Stage is the artist OS from Groove Gainer. We make software for artists, their managers and the agencies that work with them. We are not a label, a distributor or a playlist marketplace.
Arda BenkelFounder, Stage by Groove Gainer
Arda Benkel is the founder of Stage by Groove Gainer, the artist toolkit from Groove Gainer. Groove Gainer started as a managed music-promotion service for independent artists. Stage is the software we built after that work: one place for Smart Links, fan email capture, a press kit, press outreach, playlist analysis and HANI, an AI manager that answers from an artist's own streaming data.
We write Field Notes to show our working. We name our sources. When we do not know something, we say so. When a Stage feature does not do a thing yet, we say that too.
You can reach Arda and the team at info@groovegainer.com. We reply within two business days.
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A play on a streaming platform tells you almost nothing about the person behind it, and the platform keeps the relationship. We built Stage so an artist can turn listeners into a fan list they own, see where those fans come from, and reach them without asking an algorithm for permission.
That is the whole idea. Smart Links that capture a fan's email on every release. Analytics that show country, device and source instead of a vanity total. A press kit and a press directory so you can pitch your own music. HANI, an AI manager that reads your real data before it answers. A free tier that stays free, with Pro at $9.99 a month and a Manager plan at $39.99 a month for people running several artists (founder prices for everyone who joins before December 1).
HANI runs on Anthropic's Claude through its commercial API. When you ask HANI a question it receives your messages plus the profile, release and stats data the answer needs. If you ask about your fans it sees first names, cities and counts, never fan email addresses. Under Anthropic's commercial terms that data is not used to train its models. We keep AI inputs and outputs for 90 days, then delete them.
HANI never invents a number. If your data cannot support an answer, it tells you. It will not promise playlist placements or guaranteed results, because nobody honest can.
We name our sources. Our Field Notes posts are written from what we see across the artists who use Stage. If we get something wrong, email us and we will correct it and say so on the page.
Groove Gainer also runs a managed music-promotion service at groovegainer.com, separate from Stage. See our Playlist promotion services.
Email info@groovegainer.com. The same small team that builds the product reads it. We reply within two business days. For bugs, product ideas or a refund, that is the address. There is no ticket queue and no chatbot in between.
You can also find Groove Gainer on Instagram (@groovegainer and @groovegainer.stage), YouTube (@GrooveGainer), TikTok (@groovegainer) and X (@groovegainer).
Stage is built and operated by Groove Gainer Global Group Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. Stage and Groove Gainer are not affiliated with Groover, Linkfire or Linktree.
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