Community guidelines
Keep the archive usable
BackroomsMusic should stay easy to browse, rewarding to listen to, and safe for artists to publish on. These guidelines exist to protect the catalogue, the creators behind it, and the listeners exploring it.
Public uploads can appear across discovery pages, featured shelves, artist profiles, and listener feeds, so every release should be something you are comfortable putting your name behind.
Allowed uploads
Upload music and audio you created, licensed, commissioned, or otherwise have the right to publish. Experiments, ambience, noise work, loops, spoken pieces, and field recordings are all welcome when shared legitimately.
Not allowed
Do not use the platform for stolen content, malware, spam campaigns, misleading impersonation, or deliberate flooding of other creators with junk uploads or abusive messages.
Metadata standards
Use accurate titles, descriptions, genres, and artwork so listeners can understand what they are opening and staff can review releases properly when needed.
Behaviour rules
Constructive criticism is fine. Harassment, threats, targeted abuse, and coordinated disruption are not. Private and unlisted uploads are for controlled sharing, not for bypassing moderation.
How moderation works
- Reported tracks and comments can be reviewed through the staff dashboard.
- Staff can hide tracks, hide comments, resolve reports, and suspend abusive accounts.
- Featured placement is editorial, not automatic, and may be removed if content later causes problems.
- Repeated abuse can result in takedowns, visibility restrictions, or permanent removal from the site.
Practical rule of thumb
If an upload is deceptive, stolen, hostile, or clearly designed to make the platform worse for everyone else, it does not belong here.
If it is honest, well-labelled, and shared with the right permissions, you are probably on the right track.