Music Atlas

The music industry, mapped.

One network, four ways in: the sound you make, the scene you work in, the role you need to reach and the outcome you are after.

Analyze My Artist Browse the Map

Browse by sound, place, role or outcome.

By sound

Genres

Who actually covers, signs and programmes each sound — computed from the tags on real imported contacts and curated Collections.

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By place

Scenes & locations

The outlets, labels, promoters and curators working in each scene. Local coverage is usually the first coverage an independent artist earns.

Explore all countries →

By craft

Roles

What each industry role decides, and how an independent artist reaches that person without wasting their time.

By outcome

Goals

Press, playlists, live bookings and sync each run on a different route. Pick the outcome and the Atlas shows the route.

Reference

How to read the Music Atlas

Virtual Publicist organizes journalists, playlist curators, radio programmers, creators, labels, promoters and other music-industry contacts into one reviewed network. The Atlas is that network seen from four angles — by genre, by location, by role and by outcome — so you can start from something already true about you and work outwards.

Sound and place pages are computed live from the imported network: every card shows real people and real Collections. Craft and outcome pages are editorial routes that explain how each door into the industry actually opens. You can also browse straight through the people directory, companies or Collections.