EPK Builder
Free EPK builder software for musicians, composers, and bands — no download, no freeware to install. Drag in your tracks, add a video reel, share one branded link, and see exactly who plays what. An EPK builder (electronic press kit tool) is web-based software, so there is nothing to install: start free and go live in 15 minutes.
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Every other EPK builder gives you a static page. DropCue gives you a page and a tracking system — so you know which supervisors actually opened your pitch.
An EPK (electronic press kit) is a single-link digital portfolio musicians and composers send to music supervisors, A&Rs, agencies, labels, and journalists. A complete EPK includes a bio, a curated music sample, a video reel, contact information, and links to streaming and social profiles.
An EPK builder is a software tool that lets musicians, composers, and bands assemble an electronic press kit as a single hosted page that can be sent to music supervisors, A&R executives, promoters, journalists, and brand partners. The category replaces the email-attached PDF that dominated the industry for two decades with a live page that loads instantly, plays music in the browser, and tracks what the recipient actually looked at.
The shift from PDF to hosted EPK happened for the same reason almost every other pitch document moved off email. Inbox attachments are friction: they take seconds to download, they require the recipient to find an audio player that handles WAV cleanly, and they leave no signal back to the sender about whether the file was ever opened. A live portfolio link solves all three problems in one move. The recipient clicks once, the page loads instantly, the audio previews in the browser without a download, and the sender sees a play event the second it happens.
The modern EPK is not just a press kit. It is the closing surface of a pitch. A music supervisor who likes the cue they hear on the EPK page downloads the WAV, forwards the link to a colleague, or replies to ask about licensing. None of those follow-up actions happen on a PDF. All of them happen on a hosted page that was built around them. Working composers and sync agents who pitch fifty supervisors a month treat the EPK builder as a daily working tool, not as a one-time setup project.
The category includes a wide range of tools, from generic website builders adapted for musicians to specialty music licensing platforms with EPK functionality bundled in. The distinguishing features come down to four things: how the audio actually plays in the browser, whether the page is trackable per-recipient, how cleanly the page handles a working catalog of more than ten tracks, and whether the EPK is one element of a broader pitching workflow or a standalone product.
A working EPK in 2026 lives or dies on the first 15 seconds of the recipient's visit. Everything that goes on the page should be optimized for that window: a clear identity (artist or composer name, role, what they do), a strong opening track that previews instantly, and a single visible action the recipient can take next.
The standard elements of a modern EPK are: a bio paragraph that says who you are and what you make in 40 to 80 words; a featured track or playlist that plays the moment the page loads; three to ten additional tracks that show range; a video reel or showreel if the work fits visual media; a press-photo or visual identity that matches the artist's brand; a credits list of notable placements, artists, or productions worked with; and contact information that makes the next step obvious.
The two elements that matter most for sync and licensing EPKs specifically are the catalog organization and the embedded metadata. A supervisor scanning an EPK page wants to filter by tempo, mood, or genre, click play on the first second of a track that fits the brief, and download a clean WAV with title, artist, ISRC, BPM, key, writers, and publishers already embedded. EPK builders that get this right become daily working tools for the composers using them.
The element most working composers underestimate is the bio. Two to three sentences that frame the artist's specific point of view, and the kinds of projects they work on, do more for landing the first pitch reply than a longer bio that tries to cover every credit. A supervisor reading 40 EPKs a day is scanning for fit, not for thoroughness. The shorter, sharper bio wins more replies.
A modern EPK is a single link, plays music inline, and tells you who is listening. Build yours in 15 minutes — for free.
Build My Free EPK →Sign up free, upload your strongest 5-10 tracks into a playlist, write a two-sentence bio, add a video reel, drop in your contact info and social links, customize your colors, and share the link. Most musicians ship a polished EPK in under 15 minutes.
The 7-day free trial includes everything — full EPK page, playlists, video reel, analytics. No credit card required to start. After the trial, the EPK page is on Pro, from $15/month with annual billing ($19 monthly, 1,000 tracks), which also includes advanced analytics, password protection, and timestamped feedback comments. Starter at $5/month annual covers playlist sharing without the EPK page.
DropCue offers a 7-day free trial of every feature with no credit card. Bandzoogle, Canva, and Notion all offer free EPK options, but each has trade-offs. Bandzoogle is full-website-focused. Canva produces a PDF that does not play music inline. Notion lacks analytics and music playback. For musicians who want a free starting point, we offer a free Notion + Canva EPK template pack at /free-epk-template. For working pitchers who need a real, hosted, music-playing EPK with analytics, DropCue is the most cost-effective option.
A great EPK has six elements: 1) a clear banner image and profile photo, 2) a two-sentence bio leading with your specialty and recent credits, 3) a curated playlist of 5-10 strongest tracks, 4) a 60-90 second video reel, 5) contact info and social links, and 6) optionally a one-line testimonial from a director, supervisor, or collaborator. Keep it scannable — supervisors spend under 60 seconds on first listen.
A PDF press kit cannot play music. The entire point of a music EPK is to let a supervisor press play in two seconds. A DropCue EPK loads instantly on a phone, plays your music inline, embeds your video reel, and tracks who opened it. PDFs are fine for journalist outreach. For supervisors and industry contacts, the live web format wins every time.
Yes. Your DropCue EPK lives at dropcue.app/p/your-chosen-slug, and you choose the slug. Pick one that matches your artist name, your project, or your specialty (e.g., dropcue.app/p/sarah-trailers). If you own a domain like yourname.com, you can forward it to your EPK in a few minutes at your registrar. Full custom-domain hosting is available on the Studio tier: your own domain shows your portfolio and stays in the address bar. You add a couple of DNS records at your registrar and we handle the certificate.
Yes. Every DropCue EPK is mobile-first by design. Music plays inline. Videos embed cleanly. The page loads in under 2 seconds on a phone — the most common device a supervisor will open it on.
Yes. You can build separate EPKs for different audiences — one for trailer composing, one for indie scoring, one for songwriting collaborations. All share the same uploaded library, so updating a track once updates it everywhere it appears.
A focused EPK gets opened, scrolled, and replied to more often than a long one. The realistic length for a sync or licensing EPK is a short bio (40 to 80 words), a featured track that plays on page load, five to ten additional tracks organized by mood or genre, a one-minute video reel if applicable, and a single visible contact action. Anything beyond that gets ignored. A supervisor scanning 40 EPKs a day will not read a long bio or watch a 5-minute video reel. The composers who land replies are the ones who edited the EPK down, not the ones who added more.
Yes, ideally. A trailer composer pitching for theatrical placement needs a different EPK than the same composer pitching for TV ad work or for indie scoring. The strongest opening track changes, the bio framing changes, and the supporting playlist changes. EPK builders that let you maintain multiple EPKs from one underlying catalog (so updating a track once updates it everywhere) make this practical. EPK builders that force you to rebuild the page from scratch for each audience make it impractical, which is why most composers using PDF or generic page builders end up with one generic EPK that does not fit any specific pitch well.
Three signals separate a working EPK from a dead one. First, the open rate on links you send (a healthy EPK gets opened by 40 to 70 percent of warm contacts). Second, the average listening depth (how many tracks the average visitor plays). Third, the reply rate on the pitches you send (this is the conversion that matters most). A working EPK page surfaces all three of these as analytics in the dashboard so the composer can iterate on the bio, the opening track order, and the pitch copy based on actual recipient behavior rather than guessing.