Join our artist roster
At Shutterstock, we nurture and support our artists in their creative work.
Working with us
Flexibility
Submit music as often as you’d like. There’s no pressure here, we’ll adjust to your pace.
Earnings
Let us get your music to customers around the world so you can earn more for your work.
Experts
Our talented team works hard to keep our site high-quality and a favorite amongst music buyers. We’ll nurture our relationship so you can have as much success as possible.
Before you submit, please verify the following:
Is your music 100% original?
You must own and control 100% of the copyright in both the composition and master recording of the music. Sound-alikes and samples are NOT permitted.
Is your music exclusively available?
We do not accept any music on a non-exclusive basis. You may submit tracks that have already been placed elsewhere as examples of your work, but we will require exclusivity on all tracks added to the library.
Is your music free of third party rights?
We act as the exclusive music publisher for the compositions in our library, promoting and representing them to our clients worldwide.
Note that it may take up to 4 weeks before we have the opportunity to review your music. If your music has the potential to match our needs, a member of our music content team will reach out to you with details on how we can work together. If, unfortunately, your music does not fit well with our library, due to volume and time restrictions we cannot expand on the reasons we are not accepting your music.