The 615 Hideaway — plain answers

The home for living bluegrass. One place for artist pages, discovery, studio and podcast media, festivals and fans — and radio tools for DJs.

We are not only a radio promo dump. Radio Now is the industry room inside the house, not the whole house.

Start at the homepage or browse Artist Hub.

• Bands and musicians — a shareable page on The 615 Hideaway, with or without a radio single. Artist guide · Join as artist
• Labels — ship radio singles to DJs and manage roster pages. Label guide
• DJs — free Radio Now catalog (preview, MP3, cover, one-sheet). DJ guide · Open Radio Now
• Fans — follow artists and festivals. Fan guide
• Festivals — public festival page for updates. Festival guide
• Pub / Man helpers — edit a page when the owner invites you. Pub / Man guide

No. Radio Now is how radio singles get to bluegrass DJs — catalog, downloads, charts, Insights, and artist/label portals.

Self-serve promo is singles-first (tracks you are working for airplay). Deep catalog can be curated by admins; full albums are not the main product path.

After a single is live: The single's road · DJ directory: Bluegrass Radio Directory · Charts: Radio Now Chart · Community votes: Fans Chart

No. Your page works for bands and musicians without uploading to Radio Now. Share music, story, videos, and links. When you have a single for DJs, use the same account for Radio Now.

That includes day-slot and local musicians who share stages with bigger acts and want a real page — not only touring bands with current promo singles.

Artist page road · Artist guide · Join free as artist

Public discovery at /artists: latest Radio Now singles (with short previews) and a Browse all directory (style, home state, A–Z). Studio and podcast rows show when stocked.

Directory uses each artist's primary style; release rows use the single's Radio Now style — they can differ on purpose.

• Artist Hub — new singles + artist directory
• Public artist, label, festival, DJ, and fan pages
• Studio Sessions and Around the Table podcast
• Radio Now for DJs — browse, preview, download; open DJ sign-up
• Artist & label portals — upload singles, Insights desk (who downloaded, charts)
• Radio Directory, Radio Now Chart, Fans Chart
• Free-era join for artists, labels, DJs, fans, festivals — Create account
• Artist Pro public page skin (when a Pro seat is on) — gold chrome on the same /artist/… URL
• Role guides: How it works

Honest short list — not a promise of dates:

• Stronger links from Studio/Podcast guests to artist pages (spine polish)
• Artist Pro extras after research: rates notes + festival Book this band handoff only (615 is not the booker)
• Facebook auto-post for new Radio Now singles (Page 615hideaway)
• Paid ladder when free era ends: pay-as-you-go singles/boosts + optional Pro seats
• Spotlight checkout windows; going-for-adds email to chart reporters
• Community / associations directory; heritage pages (editorial quality first)

Money-lane and free-era details: see role guides under How it works. System health: System status.

Free era now — join and use the core tools without a paid membership. Artists may have a free-era cap on how many new radio singles they can publish per month; labels are not under that same artist cap. DJs do not pay to browse or download.

When charging turns on: radio singles and some boosts are planned as pay-as-you-go; optional Artist Pro / Label Pro seats around $6.15/monthfor tools and Pro page polish — not a wall that blocks the basic catalog. We'll give notice before anything becomes paid.

One Artist Pro seat is for bands and musicians — not a separate “Musician Pro.”

• Browse first: Artist Hub
• Artist / musician: Join free → build your page → optional single via the single's road
• DJ: Join as DJ → Radio Now
• Label: Join as label → label guide
• All roles: How it works