For industry guests
Everything you need to know before your first Aux Cord Passport session. Read this once and you're set.
An Aux Cord Passport session is an intimate listening room, usually 5 to 10 independent artists in a partner studio, taking turns playing their music on real speakers for the rest of the room.
You're there as a guest. Drop in, listen, give private feedback if you want, leave when you're done. There's no spotlight on you and no stage. The artists are the focus, you're the room they're hoping to land with.
Every session uses the same format. Knowing how it works in advance means you can plan when to arrive, when to listen carefully, and when to step out for a call.
How it works
A typical session runs 2 to 3 hours. You'll usually hear 5 to 10 artists. Show up at the start and you catch the full lineup, show up halfway and you'll still hear plenty.
When you RSVP, you choose how visible you are on the session page. Pick what fits the day, you can change it any time before the session starts.
Anonymous
Artists know an industry pro is in the room. Nothing else about you.
Title only
Your title and company show. Your name and photo don't.
Publicize
Full name, photo, title, and company. Artists come prepared.
You can bring one guestwith you to any session. When you RSVP, just tell us their name so the studio knows who's coming.
Your +1 is your responsibility. Bringing a partner, a colleague, or another industry friend is fine, bringing strangers isn't the move. The room stays intimate because everyone in it is there for the music.
The whole room can tell when someone's actually listening versus scrolling. The artists notice. So do the other guests.
Do
Don't
After a session, you can leave private feedbackfor any artist who stood out, visible only to them. If you want to connect, you can opt to share your contact info with the message and we'll pass it along.
In-room, feedback is optional and at your pace. Some guests volunteer thoughts after a set, some never do. Both are fine. If an artist asks "what did you think?", either give it to them straight or say "not my lane today" and move on. Both are respectful.
Bookmark artists you want to follow. They live in your dashboard forever, even after the session ends.
Don't record artists without their permission. Their unreleased tracks are their intellectual property and the room runs on trust.
Posting a quick story about being at the session is fine, tag @auxcordpassportand the studio. Don't identify anonymous guests in your post.
Violations may result in your industry access being suspended.
Cancel from your dashboard any time before the session if your plans change. The studio plans on you being there, a heads-up matters.
Repeated no-shows are noted. Two ghosts and we may pause your access. Only 2 industry seats exist per session, so an empty one is a missed connection for an artist.
Questions? Email jordan@somethingdopeforthepeople.com