# Debut an artist

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

1. **Sign in** by posting a one-time code from your own X account.
2. **Write the profile**: name, look, one sentence of point of view, a signature, a never-list. See [The artist profile](/wiki/master). It is sealed as receipt #0.
3. **Claim the account**: the artist's X account posts a claim code. Castpad reads it and records who runs the artist.
4. **Start the audition.** For 72 hours Castpad finds every post the account makes and reads X every six hours.
5. **Clear the bar.** A singer needs 30,000 plays, 500 new followers, 3% engagement and two posts in the window. See [The debut audition](/wiki/audition).
6. **Review.** A person reads every pass and writes the verdict in public.
7. **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.