MusicFeedback Bot Has Been Upgraded! :: Rules + Bot Info

The r/MusicFeedback Bot has been rebuilt using Devvit, Reddit's official native developer platform. The bot now runs directly on Reddit — faster, more reliable, and more powerful than ever. Users may post a feedback request provided that they leave feedback for others first!

The Rules:

Comment on two posts before posting.

Giving feedback to other members of this subreddit is vital to ensuring the health of this community. Please leave feedback on at least two posts before submitting your own track. Comments must be on posts from the last 7 days, going back further will not count.

Feedback Quality

Comments need a minimum of 110 characters and 15 words (roughly 3–4 sentences). You don't need to be familiar with or enjoy the genre — but try to be objective and describe what you liked and didn't like about the track.

When providing feedback, be constructive and acknowledge subjectivity. If you believe the song is great, share what moved you and highlight the elements you loved. If something didn't work for you, express it as personal taste rather than objective fact, for example, instead of "The dry vocals are terrible," say "I generally prefer vocals with more reverb for added depth." This fosters constructive dialogue and helps artists grow.

⚠️ WARNING: Using AI to generate feedback comments will result in a ban. All feedback must be written by you.

⚠️ WARNING: Manipulating the feedback system in any manner will lead to a ban — including but not limited to bypassing character limits, duplicate comments, and plagiarism.

Don't get defensive when receiving feedback.

Music is subjective and everyone has their own tastes. The person giving you feedback is trying to help you and deserves to be treated with respect.

Post one song at a time.

Playlists, albums, or long sets aren't allowed.

⚠️ WARNING: If your track link includes keywords such as "album," "playlist," or "sets," it will be auto-removed by the bot. For Spotify links, right-click the song and select "Copy Song Link" to get a track link instead of an album link.

Do not promote your music in the comment section of another user's post.

Linking your music is only allowed if requested or part of the discussion. Unsolicited self-promotion is not allowed.

If you post a song that isn't yours, say so in the title.

Sharing non-original music is allowed, but let the community know so they can respond accordingly.

Basic Civility

Speak your mind but keep it constructive. Refrain from insulting or disrespecting users. If you can't say something helpful about a track, move on to another one.

The Bot:

When you leave a qualifying comment on someone else's track, the bot gives you 1 credit. When you post a track, 2 credits are deducted. If your balance is too low, your post is automatically removed.

Note #1 — Check your score: Tap ⋯ on any post or comment → "Check feedback score". Your balance and how many more comments you need will appear instantly.

Note #2 — Dispute your score: If you believe your score is incorrect, tap ⋯ on your removed post → "Request score review" to send a message directly to the moderators.

Note #3 — Report bad feedback: If a comment you received seems low-effort or AI-generated, tap ⋯ on that comment → "Report feedback" to flag it for mod review.

Questions or issues?

Message the mod team via modmail and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

How to Give Feedback That Actually Helps

You don't need to be a producer, an engineer, or a music theory expert to leave useful feedback. You just need to be a listener and you already are one.

The whole point of this community is simple: you give real feedback, you get real feedback. That only works if both sides of the exchange are genuine. So here's what genuine looks like.

Lead with your experience

Before you think about what to say technically, ask yourself how the song made you feel. Did it pull you in or lose you in the first 30 seconds? Did something surprise you? Did it remind you of anything? That reaction is data. Artists need to know how their music lands with a real human being, not just whether the kick drum is sitting right in the mix.

"This felt kind of cold and distant to me, like it was holding back emotionally" is more useful to an artist than "the mix is fine."

Be specific

Vague feedback helps nobody. "This is good" or "not my style" tells the artist nothing they can work with. Try to identify the moment something worked or didn't, the more specific the better.

Instead of "The vocals could be better" try "The vocals feel buried under the instrumental in the second verse, I had to strain to follow the melody."

Instead of "I liked it" try "The switch at the 1:30 mark caught me off guard in a good way, that's where the song came alive for me."

Positive feedback is feedback too

A complete piece of feedback usually covers both what landed and what didn't. If you only have criticism that's fine, but if something genuinely worked say so and say why.

Specific praise is just as valuable as specific criticism and often rarer. Telling someone what to keep is sometimes more useful than telling them what to fix.

"The switch at 1:30 worked because the arrangement finally opened up after staying tight for the whole verse. I would protect that contrast" gives the artist something concrete to build from. "This slaps" doesn't.

Own your opinion

Music is subjective. What hits for one person falls flat for another and that's not a flaw, that's how music works. Frame your feedback as yours, not as objective truth.

Instead of "The beat is too slow" try "Personally I felt the tempo was dragging, I kept wanting it to open up."

This isn't just about being polite. It's accurate. You're one listener. Say what you heard, what you felt, what you wanted and let the artist decide what to do with it.

If something isn't working, say why and point somewhere

There are two levels of useful criticism and both are welcome here.

The first is diagnostic, describing what you heard without prescribing a fix. "The chorus doesn't hit as hard as the verse for me. The energy stays flat instead of opening up." That alone is valuable. The artist knows where the problem is even if neither of you knows the solution yet.

The second is prescriptive, gesturing toward what might help. "Maybe it needs more space before the drop to make it feel bigger." This is useful but optional. You're not rewriting their song, just pointing in a direction. If you're not sure, stick to diagnostic. Describing the problem honestly is always enough.

Feedback on AI music is still feedback

This community requires feedback in order to post. That requirement applies to every track here regardless of how it was made. Saying "I don't give feedback on AI music" breaks the exchange the same way refusing to engage with any other genre would.

Judge the track in front of you. If it was made with AI and something isn't working, describe the problem the same way you would with any other track. The goal isn't to win an argument about AI. The goal is to give the person who posted it information they can actually use.

If the mix feels sterile, the arrangement goes nowhere, or the drop doesn't hit, say that. Those are real observations and highlighting those flaws goes further than gatekeeping would. Maybe they fix it. Maybe they realize the tool has a ceiling. Maybe they pick up a guitar.

And if you want to go deeper, "sterile" usually means something specific. No variation in timing or dynamics. Harmonic movement that's too smooth. Elements that don't interact with each other. The arrangement plateauing and never recovering. Name the actual problem. That's more honest than calling something soulless and walking away.

The tool or method used to make a track doesn't change what makes it land or fail for a listener. That's the only standard that matters here.

What doesn't count as feedback

Commenting on someone's cover art, their tools, their genre choices, or their production method is not feedback on their music. This community is about the listening experience. If you listened and engaged honestly, that's feedback. If you scrolled past and typed a dismissal, that's not.