Independent certification for sound recordings
Beyond fidelity to the signal
Fidelity to the act
Each submitted recording is independently reviewed against a published standard, and every certified recording is listed in a public registry.
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What you hear took lifetimes. We make that labor visible.
The Certificate of Embodied Production certifies recordings made without grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI used to create, supply, replace, or reconstruct musical or lyrical content.
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What happens next: We review your recording against the CEP standard, strive to complete review within 7 days (for a paid submission, 7 days from payment), and email you the decision. Your first two submissions are free. For later submissions, we will email an invoice before analysis. You can decide whether to proceed; no payment is required simply to submit music. A confirmation with your submission reference is on its way to your inbox.
Submit another recordingYour first two submissions are free.
After your first two submissions (singles, EPs or LPs, or any combination), $2 per song, invoiced before analysis. Payment is for the analysis and does not guarantee certification.
What certification gives a recording
Each certified song gets a public registry entry, a signed certificate, access to the certification mark, and a card to share. These examples use actual certified recordings.
A card to share
Social Kit
A signed certificate
For The Red-Headed Man by The Daniil Kharms, CEP-000049: a signed PDF for each certified song, sent to the artist.
Its registry entry
The certification mark
For the certified release, its Bandcamp page, and the artist’s posts.
Badge kit