Our Why
We built OpeningSong because nothing connects people like music does, and that bond deserves a home.
Meet Dave & Emma
Co-Founders, OpeningSong
Think about the last time a song stopped you in your tracks. Not just a song you liked, but one that felt like it was written for you. Now think about the moment you heard it live, surrounded by thousands of people who felt the exact same thing. Strangers singing every word. Strangers who suddenly didn't feel like strangers at all.
That's what music does. It turns a room full of people who've never met into something that feels like family. Even if just for one night.
We built OpeningSong because that feeling deserves more than a fading memory. The friend you made in the pit. The stranger who posted the same blurry video from the balcony. The moment you discover someone in your network was three rows behind you and you never knew. Those connections are real, and they shouldn't disappear when the lights come up.
For fans, OpeningSong is where your music life comes together. Your streams, your concerts, your communities, your people. Not as data points, but as a living story of who you are through the music you care about.
For artists, it's something just as powerful. Every musician knows the difference between performing to a dark room of anonymous faces and knowing that Sarah drove four hours to be here tonight, that this is her seventh show, that she turned her entire friend group into fans. That knowledge is transformative. It changes how you play. It changes how you write. It changes how you feel about the hard nights that come with building something from nothing.
The music industry tracks streams and ticket sales, but nobody tracks the relationship between a fan and an artist over time. Nobody connects the dots between the person streaming your album at 2 AM and the person standing in the front row the next night. We do.
What if you're a new band with just a few followers? That's exactly who this is for. Now you can see who's with you at the beginning. When you're headlining festivals someday, you'll know exactly who carried you through those early days playing to half-empty bars. And you can do something about it.
There is a place for everyone. It's completely free because the best part of music was never just the song. It was the people beside you when you heard it.
Dave and Emma, Co-Founders, OpeningSong