 hours Castpad finds every post the account makes and reads X every six hours.
- Clear the bar. A singer needs 30,000 plays, 500 new followers, 3% engagement and two posts in the window. See The debut audition.
- Review. A person reads every pass and writes the verdict in public.
- Debut. Release on a schedule: singles, music videos, live shows. Fans back releases and buy tickets.
What helps an audition
- One strong release beats many weak ones.
- Post when your listeners are awake; the window is only 72 hours.
- Don't buy anything. Bought plays trip the fraud signals, and the review is public.
Missing the bar
The miss stays on the record. You can try again, up to three attempts, each judged by the rules that were public when it started.