Your First Steps on Sleeve
Your First Steps on Sleeve
Sleeve is your music, your fans, and your home... in one place. It replaces the duct-taped stack of Bandcamp + Mailchimp + Linktree + Squarespace + Patreon with one system built for musicians. One login, one URL, everything your fans need.
Free to start, no credit card required. Here's what you have access to once you sign up. Poke at whatever's most useful for where you're at right now.
Your profile is your home on the internet
Your Sleeve profile replaces the patchwork of tools most artists use. It's a real website at yourname.sleeve.fm, or at your own domain if you bring one. Header image, bio, links, releases, posts... all under your name, all yours.
Most artists send fans to Linktree or a Squarespace site. Send them here instead. Custom domain is included on every plan, even Free.
Releases are permanent, fan-controlled homes for your music
Every release gets its own page... cover art, tracks, description, lyrics, credits. You decide who can stream it (everyone, followers, paying members), who can buy it, and what's free vs. paid. Previews are on by default so casual listeners get a taste.
You can also attach Extras to any release... lyrics, handwritten notes, behind-the-scenes video, track commentary, additional downloads. Extras are gated to specific membership tiers, so they double as a reason for fans to subscribe. Think of it as the deluxe edition, built right into the release page.
These pages don't expire or get buried in a feed. You can link to them from anywhere, forever.
Posts are how you stay close to your fans between releases
Post anything... a photo from the studio, a voice memo, a tour diary, a new demo, a thought about what you're working on. Posts can be public or for paying members only. Fans can comment. It's the thing that keeps people actually following you instead of forgetting you exist between albums.
Shorter version called Notes for quick, off-the-cuff updates that don't trigger an email.
Your email list is yours
Import from Mailchimp, Substack, Squarespace, wherever. Every signup on your page goes on it. You can email your list anytime from Sleeve. We don't sell it, share it, or lock it behind a tier... it's your list. Export it anytime, take it anywhere.
This matters because social platforms can disappear your audience overnight. Email doesn't.
Sell direct, keep everything
Sell music, downloads, and member-only content straight from your page. 0% platform fee. You keep every dollar on every sale... we never take a cut. Standard Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢) is the only thing taken out, and that goes to Stripe, not us. Commerce is on paid plans.
Memberships let fans pay you ongoing
When you're ready, add paid tiers. Fans who sign up get closer access... exclusive posts, early music, private streams, whatever you want to offer. Sleeve takes 0% of fan payments. Memberships are on paid plans.
Most artists leave this off at first and turn it on once they have something to offer.
Onboarding writes your bio for you
When you sign up, Sleeve scrapes your social links (Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram, Bandcamp, your website, anywhere we can find you) and drafts a first-pass artist bio you can edit. Same for your avatar and banner image... default versions are generated based on your profile so your page never looks empty, even on day one.
You can replace any of it whenever you have something better. The AI draft is a starting point, not a finished product.
You also get...
- Custom domain so your page lives at
yourname.com... included on every plan, even Free - Sleeve Links, a music-native link-in-bio section built into your artist page... no separate
/linksURL, just your main page (yourname.sleeve.fm) doing the link-in-bio job - Your EPK at
yourname.sleeve.fm/epk... a real page (not a PDF) that stays current as you add releases, photos, and contacts. You can also export it to PDF for bookers - Livestreams built in, no separate platform (paid plans)
- QR codes and share links for shows and socials
- Analytics showing what's working over time
- Team access if your manager or label needs in
The one thing that trips everyone up on day one
When you signed up, you got a user account (you, the person) with an artist account (your public page) underneath it. Two different things. Your user account is your login. Your artist account is what fans see.
User Account vs. Artist Account →
Stuck?
Reply to support@sleeve.fm with whatever's confusing. We read every email and use what trips you up to fix things for the next person.