Thanks so much for your interest! Participating artists must have previously released music and maintain at least one active social account. Sounds Right is designed for active artists, ensuring each collaboration has the alignment, reach and engagement to create impact for both the artist and the initiative.

An ideal Sounds Right feat. NATURE release represents a creative collaboration between the artist and nature, where natural sounds enhance and inspire the music.Nature-only recordings are not accepted — feat. NATURE is designed for artists who use their music to give nature a platform.

If you’d like to explore releasing field recordings with Sounds Right, please contact hello@earthpercent.org

Sounds Right is a global music initiative to recognise the value of nature and inspire millions of fans to take environmental action. By streaming a track where NATURE is an artist, fans direct royalties to high-impact conservation projects in the world’s most precious and threatened ecosystems.

This is being done because the world’s biodiversity is in crisis. Wildlife populations have declined by an average of 69% in the past 50 years, and over 1.2 million species are at risk of extinction. The root cause? Our economic systems don’t value nature. Sounds Right brings nature into the economy — starting with the music we love.

You can read more about Sounds Right’s story in Forbes and NPR, and learn about the Sounds Right model in the ABOUT section of our website: soundsright.earth.

Sounds Right Terms Summary — What You’re Agreeing To

• Ownership: You keep 100% ownership of your music.
• Revenue Share: NATURE takes 50% of net streaming royalties from your feat. NATURE track(s). You get 50%.
• No Upfront Cost: No upload or subscription fees. DistroDirect deducts a 5% admin fee before royalties are split.
• Where Your Music Goes: Globally to all major DSPs.
• Your Rights: Exclusivity applies only to the feat. NATURE track(s) you upload to the Sounds Right platform, not to your other music.
• Platform Rights: Sounds Right reserves the right to modify the platform or remove or amend any account at its discretion, including but not limited to cases involving infringing or harmful content.
• Your Responsibilities: You must have all rights to the track(s) you upload and ensure they don’t infringe on others.
• Payment: Royalties are collected, DistroDirect’s admin fee is deducted, then split 50% to NATURE and 50% to you.
• Privacy: We store your data securely and don’t sell your information. See our Privacy Policy.
• Exclusivity: Only applies to your feat. NATURE track(s), not your other music released elsewhere.

For full details, you can read the opt-in terms on our registration form and the full Terms of Service.

This platform makes it possible for any artist to release a track with NATURE as a featured artist — celebrating nature’s artistry in your work while enabling your listeners to make a tangible impact for the planet. For the first time, NATURE can earn royalties from music, and artists like you can help make that happen.

The Sounds Right Fund, hosted by EarthPercent, channels royalties from Sounds Right releases into Indigenous and community-led projects that deliver measurable biodiversity conservation and nature restoration impact as well as community benefits. Sounds Right focuses on proven ecological models in biodiversity hotspots, which cover just 2.5% of land but hold about half of the world’s biodiversity. The fund is overseen by an independent Expert Advisory Panel of conservation practitioners, scientists, an Indigenous leader, and a conservation fund manager. Past projects include initiatives in the Tropical Andes protecting 4,550 ha of habitat and benefiting over 6,000 people directly and indirectly. In 2025, Sounds Right will support projects in the Amazon and Congo Basin region.

Suitable feat. NATURE releases are delivered worldwide to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, YouTube Music, and all major digital streaming platforms (DSPs).

Releases are also delivered to major Content ID and social monetization platforms including YouTube, Meta and TIkTok so your music can be identified, tracked, and monetized whenever it’s used in videos across those networks.

There’s no upfront cost. Streaming royalties from your feat. NATURE track(s) are split:

• 50% to NATURE
• 50% to you

NATURE’s share goes into the Sounds Right Fund, hosted by EarthPercent (a registered charity in the US & UK, co-founded by Brian Eno). In 2025, 90% of those funds will go directly to Indigenous- and community-led conservation projects in the Congo Basin region and Amazon, with 10% used to promote NATURE’s music and run programmes like this.

Our delivery partner DistroDirect deducts a 5% admin fee from royalties before the split.

Yes — you retain 100% ownership of your music.

Sounds Right exists to give NATURE proper credit and royalties for her sounds — from the rustle of leaves to the crash of waves. By creatively featuring natural sounds in your track, you’re not just adding texture and atmosphere, you’re also making NATURE an active, credited artist on your release. These sounds can be recorded yourself or sourced from copyright-free libraries, making it easy to integrate them in a way that feels authentic to your music. Please note that all submissions must feature authentic, naturally recorded sounds — not sounds generated or synthesized through computers or AI.

Exclusive visual templates have been developed for artists using the feat. NATURE platform, to clearly signal participation in the programme. Using them is optional but provides an easy way to align each project with the broader movement and make it instantly recognizable to listeners. You can see examples here.

Some releases will be selected for amplification. Tagging @NATURE_theartist helps ensure your work is seen and may lead to your track being reposted, featured, or highlighted across Sounds Right and NATURE’s social channels.

NATURE Socials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nature_theartist/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nature_theartist
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NATURE_TheArtist

Sounds Right Socials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soundsright.earth/

There is no submission process for applying for further support, however if a submitted track fits with an upcoming campaign or opportunity, the Sounds Right team may reach out directly.

Exclusivity only applies to the feat. NATURE track(s) you choose to upload to the Sounds Right platform - none of your other music released through other distributors is affected. While your feat. NATURE track is live with us, we are the only distributor who can deliver it to DSPs (plus standard DSP takedown processing time if you remove it).

We ask for this exclusivity to protect the integrity of the project and avoid any perception of greenwashing, ensuring that when fans see NATURE featured on a track, they know it’s part of the genuine Sounds Right initiative.

Sounds Right requests a 12-month minimum exclusivity period for all participating tracks. Each track must remain exclusive to the platform for 12 months, even if a removal request is submitted earlier. After this period, tracks may be withdrawn or transferred freely.

Royalties are collected by DistroDirect, who deducts their 5% admin fee, then splits the remaining 50% to NATURE / 50% to you. You can withdraw your share directly from your Sounds Right account once your balance is over AU$10.

Streaming platforms don’t pay in real time. Most major DSPs (like Spotify and Apple Music) send royalties to distributors about 45–90 days after the end of the month in which the streams occur. Once funds are received, they are paid out according to royalty splits.

Yes please! Multiple singles, EPs, or albums can be released through the programme, provided each track features natural sounds and meets our eligibility criteria for feat. NATURE tracks. Thanks for your interest in such a comprehensive collaboration with NATURE.

Yes, you can. Please work with our support team to help make this happen. At the bottom of your artist dashboard, please click Contact Support. Under that form, you’ll be asked How can we help? where you can highlight Transferring from another distributor.

Please provide further information in regards to what is being transferred and where it is currently being distributed. Our support team will be able to let you know exactly how the music can be transferred while maintaining current stream counts.

It can take up to a week. It is recommended you upload your release 6 weeks in advance of release date.