LOCAL MUSIC · EVERY TOWN · ON YOUR PHONE
Every town has a music scene. Real bands, real venues, real people who show up on Friday night. We built an app that finds yours, plays it for free, and helps everyone who makes it happen thrive.
See what's playing in your townStream local bands. No ads, no subscription, no algorithm deciding what you hear. Just the music being made by people in your town, on your phone, forever free.
See the listener experience →When you listen, follow, and show up, real local artists get real money. No middleman, no label, no cut to a platform you'll never meet. Your support stays in your town.
See how it works for artists →When venues fill the room, bars sell drinks, and coffee shops book shows, the whole main street stays alive. Music is the engine. SceneBuilder helps you find it.
See how it works for venues →How the money works
Your local champion always keeps 60%. When a regional or state partner joins, their cut comes out of SceneBuilder's share — not yours. See how the levels work →
For Artists
An independent artist earns tens of dollars a year from streaming. SceneBuilder gives you a direct line to the people in your town who'd actually show up to your show.
Start your sceneBuilt for artists
Artists spend more time marketing than making music. SceneBuilder automates new release alerts and gig reminders so you can stop running Facebook ads that reach nobody in your zip code.
Show venues exactly how many engaged local listeners you have. Not a pitch. Proof. That's how you get the Friday slot.
Push, email, or SMS to the fans who already follow you in your area. You pay about a penny per person. That's a full room for dollars, not hundreds.
How it works
Add your tracks to your scene. Listeners in your town can find you and start following. No label needed. No gatekeeping.
Set up automatic alerts for new releases, gig announcements, and welcome messages. Your followers hear about it — you don't have to post.
Know how many real local fans you have. Show that number to a venue. Watch the conversation change.
A 3-band Friday in Duluth costs about $5.70 to promote to 380 real fans on SceneBuilder. The same reach on Facebook runs $150 and hits the wrong people.
For Venues
Venues spend $50–200 per show on Facebook ads that target by zip code — not by who actually listens to the bands on the lineup. There's a better way.
Start your sceneBuilt for venues
When you post a show, SceneBuilder reaches the combined followers of every artist on the lineup. People who already know the music. A 3-band Friday runs about $5.70. Not $150.
See exactly how many engaged local listeners an artist has before you put them on the calendar. No more guessing whether the band can bring a crowd.
Post your shows, pick your channel — push, email, or SMS — and pay per person reached. No minimums. No monthly fees. Just the cost of reaching the people who care.
How it works
Add your lineup and date. SceneBuilder builds the audience automatically from the artists' followers.
Pick push notification, email, or SMS. See the cost before you send. Pay only for who you reach.
Open rates, click-throughs, who engaged. Know what a show cost to promote and whether it was worth it.
Duluth has 33+ venues hosting live music. Most of them spend $50–200 per show on ads that reach the wrong people. SceneBuilder reaches the right 380 for $5.70.
For Listeners
Your favorite local artists are technically on Spotify — buried among 100 million others. SceneBuilder organizes music by where you live. Every artist in your scene is a real person from your town.
Start your sceneBuilt for listeners
Every artist in your scene is a real person from your community. No corporate algorithms picking winners. No label payola. Just music made by people you could meet on Friday night.
Stream local music, save songs for offline, build playlists. Works even with spotty rural signal. Free forever — no subscription, no paywall.
Follow the artists you love and get notified when they play. One place for everything happening in your town tonight. No hunting through Facebook events.
How it works
Browse artists and shows in your town. Sorted by place, not by what a label paid to promote.
Get a notification when they drop a song or book a show. You choose how — push, email, or nothing at all.
Stream their music right in the app. Save it offline. Then go to the show on Friday.
SceneBuilder organizes music by geographic scene — not genre algorithm. Every artist is a real person in your community. Stream local music, get notified about shows. All free, forever.
Scene Champions
Every music scene has someone who knows everyone — the promoter, the radio host, the person who books the open mic. SceneBuilder gives them the tools to make the scene official and share in the revenue it creates.
Become a championHow to get involved
You're the person who knows everyone — the artists, the bars, the regulars. You curate who's in, approve the lineup, and run the scene. Free to start. The first five blasts are on us.
Revenue share: 60% local / 40% SceneBuilder
Start a local sceneA regional tourism board, radio station, or arts org that brings multiple towns together under one roof. You connect the scenes, generate regional content, and help local champions get the support they need.
Revenue share: 60% local / 10% regional / 30% SceneBuilder (the regional 10% comes out of SceneBuilder's slice — never the local champion's)
Talk regional partnershipA statewide arts council, tourism org, or large nonprofit that cares about what live music means to communities across the whole state. You grow the map — recruiting new scenes, building grant relationships, making the case for local culture.
Revenue share: 60% local / 10% regional / 10% state / 20% SceneBuilder
Partner statewideHere's how the money works. When artists and venues send blasts, they pay a small per-message fee. That revenue gets split based on which levels are active in the scene. The local champion's 60% never changes — when regional or state partners join, their share comes out of SceneBuilder's cut, not yours.
REVENUE SPLIT BY ACTIVE TIERS
| Tiers active | Local | Regional | State | SceneBuilder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local only | 60% | — | — | 40% |
| Local + Regional | 60% | 10% | — | 30% |
| Local + Regional + State | 60% | 10% | 10% | 20% |
Local's 60% is invariant. Upper tiers always come out of SceneBuilder's slice — never the local champion's.
How it works
Tell us about your town — the venues, the artists, what the scene feels like right now. We'll figure out the right fit together.
Your scene gets its own app — named for your place, populated with your local artists and venues. You run it. We keep the lights on.
Bring in artists, venues, and listeners. Send blasts. Watch what happens when a real music community has real tools.
We're launching in Duluth, MN in 2026 — a city with a vibrant music culture and zero digital tools to support it. It's the perfect proving ground. Small enough to build real relationships. Big enough to show what's possible.