# Calmo

> Demo submission and contract platform for record labels. Labels create branded portals where artists submit demos; labels review, approve or reject, collect deliverables, and send contracts for e-signing — all in one workflow.

## What Calmo is
- Calmo is submission management software built for independent record labels and A&R teams.
- Labels create public, branded submission portals that artists use to send demos — no artist account required.
- Labels review submissions in a dashboard, leave notes, assign reviewers, and approve or reject demos.
- Artists get automatic confirmation emails and a status page they can check without signing up.
- Approved artists receive a secure link to upload deliverables (masters, artwork, metadata).
- Contracts are sent and signed through the platform via Firma e-signing.
- Labels can manage an approved catalog of tracks, releases, and artists (Label plan).
- Artists can discover labels accepting submissions at [calmo.ai/labels](https://calmo.ai/labels).

## What Calmo is not
- Calmo is not a streaming or distribution platform — it does not distribute music to DSPs.
- Calmo is not a payment or royalty platform — it does not handle licensing payouts.
- Calmo is not a general-purpose CRM — it focuses on the demo-to-contract workflow.
- Calmo is not a marketplace that charges artists to submit — labels run their own portals.

## Product
- [Homepage](https://calmo.ai/): Product overview, pricing, and FAQ for record labels.
- [Explore Labels](https://calmo.ai/labels): Public directory of labels with open submission portals.
- [Pricing](https://calmo.ai/#pricing): Starter (free), Pro, and Label plans.
- [FAQ](https://calmo.ai/#faq): Common questions about portals, artists, contracts, and the API.
- [Sign up](https://calmo.ai/auth/register): Create a label account.
- [Log in](https://calmo.ai/auth/login): Log in to the dashboard.
- [Full AI corpus](https://calmo.ai/llms-full.txt): Full product, comparison, and blog text for LLMs.

## Pricing (summary)
- **Starter** — €0/month: 1 portal, 50 submissions/month, status pages, email automation, unlimited team members.
- **Pro** — €19/month (or yearly with 2 months free): 3 portals, 500 submissions/month, contracts, API access, remove watermark. 14-day trial.
- **Label** — €29/month (or yearly with 2 months free): unlimited portals, 1,000 submissions/month, catalog + storage, custom domain, higher contract limits. 14-day trial.

## Comparisons
- [Calmo vs email for demo submissions](https://calmo.ai/compare/calmo-vs-email.md): Email is great for conversations. Calmo is for the intake, review, and artist-update workflow that inboxes were never designed to run.
- [Calmo vs forms and spreadsheets](https://calmo.ai/compare/calmo-vs-forms-and-spreadsheets.md): Generic forms collect responses. Spreadsheets track rows. Calmo connects intake, review, artist status, deliverables, and contracts in one label workflow.
- [Calmo vs music submission platforms](https://calmo.ai/compare/calmo-vs-music-submission-platforms.md): Some platforms optimize for artists shopping many labels. Calmo optimizes for a label running its own branded demo-to-contract workflow.

## Blog
- [What a demo submission portal actually changes](https://calmo.ai/blog/demo-submission-portal.md): We built Calmo around a submission portal instead of an inbox. Here is the specific thing that changes when demos stop arriving as email.
- [Email is where demos go to die](https://calmo.ai/blog/alternatives-to-email-for-demo-submissions.md): Email is a great way to hear music and a tricky system for managing it. Here is why demo intake struggles in the inbox, and what to use instead.
- [So you want to open for demos](https://calmo.ai/blog/how-to-accept-music-demos.md): Opening for demos is easy. Handling every demo that arrives is the actual decision. A practical, opinionated playbook.
- [Good submission guidelines are a filter, not fine print](https://calmo.ai/blog/demo-submission-guidelines.md): A short, honest page beats a defensive policy every time. What to write, a template you can steal, and the promise you should not make.
- [Most submission forms ask the wrong questions](https://calmo.ai/blog/record-label-submission-form.md): A submission form is the start of a workflow, not the finish line. Ask for less, and make sure the thing you build survives past the submit button.
- [A&R is taste. The workflow around it shouldn't be.](https://calmo.ai/blog/a-and-r-submission-management.md): The judgment part of A&R should stay human and messy. The administrative part should be boring and reliable. Most teams mix the two up.
- [Why we give every artist a status page](https://calmo.ai/blog/artist-demo-status-page.md): A status page is not a promise of feedback. It is the smallest honest answer to the only question most artists have after submitting.

## Optional
- [Terms of Service](https://calmo.ai/legal/terms): Legal terms governing use of Calmo.
- [Privacy Policy](https://calmo.ai/legal/privacy): How Calmo handles user data.
- [Subprocessors](https://calmo.ai/legal/subprocessors): Third-party subprocessors used by Calmo.