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UnitedMasters: Keep the masters. Sell the moment.
UnitedMasters sells independent artists a route to streaming services, brand campaigns and faster royalties. The interesting part is what ownership buys - and what it still leaves you to do.
Luminate counts the hits. The hard part is deciding what counts.
The company behind Billboard’s charts has turned music measurement into a business spanning Hollywood, brand deals and Fortnite. Its real product is a number the industry can agree to use.
Tapped AI Tried to Be an AI Record Label. The Better Business Was Hiding in the Venue Spreadsheet
The New York startup began with a $50-a-month AI artist-services pitch, hit the cold-start wall of a two-sided marketplace, and rebuilt around a less glamorous asset: useful live-music data. Its most copyable idea is also its least theatrical - let one customer group improve the dataset for the next.
indify
indify is a New York music marketplace that connects emerging independent artists with the partners they need to build a career - funders, managers, marketers, lawyers and creatives - without a traditional record deal. Founded in 2015 by three childhood friends, it started as a data tool for spotting breakout talent early (it flagged Billie Eilish, Post Malone and Khalid before they were famous) and evolved into a platform where artists strike transparent, per-release deals, keep their masters, retain creative control, and keep at least 50% of profits after an investor is repaid.