A Song Refiners Initiative
By invitation
Curated. Scored. Presented on their own terms.
Updraft is Song Refiners’ private catalog of songs that have cleared a professional review threshold. It is not a marketplace, not a submission platform, and not a public listing. Access is granted to verified industry professionals on request.
Approved requests receive private access after manual review.
What Updraft Is
Every work in Updraft has been evaluated by Song Refiners' review process and staff, and meets a defined quality threshold before it is included. The catalog is selective. It exists to present independent writers with the same seriousness the traditional industry has historically reserved for its own.
Writer-submitted
Each song is submitted by the creator/writer for presentation in Updraft. Song Refiners does not take ownership or claim rights in the work. Nothing is licensed away by participating in Updraft.
Professionally reviewed
Inclusion requires a Song Refiners score that clears a defined bar. Reviews are conducted by our standard process — no pay-to-play placement.
Presented, not pitched
Updraft is a listening environment. There are no auto-pitches, mass emails, or generated one-sheets sent on writers' behalf.
Access is granted, not open
The catalog is credentialed. Only approved industry professionals receive a preview link.
Why It Exists
For Creators
Writers whose work has passed our review process and earned Song Refiners founder Keith Mohr’s recommendation gain placement in a catalog that industry professionals can actually access.
For Industry
A&R, publishers, sync supervisors, and label reps can browse a small, quality-filtered catalog knowing every work has been independently reviewed.
How It Works
Request access
Industry professionals submit a short credential request on the industry preview page.
Personal review
Requests are reviewed by hand. We look for a real role, a real organization, and a real reason.
Credentials issued
Approved requesters receive a private preview link. Access is scoped to the requester.
Listen on your terms
Browse the catalog quietly. If a work fits, you contact the writer directly through the platform.
Standards & Boundaries
Writers keep everything.
No assignment of rights, no exclusivity, no publishing claim, no percentage on any deal that results from a listen.
Song Refiners presents, but does not verify rights.
Updraft is a curated listening environment. Any questions about ownership, authorship, clearance, licensing, publishing, or business terms are handled directly between the writer and the interested industry professional.
No results are promised.
Updraft is a credible presentation of quality-reviewed work. Whether a song leads to a hold, a cut, a sync, or a signing is entirely between the writer and the industry professional.
Access is not sold.
There is no fee for industry professionals to request access. Writers are not charged for placement in Updraft beyond their standard Song Refiners review.
Credentials can be revoked.
Access is granted for professional listening. Sharing preview links, scraping the catalog, or contacting writers outside the intended workflow ends access.
The catalog stays small.
Songs enter Updraft only when they clear the review threshold. We would rather present twenty strong works than two hundred forgettable ones.
Updraft
Updraft is how Song Refiners presents work that has earned serious attention — to the people positioned to recognize it.
Request Catalog PreviewApproved requests receive private access after manual review.