Tips for Artists.
All of them.
Where the people who heard your work can put something behind it.
Why this exists
You write something good, record it, put it up. It gets played — hundreds of times, maybe thousands. The statement arrives and it is a few dollars. Not because nobody listened, but because everything between you and the listener takes its cut first.
Meanwhile the person who had it on repeat all week has no straightforward way to say it was worth something. Tipsy Studio is that way. They tip you in one tap, the money reaches you directly, and that's the whole product. Everything else we build exists to protect it.
No algorithms. No memberships. No subscriptions. No commitments. Just tips.
Who it's for
Music came first. Every other craft is welcome.
And it crosses mediums: somebody scores a poem, a writer tells the story behind a photograph. Every layer joins the split.
What we stand for
1Tips, not subscriptions.
No memberships, no monthly fees, no algorithm deciding who gets heard. Somebody listens, likes it, and puts money in your hand. That's the whole transaction — nothing standing between you and the room.
2Every craft belongs.
Songs, poems, stories, paintings, photographs, films. Music came first because that's what we do, but if you made it and it can be posted, it has a place here.
3One song is enough.
No album required, no label, no follower count. A single take can stand on its own — post it and let the people who hear it respond.
4Everyone in the chain gets paid.
Add drums to somebody's guitar part, put music behind a poem, and the tip splits equally across everyone who played on it. Two of you, half each. Three, a third. Automatic, transparent, and shown before anyone pays.
5Good parts should keep earning.
Post something other players want to build on and you earn a share of every version that follows. Each new collaborator brings their own audience, and everyone upstream benefits. One good riff can feed a whole family tree.
6Your audience stays yours.
Your code goes on the case, the merch table, the amp. People scan it at a show and land on your page — not a payment app. We don't buy your audience. You bring it, and you keep it.
7Back a cause while you play.
Name a cause and a share of every dollar goes to it — every time, without either of you thinking about it again.
8Every cent accounted for.
We keep 7% to cover hosting and payment processing, and it's printed on every receipt. The rest is yours, calculated to the penny and shown before anyone pays.
Where the money goes
- 1.We keep 7%to cover hosting and payment processing, and it's printed on every receipt.
- 2.The rest splits equally among everyone who played on it — the original and every layer after.
- 3.Each cause takes its sliceof that artist's share, if they named one — automatically, every time.
- 4.The artist keeps the balance. Calculated to the penny and shown before anyone pays.
Post something.
Browse the gallery, tip an artist who earned it, or post your own work and share your code at the next show.
See the work