Up to now, a Gatefolded page was about one release: one artist, one album, one link. That's perfect when you're putting yourmusic in front of people. But a lot of you aren't just promoting yourselves — you're curating. A monthly “new artists we're into” newsletter. A label sampler. A blog's artists-to-watch roundup. A PR roster you send to supervisors. For all of those, one album page was never the right shape.
So we built a new page type: Showcases. A showcase features several artists — each with their own photo, bio, and tracks — on a single shareable link, with one player that plays continuously from the top of the page to the bottom. It's the page you reach for when the link is about more than one act.
What a showcase is
Think of a showcase as a stacked set of artist sections on one page. Each section is self-contained: a photo, a bio, and a handful of tracks for that artist. Visitors scroll from one artist to the next, and a single page-level player carries the music straight through — when one artist's tracks finish, the next artist's begin. No clicking into separate pages, no losing your place. It plays like a mixtape, reads like a magazine feature.
- Multiple artist sections on one page — each with photo, bio, and tracks
- One continuous player that flows across every section, top to bottom
- A single, clean link you can drop into an email, a post, or a pitch
- Seven themes to match the tone of the edition, plus an optional contact / licensing CTA at the bottom
Who it's for
Showcases are built for anyone whose link is about a lineup, not a single release:
- Newsletter editors running a recurring “artists we're featuring this month” section — one link per edition.
- Labels sending a sampler of the roster, or this quarter's signings, to press and playlist curators.
- Blogs and tastemakers publishing an artists-to-watch roundup that actually plays.
- PR firms and sync agencies putting several clients in front of a supervisor on one page, with a contact button right there.
Each artist gets a real section
A list of names doesn't introduce anyone. So every section in a showcase has room to do the artist justice: upload a photo, write a bio, and add their tracks. You can add a Spotify link for each artist too, so a curator who likes what they hear can go follow them in one tap.
Sections are self-contained on purpose — you type the artist name, bio, and upload the photo and audio right into the section. That means you can feature artists who aren't on Gatefolded at all. You don't need them to have an account; you just need the rights to share the music.
One player, continuous playback
The thing that makes a showcase feel like a curated set rather than a directory is the player. There's one player for the whole page, and it plays continuously across sections. A reader can hit play on the first artist and let the entire edition run — through every artist, every track — while they keep scrolling or switch tabs. It's the difference between “here are some artists, go check them out” and “here's an hour of music we put together for you.”
You see what's landing
Because every track plays through Gatefolded, you get real listening analytics per artist — plays and listeners, broken out by section. When you send a label sampler, you can see which of the five artists actually got listened to, not just whether the link was clicked. That's the kind of feedback that tells you who to feature again next month.
Build it once, reuse it every edition
Recurring features live or die on how fast you can put the next one together. So showcases have a duplicate-for-next-edition action: clone an existing showcase — theme, layout, CTA, structure and all — into a fresh draft, then swap in the new lineup. Set the format once, and every future edition starts from a template instead of a blank page.
- Create a showcase and add a section per artist
- Upload each artist's photo, write the bio, add the tracks
- Pick a theme and, optionally, a contact / licensing CTA for the footer
- Confirm you have the rights, flip sharing on, and copy the link
- Next month, duplicate it and swap in the new artists
Sharing, with the same controls you already trust
A showcase shares the same plumbing as the rest of Gatefolded. You flip a single toggle to take it live or offline, and the share toggle is gated behind a rights confirmation — because when you're publishing other people's music, confirming you're cleared to share it should be a deliberate step, not an afterthought. Audio is delivered through signed URLs just like album pages, and the public showcase carries a tasteful “Powered by Gatefolded” line at the bottom.
Available now
Showcases are live for every Gatefolded account, in a new Showcasestab in your dashboard — no add-on, no upgrade tier. They're part of the same $49/year plan as everything else.
Running a featured-artist newsletter, a label sampler, or a roster page? You can build your first showcase today. Curating for someone else and want a workflow we haven't thought of? Tell us — features like this one usually start with someone asking.