A REC is short for recommendation, and the REC system helps you discover and download new-to-you music on Amie Street. What makes the REC system awesome is that you get money usable toward the purchase of more music simply by recommending your favorite songs.

You can REC any song you have purchased by writing a short review and/or telling other users who it sounds like. You receive money as the song you’ve REC’d becomes more popular with other Amie Street members. A rise in popularity means a rise in the price of the song. If the song becomes more popular, you are then rewarded with more money in your account.

If you REC a song while it’s free and it subsequently rises in price to 98 cents, you can Cash Out and get that 98 cents back to spend on more music. If you REC a song that is priced at 1 cent or higher, you’ll get half the difference back into your account when you Cash Out. Make money by leaving a shout-out for your favorite artists? What could be better than that?

You get RECs every time you buy credit on Amie Street or invite friends to the site, and you use up one of your RECs each time you REC a song.