FAQ

IMC is an independent music platform where you can discover independent musicians through reviews, artist profiles, and podcasts. It was built in 2017. The 2026 version now includes its own social media platform (IMC Circle), its own physical releases on CD (IMC Records), and its own Reader Space for readers, Artist Space for artist, and Pro space for labels, PRs, managers, publicists.

Artist Space is the control panel for an artist. It brings together the public profile, reviews, stats, concerts, messages and IMC tools in one account.

Pro Space is for managers, labels, publicists and other music professionals who need to manage several artists from one account.

IMC Notes are credits used for specific paid actions inside IMC. Your subscription and your IMC Notes balance are separate.

IMC Circle is the private community inside IMC. Members can post, follow artists, comment, share links, publish short stories and send private messages.

Reviews are written and published by IMC. Artists can follow their published reviews, reads and related activity from Artist Space.

Eligible artists can add their live dates from Artist Space. Fans can search the public concerts page by place or date and use location-based nearby results.

IMC Records is the physical-music side of IMC. Eligible artists can make approved music available for CD projects and receive royalties from qualifying releases.

No. IMC has free account features. Some creation tools and professional functions require an active Artist+ or Pro+ subscription.

Yes. Messaging is part of the IMC community! You don't even need to have their e-mail address, as we respect everyone's privacy. Your DMs are not read by an algorithm and remain private.