Method, system, and graphic user interface for enabling a customer to access an unpublished media file

A system comprising:

• a file server, the file server indexing and storing published and unpublished artist media content based on stored media files in a server database;
• a content delivery platform and management system configured to provide information to a customer regarding a media file based on the indexing and further including:
• a graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of displayed areas configured to obtain and provide information related to promoting the artist media content on a host website, wherein the plurality of display areas include:
• information regarding the unpublished media content including any media content the artist has generated or modified, but not previously published;
• a publish option to convert the unpublished media content to published media content based on a customer request of the unpublished media content, thereby providing the customer access to the previously unpublished media content;
• and
• a subscription and purchase management system configured to provide an upload of the previously unpublished media content using either or both of a sales page or an artist profile via at least one of the host website, a SMS/MMS gateway, or a WAP site;
• and
• the subscription and purchase management system further configured to update an account associated with the artist profile to indicate that the customer was provided access to a media file associated with the previously unpublished media content.