The ground rules,
in plain words.

What Resonans is

Resonans is a free, non-commercial student project that helps students of the Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) show their work and find gigs. It is run by Benjamin Gillis, Copenhagen, Denmark, and is not an official DKDM service.

Contact point

For questions, complaints, objections to a moderator decision, and requests from authorities, write to kontakt@resonansmusik.dk. We answer in Danish and English.

Who can join

• You must be at least 15 years old.
• Musician accounts are for current DKDM students with an @edu.dkdm.dk email (and a few test accounts approved by the moderator). Musicians confirm their account every January: without confirmation the portfolio is hidden after 3 months and the account is deleted after 6 months.
• Anyone looking for musicians can create a seeker account.
• Use your real name, keep one account per person, and keep your password to yourself.

Content rules

Everything you post — portfolios, gigs, photos, recordings and messages — must follow these rules:

• Be truthful. No fake profiles, fake gigs or misleading fees.
• Only share what you have the right to share (see “Your content” below).
• Describe the music, not the person: a gig may ask for a voice type, instrument, style or experience, but not for gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
• No harassment, threats, hate speech or sexual content.
• No scams, and never ask for bank details, passwords or ID in a message.
• No spam or advertising unrelated to music, and nothing illegal.
• Don’t post other people’s personal details without their permission.

Your content

You keep all rights to what you upload. You give Resonans a free, non-exclusive licence to store it, show it on Resonans and adjust its format (for example resize a photo) for as long as it is on the site. The licence ends when you delete the content or your account — except messages already delivered to someone else’s inbox.

By posting, you confirm you have the rights you need: permission from everyone who performs in a recording, from whoever made it (for example DKDM, a broadcaster or a label), and from the photographer of your photos.

If you own rights to something on Resonans that was posted without your permission, write to kontakt@resonansmusik.dk with a link and a short explanation. Members can also use Report → “Copyright”. We remove it if the claim holds.

Gigs and payment

Resonans only puts musicians and seekers in touch. The agreement — music, time, fee and payment — is between the musician and the seeker. Resonans is not a party to it, takes no commission and does not guarantee that a gig happens or is paid. Musicians are responsible for their own tax and insurance. Agree on the details in writing in the chat before the gig.

How moderation works

• Portfolios and gigs go live without being checked first. Anyone signed in can report a portfolio, gig or conversation with the Report button.
• Automatic checks warn about possibly hurtful messages and flag gigs that seem to ask for personal characteristics. They never remove anything on their own: a person — the moderator — decides.
• The moderator looks at reports as soon as possible and may remove content, close a conversation, or suspend or close an account that breaks these rules or puts others at risk. The moderator reads a conversation only after it has been reported.
• If we remove something of yours or restrict your account, we tell you by email what we did, why, and how to object.
• To object, reply to that email or write to kontakt@resonansmusik.dk within 14 days and explain why. The moderator looks at it again and answers you. You can also bring a complaint to the Danish authorities or the courts.

Blocking

You can block someone from a conversation. Neither of you can then send messages there, and they can’t start a new conversation with you. They are not told, and you can unblock at any time.

Messages

Each conversation keeps its latest 1,000 messages; older messages are deleted automatically. If you delete your account, messages you sent stay in the other person’s conversation, shown as from “Deleted member”.

No guarantees

Resonans is offered as it is, for free. We do our best to keep it running and safe, but we can’t promise it will always be available or error-free, and we are not responsible for what members post or agree between themselves.

Changes and law

If these terms change, the date above changes too, and important changes are announced on the site. Danish law applies. How we handle your data is described in the privacy policy.