Guide
Share Music Albums: Send a Whole Album With One Link
Composers and libraries think in albums, but most tools force everything into loose files. DropCue lets you send a whole album as one link that looks and works like a streaming album page, only private and built for pitching.
Who this is for
Composers and production libraries who release or pitch music in albums and volumes, and sync agencies who feature a composer's body of work as a unit. If you have ever sent a "Dark Hybrid Action Vol. 2" as fifteen separate links or a 400 MB zip, this is for you.
It fits trailer music libraries, production music catalogs, and composers who want a client to browse a cohesive collection rather than a random pile of files.
Not for: one-off single-track pitches, where a plain playlist or a single track share is already enough.
The audience-specific reality
An editor asks for your latest album. You have two bad options with most tools. Option one: send a zip, and now the editor has to download 400 MB, unzip it, import the files, and only then can they listen. Option two: send fifteen separate track links that arrive out of order and are easy to lose in a thread. Either way you look harder to work with than you are, on the exact deadline where being easy to work with matters most.
Albums are how the work was made and how a client wants to browse it. The sharing should match.
Why DropCue fits this workflow
DropCue makes albums a first-class way to share. Your catalog groups into albums automatically from track metadata, so a collection you already organized shows up as an album with cover art and no setup. You can also build albums by hand, set artwork by upload or AI generation, reorder tracks, and merge duplicates.
Then you share the whole album with one link. The public album page looks and works like a shared playlist: instant browser playback, a cinematic hero option, password protection, named recipients, embed code, and full per-recipient [playlist analytics](/glossary/playlist-analytics) so you can see which tracks each person actually played. It is the [album link](/glossary/album-link) the rest of the industry has been faking with zips and folders.
And because every cue can carry a [licensing link](/music-licensing-links), a License button sits next to each track in the album. The client browses the whole collection and clears anything they like in one click.
The features that matter most
✓ One link for the whole album
Send "Vol. 2" as a single URL instead of fifteen links or a zip. The recipient opens it and the full album is right there, in order, ready to play.
✓ Instant browser playback
No download, no unzip, no import. An editor can play through the album on their phone between sessions, which is when a lot of listening actually happens.
✓ License button on every track
A client browsing the album can clear any cue in one click, so a body of work becomes a body of deals instead of a pile of "love this, who has it?" emails.
✓ Per-recipient analytics
See which tracks each recipient played and for how long, so you know which cues in the album are landing and can follow up on the strength of real data.
✓ Password protection and expiry
Share unreleased albums with libraries and supervisors without the work leaking, then expire the link when the window closes.
✓ Feature albums on your portfolio
Put your flagship albums on your public portfolio and choose whether albums or playlists show first, so the work you want seen leads.
Names you may know in this space
Tonal Chaos Trailers
A premium Los Angeles trailer music library founded by DropCue founder Marc Aaron Jacobs. A library like this releases themed albums of cues and can send each new volume to dozens of trailer houses as one link.
Audiomachine
A well-known trailer and cinematic music brand that releases music in themed albums. The album is the natural unit of a trailer catalog, which is exactly what an album link is built to share.
Pricing for this audience
Album sharing is part of DropCue, not an add-on. Plans start at $5 a month with annual billing (Starter, 500 tracks). Libraries and composers running larger catalogs move to a Pro plan, which scales by track count up to 20,000 tracks. Album shares include the same playback, password protection, embed, and analytics as playlist shares at no extra cost.
Frequently asked questions
What is an album link?
An album link is a single shareable URL that gives a recipient access to every track on an album in one place, with playback, artwork, and any attached licensing links, instead of a folder of separate files. See the full definition in our glossary entry on album links.
How is sharing an album different from sharing a playlist?
They use the same engine and the public page looks the same, so the experience is identical for the recipient. The difference is that an album is a first-class unit tied to your catalog metadata, so it stays organized, can be featured on your portfolio, and groups its alt mixes together.
Can I password protect and track an album share?
Yes. Album shares support password protection, expiry dates, named recipients, embed code, and full per-recipient analytics, exactly like playlist shares.
Do my albums build automatically?
Yes. DropCue groups your tracks into albums automatically from their album metadata, with cover art and no setup. You can also create albums by hand, set artwork, reorder tracks, and merge duplicates.
Can listeners license tracks from inside an album?
Yes. If you attach a licensing link to a track, a License button appears next to it in the album, so a client can browse the full album and clear any cue in one click.
