For music lovers everywhere
Listen to music.
Independent artists from every corner of the world, and a set of recommendations that starts from what you actually say you like — not from what happens to be popular this week.
One screen. It takes about a minute.
- Free
- No fee to join and no subscription. The music on this site is given away by the artists who made it.
- One screen
- Tap the music you like, tell us your name and email, and you are in. Everything after that is optional.
- Yours to change
- Every answer can be changed or deleted later, and you can switch off learning entirely without losing your account.
We ask one question first
What music do you like? There are 30 to tap, from Konpa to Amapiano to Andean music, and you can tap none of them and still have an account.
After you are in, there are 4 more things we would love to know — the languages you like to hear music in, the moods you reach for, which decades, and the instruments you love. Every one of them is optional, and skipping one is remembered so we do not keep asking.
A sign-up should not feel like paperwork.
- No sliders and no percentages — you tap a word, we work out the rest.
- No questions about your age, your country or your income.
- No card, ever, to listen.
What happens to what you tell us
Five promises about your data, in the order they matter. These are the rules the code is built around, not a policy written afterwards.
What you tell us is stored separately from what you listen to. Your listening never rewrites your answers — it just gradually gets a bigger say.
Your email is not attached to your listening. Your taste and your history are keyed to an account number that is not your address.
Playing music inside a game or a mission does not become your taste. Visiting Mongolia in the world explorer does not conclude that you love Mongolian folk.
Learning starts on and can be switched off. Turn it off and nothing you do after that trains anything, and turning it back on does not hand over the sessions in between.
Where you are from does not steer your recommendations unless you ask it to. We do not guess your music from your country.
Become a music member
Tap what you like, tell us who you are, and you are in. You can stop right there — the rest is a bonus.
Already a music member? Sign back in.
Where to go next
- Your Music DNASee what you told us you like, next to what your listening actually shows. Change any answer, or switch learning off.
- ListenIndependent artists from every corner of the world. No account needed to press play.
- The mapFind the cities, towns and villages music comes from — and who is missing from yours.
- Your passportEight tasks in a place earn its stamp. See which journeys you have going, and what is left in each.
- Send a musical postcardSend a song to a family member, a close friend or someone you love, with a few words of your own.
- Recommend somebodyKnow an artist who should be here? Tell us, and they get an invitation rather than a cold listing.
- Share a song I loveLet TimTim.Live Social AI post about songs you love on your own accounts, after you approve. It is free.
Questions & Answers
What does it cost?
Nothing. There is no fee to join, no subscription, and no card. Artists on this platform choose how their own music is offered, and much of it is free to everyone.
What is Music DNA?
Two things, kept apart. The first is what you tell us — the genres, languages and moods you tap on this page. The second is what your listening shows over time. Recommendations combine them, and the first one is never edited by the second.
How long does signing up take?
One screen. Your name, your email, a password, and as many or as few genres as you feel like tapping. You can finish having tapped none of them.
Do I have to answer the questions?
No. Genres are asked first because they are the most useful thing to know, and even those are optional. Everything after the first screen is a bonus you can walk away from, and a question you skip is remembered so you are not asked it again every time you visit.
Will my email be linked to what I listen to?
No. Your account holds your email. Your taste and your listening history are stored against an account number instead, so the tables that describe your music do not contain your address.
I said I like reggae but I only ever play jazz. What happens?
Jazz wins, and your answer stays where you put it. Your listening gradually carries more weight than the signup answer, so the recommendations follow the jazz — but the answer you gave is still there in your settings, unchanged, for you to keep or correct.
Can I stop the platform learning from me?
Yes, and it is a real switch rather than a preference we weigh up. With learning off, nothing you do trains anything. Turning it back on later does not retroactively hand over the sessions that happened while it was off.
Is my listening public?
No. Your listening history is yours. It is never shown on a public profile and never returned for anybody else.
Can I pick a language for the site and a different one for the music?
Yes, and they are deliberately two different questions. Reading the site in English and listening in Haitian Creole is completely ordinary, and the second question is asked in the optional step.
The world has a lot of music in it.